Animal lovers that eat meat - hypocrites or not?

I am a meat-eater, but that doesn't mean I don't care about animals. I care very much about animal welfare, I truly hate people who abuse or neglect animals, and I want animals that are to become my food to be treated well and slaughtered humanely.

Humans are omnivores anyway so it's only natural for us to eat meat. There's nothing wrong with avoiding animal products if you object to it, but you shouldn't denounce meat-eaters as hypocrites just for doing what comes naturally to us.

So something being natural means that it is automatically ok?

I don't believe I said that, but whatever. Like I said, it's fine by me if you don't want to eat meat but don't tell the rest of us what to do.

You know those people on Facebook that often post photos of cute animals and share links to do with saving elephants/dolphins from harm etc. Can someone fairly call themselves an 'animal lover' but still buy into the barbaric, intensively reared, mass-produced factory farmed pigs, cows and chickens?

I love animals don't get me wrong, but eating meat is a natural part of (most) human's diets.

The people that get me are the animal "obsessives" who DON'T eat meat, not because they don't like it, but because its "hurting all the animals" if they eat it. It's a natural thing, if the first humans turned around and said "NO MATE, I DONT EAT MEAT" then they probably would have all died at some point. Animals are cute, but they eat each other, why shouldn't we?

Hunting and killing/harming with the intent of not eating, or for no good reason (such as people who buy pets and beat them etc) are wrong in my eyes, but eating animals, no. At least they then go to good use, i.e. energy. I think eating endangered animals is sad, but theres not gonna be any way to stop that ultimately, so I don't bother with the whole campaigning thing. I care, but humans are causing the next mass extinction, so there's no going back now we've already ****ed up this planet.

Are you ****ing kidding me?!!?!?!!? Cows and chickens are ****ing killed!!! They dont have a ****ing choice!! They dont have the ****ing right to live peacefull cruelty free lives because you asses are buying stuff and basicly supporting their murder!!! They are inocent they dont deserve this ****!! Its like saying rape is ok Since it feels good to the rapist!! Same ****ing thing as saying animals are yummy so it's ok to eat them!! **** all of you animal abusers/murder supporters!!!!!

I don't believe I said that, but whatever. Like I said, it's fine by me if you don't want to eat meat but don't tell the rest of us what to do.

I am a meat-eater, but that doesn't mean I don't care about animals. I care very much about animal welfare, I truly hate people who abuse or neglect animals, and I want animals that are to become my food to be treated well and slaughtered humanely.

Humans are omnivores anyway so it's only natural for us to eat meat. There's nothing wrong with avoiding animal products if you object to it, but you shouldn't denounce meat-eaters as hypocrites just for doing what comes naturally to us.