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There is a reason why we don't call it humane/caring/well-treated when someone who raises dogs for dog fighting pets, hugs and feeds his dogs well before sending them to their deaths. But when it comes to other animals whose killing is convenient for us (pigs, chickens, cows, sheep, fish and turkeys), we suddenly lose all sense of rationality, discard our very own argument against dog fighting and start acting upon the logic of the aforementioned dog fighter in order to make ourselves feel better about participating in needless violence. It's insane.

I mean, seriously... think about it. An act does not suddenly become humane by replacing one victim with another.

Meat eating may be a different way of receiving pleasure/profit at the expense of others, but it's still just as unnessecary as any other form of animal cruelty, as humans have no biological need for meat, nevermind the menstruation and the breast milk of another species.

If you think that such a thing as "happy humane slaughter" exists, you are delusional. CO2 stunning has been approved as the most "humane" way to stun animals. Yet everyone with at least half a braincell can tell that this is clearly just yet another conscience-easing label. My friend Emily made a good video about the most "humane" way to slaughter animals: youtu.be/HwxcKqXNRsM And let's be honest... no one would ever want to do this to their pets. Heck, I wouldn't even do it to my worst enemy, nevermind animals I claim to care about as an animal-lover. Aside from that...

How can there be a humane way to kill someone if you don't HAVE to?

There is no humane way to kill someone who does not want to die.

If this thing we call humane were done to ourselves, our loved ones or our pets, we'd sing the opposite tune and we KNOW it.

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Humane Slaughter
The standard legal form of slaughter for animals is for them to be "stunned" and then have their throats slit. For chickens and pigs, the stunning is generally done with an electric shock, and for other animals a pneumatic bolt pistol projects a metal rod into their forehead. It is claimed that this renders the animal 100% unconscious, but if you actually look into the facts, slaughterhouse workers will admit that there is no way to verify that this is the case for every single animal, and indeed the process doesn't always work, isn't followed routinely, and indeed, the "stun" can wear off while the animal is being killed.
But regardless of the fashion of execution, there isn't a justification for taking the life. It is still taking the life of a sentient being, for your enjoyment ultimately. If somebody killed your companion animal, I doubt you'd say "that's fine because you did it humanely" as described above.

Grass-fed, organic, free-range etc
Regardless of the nature of their lives before slaughter, farmed animals get sent to slaughter. There is a misconception that animals get to "live out their lives" and then get killed. Animals get killed as soon as their purpose is served, or as soon as they reach a profitable size, which is at a fraction of their potential lifespan. The very definition of grass-fed/organic/free-range animals is actually very loose and can vary wildly. It doesn't mean that the animals have any kind of quality of life necessarily, it just means the farm has to meet some arbitrary requirements to earn that title. That's not to say that every single farmer treats their animals dreadfully while they live - some actually do give their animals a fair standard of life before sending them to have their throats slit. But it's ignorant to think it's the norm in the first place.

Killing animals for no reason is wrong, but if you have a reason it's fine
The reason for killing animals in modern society is for the enjoyment of eating their dead body. That surely is not a justification for taking life. If somebody killed your companion animal, I doubt that you'd say "It's fine as long as you eat them".

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