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# Humane Slaughter

Humane, adj, 1\
Having or showing compassion or benevolence\
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Compassion, n, 1\
Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.\
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Benevolence, n, 1\
The quality of being well meaning; kindness.\
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If someone neither wants to nor needs to die, how could it ever be compassionate or benevolent to murder them? Humane slaughter is an oxymoron - it contradicts itself. It is nothing but an industry euphemism to assauge consumer guilt so that the money keeps flowing. If we were concerned about the wellbeing of these animals, if we were being kind to them, we wouldn't be paying for them to be murdered.