Letters to the Editor
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Domesticated animals
It makes a difference in thus discussion that domestic animals are killed in these ways. Forever, they have been bred to befriend and develop comfortable relationships with humans. They do suffer horrific pain in many cases before actually dying and anyone who could do that, for a "special meal" or any other cultural habit is missing a compassion gene or two. Skinning a live animal struggling while hanging from it's haunches to save time, or because it's cheapest? I really do hope they come back in the next life as a mink in a cage or maybe as a pit bull in a basement.
On a related topic, I noticed that "shark fin soup" is still sold in some restaurants. To cut off the fin and let the shark die like that always seemed cruel and unusual. I thought Clinton had passed a bill, but there it was on the menu. There are so many things people do that are barbaric and unnecessary in our "advanced" society and probably not enough people who feel affected by any of it.