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How is this any different from hunting by humans or big cats? Have you ever seen the video where the baby lions play with the baby wildebeest? It is terrified and in shock, and they bite it and bat it around while it screams, then goes numb, then dies. Any predators are killers. They're born, bred, and selected to kill. If they kill poorly, they die out. We only have the good killers left today.
Humans and primates evolved because of the high caloric content of meat. Vegetarian apes spend hours and hours a day foraging. Humans evolved eating red deer, hunting them ruthlessly. Good hunters got laid, and here we are.
As we evolve further we can try to remove cruelty from our lives, but the fact remains that we came from predators. To eat something sentient, killing it first is humane. In the end, I would say that nothing wants to die.
I agree with the poster above that I'd pay more to have less cruelty but if a kid has to go hungry (and many do) because I have the ability to make that choice then....
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