Responsible meat-eating

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edmundro in reply to @Skülly

Smallholding is, in my eyes at least, the only answer for those that wish to remain omnivores. Look the poor beast that you’ve raised in the eyes as you bump it off. Butcher it yourself, take its calf away and hear the screams of dismay so you can steal her milk.
Top up the freezer with bambi and roadkill.
Any reason one can’t keep a pig and a few chickens in London?

As has been mentioned, partaking in this cruelty is a choice so you really should be up close and personal with it.

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mespilus in reply to @edmundro

I think the Foot'n'Mouth outbreak back in 2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_foot-and-mouth_outbreak#Health_and_social_consequences
resulted in changes to freedom of livestock movement and feedstock restrictions,
making it much harder to keep a suburban pig fed on 'swill'.
Not a farmer/not a meat-eater, could easily be wrong.

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Vanneau in reply to @mespilus

You're not allowed to feed pigs on household scraps ('swill') since foot and mouth. This pretty much removed the traditional smallholder / home-reared pig diet at a stroke.

Bit of a shame in purely functional terms; a pig is superb at converting vegetable peelings and the like into meat.

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