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In reply to the discussion: Memo to PETA: Go F *** Yourselves for traumatizing children. [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)watching an uncle take a terrified lamb out of the trunk of his car, its feet bound together. And watched the neighborhood butcher slice it's throat, silencing its cries while the life drained from its eyes.
It didn't turn me vegetarian, because my parents forced me to eat meat. The image haunted me, returning off and on so I can even see it in my mind's eye now.
I have tried being vegetarian off and on, but have a hard time with it. No matter how much alternate protein I eat, I end up craving meat. It may be because the heme in red meat provides a more bioavailable source of iron than any vegetables do, and women are more susceptible to anemia due to loss of iron. I'm not sure, but I do seem to be finding it easier now that I'm 60. Time will tell.
I don't think PETA's approach is helpful.