I would sooner eat a animal then -blam!- a person, this is going to make me sound like a dick but, it is a fairly unintelligent being, and I have no emotional connection for animals that are bred to be eaten, so I have little reason to care unless the animal is being mistreated, which many are and I am aware of that. if people ate dogs I would be against that because I have 2 myself and have a actual emotional connection to them, even if they are dumb, but a close to mindless being isn't going to do much apart from eat grass. if I can bond with something I will be against harm coming to something of its kind unless it asked for it ( attacked someone / something ) a cow can't make me feel bad for it unless I see it in extreme pain and suffering. when's the last time you've heard of someone going to the park with there cow, teaching their cow a new trick, or even just getting the damn thing to come up to you. this will be the last time I state this: unless it's human or something that I have a bond with, Is being miss treated or is suffering, I don't care what happens to it. inb4 I'm called an idiot or insulted in some manner.