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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm quite sure Catlady isn't reading this, but from the point of view of the sheep, this seems to me to be pretty idyllic. They have a good life; they're largely left to live on their own but with built in protections against the vagaries of nature and, this is the key element, this is how they got to have a life. And for sheep in the wild, the end mostly can't be pretty, either.
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Au contraire, I have been reading the comments. I will agree that if you have to be slaughtered, probably roaming around in a field (I assume) is better that being penned up and tortured on a factory farm, but they still end up killed for no good reason.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
The second, and perhaps most important in some ways, is the very real need to maintain biodiversity in a time of climate change. By protecting heritage breeds of animals, and heritage varieties of plants, we improve the chances for all varieties and breeds in a rapidly changing environment. Oh, and not insignificantly (close your eyes, Catlady), we improve the taste of the food we eat!
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So let's maintain biodiversity by not killing those sheep for food, and eating those nice tasty veggies instead.
Even before I was a vegetarian, I never ate lamb. It horrified me as a child--lambs seemed too real and cute.
Generally, the comments are making me quite glad I didn't read the book, beyond my aversion to animal slaughter. The author sounds like quite the reverse snob, with a dash of hypocrisy to boot.