In this context “humanely” refers to killing them with as little suffering as possible, generally meaning to do so as quickly and painlessly as possible so the animal does not need to live in pain any longer than necessary before dying.
It does seem strange to me to do this with whales, but I also eat meat, so I’m in no real place to judge.
“Any longer than necessary” is literally any suffering in this context because it’s wholly superfluous. Even on that note, if I walked outside today and were killed by a skilled marksman, I probably wouldn’t feel a single thing; that’s still not “humane” because it still didn’t need to happen.
but I also eat meat, so I’m in no real place to judge.
No, I really think you are and that meat eaters resign themselves too quickly to this attitude to resolve the cognitive dissonance and avoid feeling hypocritical. I’m vegan and haven’t used animal products for years, but I didn’t drop everything one day. I thought “huh, you know, killing cows and pigs for no real reason seems kind of fucked up.” This extended to chickens and then extended to fish as I increasingly realized I was using the same excuses. I look back and realize how hypocritical I was being at each stage, but it still made me work toward change.
Never putting yourself in a place to judge is putting yourself in a place where you’re perpetually stuck.
In this context “humanely” refers to killing them with as little suffering as possible, generally meaning to do so as quickly and painlessly as possible so the animal does not need to live in pain any longer than necessary before dying.
It does seem strange to me to do this with whales, but I also eat meat, so I’m in no real place to judge.
“Any longer than necessary” is literally any suffering in this context because it’s wholly superfluous. Even on that note, if I walked outside today and were killed by a skilled marksman, I probably wouldn’t feel a single thing; that’s still not “humane” because it still didn’t need to happen.
No, I really think you are and that meat eaters resign themselves too quickly to this attitude to resolve the cognitive dissonance and avoid feeling hypocritical. I’m vegan and haven’t used animal products for years, but I didn’t drop everything one day. I thought “huh, you know, killing cows and pigs for no real reason seems kind of fucked up.” This extended to chickens and then extended to fish as I increasingly realized I was using the same excuses. I look back and realize how hypocritical I was being at each stage, but it still made me work toward change.
Never putting yourself in a place to judge is putting yourself in a place where you’re perpetually stuck.