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human
CMV: Killing animals for pleasure is wrong

Hi all!

I've recently been thinking a lot about the subject of ethics and how they apply to the treatment of animals in the modern day and age (especially in the food/meat/dairy industry, obviously). I've come to the conclusion that I could get rid of animal products in my diet and go totally vegan without any health risks, so the only thing that is still making me consume meat is the taste of it. I also believe that due to how supply & demand works, I am paying for the animals to be killed.

And this is where this CMV kicks off, I believe that it is wrong to kill animals just for the sensory pleasure. The main reason why I think so is probably empathy and the fact that they are sentient in at least a similar way that we are. If there was overwhelming evidence to conclude with certainty that animals are basically like robots, are incapable of any psychology whatsoever, then I guess I would change my mind.

EDIT: Wow, there are a lot of responses and I will try to go through them all but I need to finish my work for today first :P

EDIT2: Im starting to respond more today. If I don't respond to a comment then it's probably because someone else already responded and stated something better than I could, I will likely just comment underneath that response and say that "I agree", for example.
gpt
what about invasive or overpopulated species?  Would you be ok culling them in order to preserve the indigenous species?

Obviously it would be ideal use them for food, fur/skins, etc. but even if we don't, there would still be a benefit to preserving the other animals in the ecosystem.