[rmvt]

> This is the appropriate response to the thought of your species being slaughtered for food

not necessarily. there are a lot of assumptions you're making here

> there's no reason to assume that any other species is capable of contemplating such a thing!

you don't know this

> If you're eating free range chickens or pasture-raised beef

in case that by "free range chicken" and "pasture-raised beef" you mean the same that the indurstry does by using those terms, you should do some research into how those animals are actually raised and the lives they live