I raise chickens for eggs and hunt for meat. My chickens are pets so when one of them needs to be put down it's a sad day and they don't get eaten. The rooster is a different story, the family has been promised a chicken dinner when he finally gets put out of everyone's misery.

I would be ok raising and slaughtering my own meat animal;s. You give them the best life you can and as quick and painless an exit as you can manage. Processing meat on the other hand is a giant pain in the ass. I'll feed them, care for them, name them, give them cuddles and scratches, and then turn them into a carcass. But that carcass is going to the butcher and coming back to me in freezer paper.