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Don't the laws of shechita (kosher slaughter) provide for a humane slaughter of animals so that we need not be concerned with violations of tsa’ar ba’alei chayim?
If Jews don't eat meat, won't they be deprived of the opportunity to do many mitzvot (commandments)? If God did not want meat to be eaten, why are there so many laws concerning the slaughter, preparation, and consumption of meat?
Judaism considers it sinful not to take advantage of the pleasurable things that God has put on the Earth. As He put animals on the Earth, is it not a transgression to refrain from eating meat?
Haven't Jews historically had many problems with some animal rights groups which have often opposed kosher shechita and advocated its abolishment?