[drenvuk]

Pigs reach slaughter weight at about 6 months[0] and the lifetime of a domestic pig is 15 to 20 years. Their breeding age is 8+ months. So we kill them before they reach the prime of their life most of the time. Killing them at their prime might be less of a moral issue than what we do currently.

[0]https://modernfarmer.com/2016/05/raising-pigs/#:~:text=Most%....

[mapme]

That is an interesting comparison to other reasons why we kill animals, however, the point wasn’t a relative moral comparison to animal slaughter for food purposes but that it’s not zero cost morality wise to kill an animal in its prime.

[drenvuk]

It's not zero cost morality wise to kill anything at any point in their lifetime; from bacteria, to worms, to flies, to pigs each has its own weight on a person's conscience be it nil or hefty. I mean that. But a pig is not human so it's acceptable to me.

[sillysaurusx]

Would you feel the same if cats were the only animal whose organs could be harvested?

[gambiting]

Absolutely - why wouldn't you? Serious question.

[sillysaurusx]

If you were the cat, I bet you'd feel differently.

That's as serious of an answer as I can give. It's the same reason I never neutered my cats, since it felt like a mutilation.

[gambiting]

Yes, but if I were a cat I wouldn't lick my own anus and yet cats happily do that - my opinion on what I would or wouldn't like as a cat is not really relevant.

My point is - we are not cats, and cats aren't humans. They deserve good treatment, respect and all the love they can get - but at the end of the day they are not humans and should not be treated as such.

[salamandersauce]

My mom thought that way until we ended up with 5 more cats. The prospect of 20 more cats didn't quite appeal to her either.

[spoonjim]

Yes, I would be OK with killing any number of cats to save any human’s life.

[op00to]

One million cats to save Putin?

[spoonjim]

Yes.

[thih9]

> it's acceptable to me

Your earlier comment mentioned morality without qualifiers; here you refer to your own morality; this seems more accurate. Note that there are people who refuse to eat or otherwise harm animals and they cite moral reasons too.