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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3921427" data-attributes="member: 35603">I definitely understand that too.  My brain segregates harvesting an animal for food and killing an animal.  Harvesting something for food creates no issues for me unless something goes wrong and the meat is spoiled, but killing an animal that wont be eaten is difficult for me.  I've had to shoot strays because animal control wouldn't respond unless we got a leash on them and tied them to the corner of our fence.  Those were either due to extreme neglect with no collar or chasing our cattle and it filled me with dread every time I knew it was coming to that.  I have had to dispatch one rooster that had become aggressive enough he was leaving some pretty deep wounds on my in laws and nephews, which I justified by using it as an opportunity to show my son how to kill and process a chicken as humanely as possible.  I have had to put a lot of animals out of their misery, some of which we could get to the vet to be put to sleep and some that the ride wouldve been torturous so I had to shoot them at the house.  It sucks every single time, but I have been the only one that would do it for a good portion of my life so it is what it is.</blockquote>