Author Catherine Friend tries to strike a balance between her carnivorous desires and humane treatment of the animals we eat. A farmer herself, she practices what she we preaches in The Compassionate Carnivore - Or, How To Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald’s Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, And Still Eat Meat.
Friend raises sheep for meat, and in doing so has developed relationships with the sheep, and feels a sense of gratitude for their sacrifice. It might strike some people as an odd paradox, but a similar ethic was applied by Native Americans hundreds of years ago: respect and gratitude for the animals they hunted.
She compares her small sustainable farm to the factory farms you’ve probably seen vilified in PETA commercials.
The Compassionate Carnivore, ISBN 9781600940071, was published in April by Da Capo Press.

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