Opening page…
Is it wrong to eat animals?
The animal on your plate could feel pain and fear. If you had to kill it yourself, you would find out what you really think.
Your answer
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A little context
At a barbecue a child asks where the sausages come from, and every adult at the table gives a slightly different answer. Many people who eat meat have never killed anything larger than a fly.
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