I'm not nearly as rigorous as some people I know, but I do try to avoid eating the sort of "cheap" meat dishes that imply that welfare probably wasn't a priority :(
I'm sure lots of people have different reasons for becoming pescetarians, but I do find it quite an unexpected choice. Fish definitely went for a poor evolutionary strategy when they decided not to be furry and lovable! A steak means one dead cow, and loads of people can eat from it. A bowl of prawns requires loads of deaths just to feed one person! So it never seems quite so obvious to me why lots of people think of fish/seafood as a sort of proto-vegetarian option. I think it's possible to buy some pretty un-ethically farmed prawns, too, if you're not careful...
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Date: 2013-01-17 03:28 pm (UTC)I'm sure lots of people have different reasons for becoming pescetarians, but I do find it quite an unexpected choice. Fish definitely went for a poor evolutionary strategy when they decided not to be furry and lovable! A steak means one dead cow, and loads of people can eat from it. A bowl of prawns requires loads of deaths just to feed one person! So it never seems quite so obvious to me why lots of people think of fish/seafood as a sort of proto-vegetarian option. I think it's possible to buy some pretty un-ethically farmed prawns, too, if you're not careful...