Animal Husbandry - Take Heart - Christian Vegetarian Association

Animal Husbandry

Veterinarian Brian J. Gerloff admonished most agricultural and animal-husbandry groups that oppose changing cruel animal-husbandry practices. He believes that people involved in animal agriculture "need to objectively look at our animal-husbandry practices as an outsider would. And we must look beyond the emphasis of profit and performance." Gerloff wants everyone to ask themselves: Can we look them in the eye, assured that we are doing our best as their caretakers?

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The only way to look at animals in the eye and know we are treating them with compassion and respect is to let them live and exercise their God-given rights. While some people treat their farm animals more humanely/less abusively than others, at the end the animals are killed for human benefit, regardless of the animals’ desire to live or their fear of death. The transition to a plant-based diet helps us respect and obey God’s ideal plan for all creatures.