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[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (19 children)

Only if you neutered them very young. Removal of the testicles reduces the potential for odor and taint associated with male hormones in boars after puberty. If you didn't do this to your pet pig, you are going to regret it when you cook it.

Source: My mother ran the local 4H club. Kids shouldn't see live castrations of animals IMHO. Especially since they are mostly done without anesthesia. The squeals still haunt me.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 8 months ago (6 children)

The fact that people are so insulated from the suffering of the animals they eat is part of the problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I‘m happy to know every farmer I buy meat from, and also how they are kept and treated (way better than these requires). I could even pet or buy any animal I want from them. Further, I’m happy that my county‘s laws are as strict as they are.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know locally sourced is much better for the environment, but when talking about empathy for the animals, I don't think getting to pet them before they die really cuts it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

Unless you have very sharp nails.

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