Recently a vegan “friend” dumped me because I posted a picture of my deer kill. She asked, “How can you support cruelty-free cosmetics while killing animals?”

I explained to her that I do not support the lifelong torture and inhumane treatment of animals in the name of “beauty” and “science” especially when the information gained in labs isn’t utilized. Toxic cosmetics are widely sold whether they make rabbits blind or not. There are more reasons I don’t support animal testing which can be read about here.

However, as an omnivore, meat is an essential part of my diet. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. I didn’t invent the rules for survival. I just live here. 

Having said all of that, I asked Ellen about The Meating Place’s slaughter practices, and this is what she said, “As far as the slaughter goes, it’s as humane and cruelty-free as it gets.  It’s done on sight, at the farms. The animals aren’t stressed because they are at home and as soon as they dispatch, the animal is already brain dead, thanks to our very skilled slaughtermen. I have a lot of vegetarian, and vegan customers, because they understand the background of the animal and that the animal was on someone’s small local farm, raised and killed humanely to feed their family. I am trying to honor this animal by preventing as little waste as possible.”