Bummer here.
Lost keys to real account.
If you are against cruelty to animals then why do you eat dead bodies ?
Mass produced meat, even expensive 'free range' options, is the result of cruelty on industrial scale.
If anything I have more respect for people who hunt for fun than people that like yourself ( no offence ).
If someone can look me in my eye and tell me that they enjoy killing for fun, then fair play, each to their own. At least they are not kidding themselves.
We may have evolved to eat dead bodies. But we have advanced technologically to the point of not having to.
There is not one nutrient that is *only*
found in meat.
We are not slaves to evolution anymore, we are the major source of change that drives it.
If we were to only do what is 'natural' then we wouldn't have houses, cars, Internet etc.
We are not the masters of this planet, we are it's custodians.
Industrial scale meat consumption uses too much water and space to be an intelligent choice.
As far as we know animals are mankind's only company in the observable universe.
And we treat them like shit.
As a species we should be ashamed.
Tldr :
Eat your cat and enjoy watching it die, or give up meat.
Those are the only two options.
Anything else is hypocrisy.
You are a hypocrite.
But I'm not judging.
I eat dairy so I am also a hypocrite.