Defending Meat Eating: A response to Pam Saunders

Before i even start this blog, i would like reinterate that i in no way necessarily support the views expressed by Pam Saunders but after searching for hours and hours for an article or piece of writing that could defend why myself and others eat animals and meat-products, i thought the least i could do was share this with my readers. In her three page article termed; "In Defense of Meat: Guilt- Free Choices, Pam Saunders raises two main (atleast to me) that are credible defenses for meat eating;what do we do with the cows and livestock we've grown for food and the a second issue referring to how plants use animal products-manure and decomposed matter for their own sustenance. The first argument she makes is widely known to many involved in animal rights discussions wherein it poses the question that we can't exacly let these animals back into the wild for the obvious reasons that they wouldn't be able to fend and provide for themselves as their wild counterparts would. I know we are the reason behind why these animals may have lost their natural instincts so some will say keeping them as livestock doesn't fix the problem either so they are better off being free and through generations, they can get these instincts back via evolution or just natural selection. The second argument and the one i'm most interested in ( for the purpose of this blog), is the idea of plants using animals for their survival as the natural order of things. Some may say this is a version of Benjamin Franklin's argument : if they can eat each other...then why can't i?" but i think its got some credibility! I'm not taking the "if they eat animals, then i could eat animals too" route but i would like to know how others feel especially the vegans and vegetaranians. Do you rethink you plant produce now that you know that it may have absorbed its nutrients and stored its reserves from animals themselves? Are u indirectly consuming animals when you eat plants?