Poaching - do you think it is ok/fine

 

I will admit though I am a rodent genocidal maniac. Mice or rats are all executed with no appeals allowed.

 

Love wildlife and we need all we have. I do fish very occasionally but when I do not throw it back it is eaten.

a) hunting is enjoyable and usefull skill

b) its nice to know where my food comes from, same reason I garden

c) if I am going to buy my food its nice to know it supports the local economy and not some bloated corperate machine intertwined with fat beaurocrats and politicians

d) its fresher... and somehow yummyer (i feel dumb using that word but its true)

e) I like odd cuts of meat. (if you dont eat any tounge, liver, heart or blood you are missing out on all the best parts)

 

As Tim said, some chicken feed contains meat products - how prolific that practice is is questionable given current public opinion on livestock feed. In Europe and the UK farming is changing, I assume this is true of America too. Barn and factory chickens are fed on cheapest products available. Corn and soy is cheaper to produce than meat, but the meat used is the machine reclaimed stuff (MRM) that goes in hot dog sausages and as that's basically a waste product it's cheaper still. However, much of what you hear about is all speculation and guessing.