Slaughter

I was shocked to read this story. I've been a vegetarian for a while, and recently when I was tempted for various reasons to eat meat again I thought about it and the fact that I would be asking that animals where killed in the name of my hunger.

Perhaps even worse, in a way, is how animals, such as those in this story, are slaughtered because they have contracted a NON FATAL virus that could, perhaps, potentially, maybe, be transported to another animal and maybe that animal might be part of someone's livelihood and even though even then that animal wouldn't die, it would be a drag. So kill them.

To be honest foot and mouth disease is the same. "Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have resulted in the slaughter of millions of animals, despite this being a frequently non-fatal disease. The destruction of animals is primarily to prevent the disease from spreading throughout herds intended for human consumption or producing milk." [source: Wikipedia]

Isn't that sick? It's not that the disease would jump to humans.