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ChrisCrossCMP · Posted: Mar 27, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: Did someone die?

It's pretty quiet in here! Hmm...what shall we chat about?

Well my friend asked me today, "If you were stranded on an island with no food, and a rabbit randomly died in front of you and you had a fire, would you eat it?" I said no, I couldn't tear the poor thing apart and burn it. "Well what if it was already cooked?" I said no, I'd find some plants and fruits and other things.

What would you do? If only there was a vegetarian survival guide for situations like that.
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BigBecka · Animal defender Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 412

Hurrah

great topic!

I agree with you about trying to find some fruit, though I don't really know what's poionous. A few people round here pick wild mushrooms, and Ray Mears has a TV show teaching bushcraft. If a rabbit randomly died: I would be suspicious why! It might have some horrible disease or parasite

lunarflowermaiden · Advanced Vegan Talker Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 84

That is a great topic. Personally, I could never eat a rabbit or any other animal, whether I had to kill it myself or it was already dead. That is a tough situation, though, because as BigBecka said, you don't know what is poisonous and what is not when you are stranded in a foreign area. I think that really the only option for a vegan would be to buy books (or at least research information) about edible plants and fruit in the wild. If you are traveling, it would be helpful to carry books like this with you.

Also, I just have to ask, what rabbits are on tropical islands

? I could see if you were stranded in the forest, but on an island? In the case of being stranded in the forest, I would most likely live off of mushrooms and plants (again, this is when the books about what is edible in the wild come in handy).

WarChild · Passionated Vegan Talker Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

ChrisCrossCMP · Posted: Mar 28, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject:

I was thinking that it'd be pretty smart to read up on your island plants before you went on a trip

Wow...a rabbit on an island...maybe it's an island-rabbit

But how could you even stand ripping open something that just randomly died in you?? If I wouldn't eat it prepared, why would I want to kill it myself??? It probably WOULD have some crazy disease or something...

Since I'm the animal-rights-freak of my class [[and proud!]], there's a lot of conversations with me about animals...

In English, I'm writing a persuasive essay on animal testing, and why I think that we should not test on animals. People said to me, "I would care if it was a dog or a cat, but it's just a stupid rat so who cares?" I told them that's speciesism[[peta2's idea, not mine..I don't think that's a word...]] and they should be ashamed and that they don't test on just rats. And thanks to all the vegans and animal rights activists I've been able to answer every question about animal testing so far

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BigBecka · Animal defender Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 412

ChrisCrossCMP · Posted: Mar 30, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

THANK YOU SO MUCH! That's exactly what I needed, and I didn't even try searching for anything yet!!! Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
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Sergio · Vegan Talk Veteran Joined: 24 May 2001 Posts: 224

I for example put life higher than the life of rabbit, so if my survival depended on it, I don't know, may be I'll eat it.
It's the same, would you use animal derived drugs if your life will be at risk?

BigBecka · Animal defender Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 412

AndyBa · Lord of the posts Joined: 27 May 2001 Posts: 670

Hm.. interesting topic!

During the 2nd world war there were people who became cannibals because of hunger.
I think stating anything about your choices before feeling real hunger doesn't reflect the reality..
I personally don't know what I will do.. I know that life can make you do things that you never thought you would ever do..
Theoretically I would try to find some vegan foods.. but with my experience and knowledge of wild plants I would probably be poisoned quickly enough
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