# There must be other alternatives to farmers slaughtering livestock, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 4, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-must-be-other-alternatives-to-farmers-slaughtering-livestock-right/853111 "2020-05-04T06:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-must-be-other-alternatives-to-farmers-slaughtering-livestock-right/853111/21 "2020-05-06T03:41:31Z")
Sure, our own **FloatyGimpy** enjoyed a recent African trip and posted, among other amazing photos, a pic of a lion cub head-first up to his little shoulders in the asshole of whatever prey his pride was devouring. Someone link it? I’m on my semi-dumb phone, sorry. Now I’m intrigued by the image of lions and tigers rejoining the bears (oh, my!) in the American grasslands. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-must-be-other-alternatives-to-farmers-slaughtering-livestock-right/853111/22 "2020-05-06T14:39:00Z")
We’ve been having trouble finding places that are open. It’s hard enough normally on small-scale (we’re talking just a few hogs at a time). And while the smaller shops were eventually declared essential, they aren’t operating at full capacity. They eat a _lot_ as they approach slaughter weight, and at that point it mostly just goes to fat. If we didn’t care about the USDA stamp it would be easier, but then we couldn’t (legally) sell it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-must-be-other-alternatives-to-farmers-slaughtering-livestock-right/853111.md?page=1)