The problem I have with this is that (as I have described before) although animal welfare is a step in the right direction, it is not the same as the right to life. In the end a well taken care off creature is killed for no good reason other than, it tastes good. It's the ultimate display of subjugation and abuse of the weak.

Then we use wording such as "humane kill" to make it sound acceptable. Have you considered the blatant contradiction in this saying? Since when is killing a human like thing to do?! Which human would like to be killed in a "humane" way? It's a cop out to say that killing is ok as long as it's done painlessly.

Furthermore have you killed any of your own animals? Were you ok with it? I have and although back then I loved meat, it still bothered me seeing the life of the animals I helped kill - chickens, pigs, rabbits - fade away. It still pains me today, to know I was ever able to cause so much harm to such helpless innocent creatures. But I was simply following the acceptable social convention.