This bitch…Look that little lamby-kins, giving her love that she doesn’t deserve. Sure she hooked him up with a farm family after the media got hold of the story but what if they didn’t? She’s still going on about how she begged the local butcher for years to give her a rack of lamb! The first thing this stupid ho was thinking when she saw this precious cloud of love on her doorstep was “Take him in, or eat him? So tough because I USUALLY EAT LITTLE BABY LAMBS.” I think Lambo was sent to her to teach her that lambs are for snorgling, not for eating. I hope she admonishes her old ways! And I’m sorry about her dad…

* The argument that we are omnivorous doesn’t hold up any more to the factory farming system.*

This sentence makes no logical sense. We are omnivors, there is no arguement. Factory farming is why it is better to be a vegitarian as I stated earlier, but that doesn’t alter our biology in anyway. They inject anti-biotics into animals which is passed on to us and part of the reason for the up and coming ‘superbugs’(alone with over precription of anti-biotics for things it has not affect on like viruses). They also inject hormones into their animals that are also passed on to us, and are not good for us. However, lean meat that is not treated with such things is not bad for us (even in quantity, it does not clog anything up). It’s just hard enough to find such things in most area’s that being a vegetarian has more merit. But it must be done smartly, there are things that are necessary to the human system that can’t be found in normal plants. Vitamin B12 (specifcially cobaliamin) doesn’t exist in plants however you can get it from algae and suppliments. The same is true for Taurine (an essential amino acid) can only be found in animal products or red algae. There are suppliments that can be bought for both. Also your body requires complex protiens to function efficently, these can be supplimented through plants but have to be done in specific combinations, since no one plant contains complex protiens.

Wee little lambkin!!!

Kiss on the wee lambkin nose!!!

also – Read Diet for a Small Planet (famous book that still holds up today)

The argument that we are omnivorous doesn’t hold up any more to the factory farming system. Early humankind did not have access to the tons of meat we have today. Even if we ate it, we were never built to clog our systems with the amount of meat people eat today on a regular daily basis. It was a lot easier to pull fruit off a tree or eat greenery than to go hunt something.

And google search video’s of “downed farm animals” and you’ll be pretty horrified at the system one supports when you eat meat. (no I don’t work for PETA but I respect that organization. I came to my veganism thru years of research and study, soul-searching and personal experience.)

I don’t feel I miss out on gourmet experiences at all. Watch “The Post Punk Kitchen” on cable and you’ll never be bored by a vegan diet.

To that person who made the jokes about eating bacteria who have feelings… not cute. We are talking about animals we know have nervous systems, feelings, family dichotomies, and even memories. Prove to me a spore has that, and then we’ll talk. I do find it is a strange contradiction of this site – - so many people loving and taking joy in discovering these creatures, but going home to eat or wear them, or contribute in some way to the corporate slaughterhouse system, at night. To all you vegans at Cuteoverload – rock on.

as for thinking that “lamb” is a female sheep that hasnt given birth yet, you’re wrong.

Milk-fed lamb is meat from an unweaned lamb, typically 4 to 6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg; this is almost unavailable in countries such as the USA and the UK, where it is considered uneconomic. The flavour and texture of milk-fed lamb when grilled (such as the tiny lamb chops known as chuletillas in Spain) or roasted is generally thought to be finer than that of older lamb.

The term sucker lambs, used in some parts, includes young milk-fed lambs as well as slightly older lambs up to about 7 months of age which are also still dependent on their mothers for milk. Carcasses from these lambs usually weigh between 14 and 30kg. Older weaned lambs which have not yet matured to become mutton are known as old-season lambs.

Oh no, Zeldapie, I wasn’t referring to you! Your post about the turkey is heartbreaking and makes sense.

I was only talking about those people (or organisations) who seem to imply that non-vegetarians are scum just because they eat meat. (Though I admit I was a bit off with expecting those people to start a commentroversy here!) I know a lot of meat eaters who love animals probably even more than I do. Also, there are a lot of indigenous tribes who eat meat at nearly all their meals, but these same people worship Nature and revere the animals in their environment. They go out of their way to protect them when needed and are possibly better at conservation than most of us “civilised” folk. They manage to successfully keep the natural balance and maintain harmony with their eco-system.

I live in a place that got really cold during winter and I had to eat egg to for warmth. I haven’t had eggs in nearly 13 years – I had them as a child for nutrition’s sake – and the heat given out by egg does not agree with my digestive system, which is why I stopped having them as I got older. (Naturally, meat was totally out of the question for health’s sake.) But this time I had no choice – I’m in college, and we all know what college cafeterias are like! I was sick of the damp sandwiches, and the egg was what got me through the mornings.

I am of the opinion that depending on the climate and nutritive requirements, it is not wrong to eat meat. Though I have to admit that if I get stuck in a place where there are only animals to eat and nothing else, I’m going to have a hard time indeed. It’s a personal choice, as someone said.

That said, however, I completely agree with Patricia that vegetarianism is a healthier option in the present day, especially if they’re readily available, because you never know what chemicals are being pumped into animals reared for food.

Gah. I’m sorry, but I cannot imagine eating lamb after you felt the lamb you found was some sort of blessing. That is seriously messed up.

I’m vegetarian, and going vegan soon. To me, it’s not immoral to eat meat if it’s ethically raised and you know how it was raised and slaughtered and are okay with it. But if you are just averting your eyes and pretending meat =/= animal, that’s not especially moral. And if you can look at a factory farm/factory slaughterhouse and be fine with the treatment of animals there… That’s screwy, too.

Also, I am not seeing how vegetables = bacteria = lamb. Just because we have to kill things to survive doesn’t mean we should kill things as much as possible. I don’t see how this wouldn’t also justify killing another person. o_O

And yes, I am preachy, I’m sorry.

I don’t object to the eating of other animals so much as to the way they are raised and slaughtered. Even “free range” animals may be terrorized at the time of slaughter. I don’t think we have the right to inflict that kind of terror. I’ve always had a knee-jerk negative reaction to hunters, but I’ve lately come to think that a quick death out of the blue… “never knew what hit him”… for an animal who had a free life up to that point may be more humane than what most farm-raised food animals can expect.

Thanks for the reading recommendation, CoffeeCup.
One thing about the good nutrition as a vegetarian: it’s easier than ever to maintain a balanced and nutritious diet. I’m healthier than most everyone I know (yes, maybe luck of genetics, too, but I believe in great part thanks to my diet).