I do enjoy raising the rats and laugh at their antics occasionally. But I have no problem feeding them off, I have no problem looking at a cow and going "MMMMMM STEAK". Its all the circle of life. In todays age we have become distant of the kill and slaughter of animals for food. If you had to butcher your own meat and had done it your whole life, this wouldn't even cross your mind.

Funny Story:

I met a lady about a month ago, she was at a chicken dinner fund raiser for a local family. They had an awesome chicken dinner followed by an auction. In the auction they had a group of live chickens for "egg laying". They stated that in the auction they were great for having fresh eggs every morning. The lady turned to me and said "I could never eat a egg laid by a chicken". So I thought she didn't eat eggs, her husband turned and said "what do you think we had for breakfast this morning?" LOL!!! She didn't even realize the eggs she eats for breakfast were from chickens. She thought they just came from somewhere. LOL.