{"product_id":"the-ethical-carnivore-my-year-killing-to-eat","title":"The Ethical Carnivore: My Year Killing to Eat","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you had to kill it yourself, if you had to look it in the eye . . . would you eat it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLouise's first kill is a disaster. She injures a rabbit, and thinks it has died in agony. But the experience teaches her a lesson, and when she subsequently finds the rabbit, she vows to do its death justice by finding out what it really means to kill and eat animals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany people claim to care about the meat that they eat, but do they really know how the animal died? \u003ci\u003eThe Ethical Carnivore\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this universal question, through an emotional personal quest. Taking the current fashion for “ethical meat” to its logical conclusion, Louise vows to eat only animals she has killed herself for a year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting small, Louise shoots and traps game such as hare and squirrels, and learns how to skin and cook them. She builds a new appreciation of the British countryside, and its wild fish and animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative moves to domestic animals. Louise sees cows in the slaughterhouse; by talking to the men and women who work there, she finds out how the animals are killed and the effect it has on the people who do it on our behalf.. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of her journey, Louise goes wildfowling in the Orkneys to shoot a goose for Christmas dinner. She reflects that the rabbit with the white blaze has taught her to appreciate meat by facing up to the death of animals and to look deeply at her own morals and values.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42994342592592,"sku":"9781472938398B","price":14.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-ethical-carnivore-my-year-killing-to-eat","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}