I'm an omnivore, but if I wasn't lazy and somewhat hypocritical, I'd be a vegetarian. It's the ethically consistent choice for me, given my views on consent, but having grown up eating meat and enjoying it, and not being a big fan of a lot of meat alternatives, it'd be a lot of hassle for me to change my eating habits now. So I eat meat and try not to think about it, and feel a little guilty when I do.

Sounds like something I would have said here. I'd still like to see statistics out of interest.

Omnivore, never really thought about it but where I'm from the animal I like the most is a house pet not food. Plus in nature things like wolf's eat meat, so I don't really get bothered by it at all.

i'm somewhere between danpetman and waterteck. i think about the fact that carnivores are there for a reason, but at the same time realize that we have a choice because of our intelligence, and that using the "naturalness" of carnivores as an excuse may be just that, and ultimately it's laziness and lack of desire to change that are the real reasons behind why i'm not a vegetarian (yet?).

Vegetarian. I make a point not to eat animal products at home though I tend to put up with cheese and the like at restaurants, so I'm not vegan.

I don't find it hard to avoid, though I'd be lying if I said my mouth didn't water when I smell steak and the like.

As for studies on it... while anecdotal evidence agrees with you, proper zoo studies are lacking on the whole, let alone any with such specificity. I'll let you know if I come across anything, though.

I've taken a different tack on the diet. Everyone dies, I object to the manor of death and the quality of life given an animal in the industrial meat factory. I've seen much of it from the inside and so now I get my beef from free range, locally slaughtered animals where I can confirm they are not being mistreated and have largely an okay life. Chickens and eggs are from the back yard and they are pampered. Pork is the one stumbling block for me. I'm currently thinking about going vegetarian but it is difficult with a partner that thinks a mean is a protein and a side. I do think you will find that veganism depends on species of choice and partly on the difficulty of caring for the species of choice. Let's face it, anyone can go and get a dog and keep it reasonably well today. There is a lot less thought that goes into that animal preference than others, particularly pigs, goats and cows. Horses fall about half way on the spectrum.

Eh, Im a pretty shitty human compared to a lot of these responses. I eat meat, and I eat the cheap battery farmed stuff. I'd love to buy local free range stuff but my monetary priorities lie elsewhere.

I like the taste of meat too much to give it up and I try not to think about where the meat came from. I might change my mind in a few years time, we'll see...

Vegan since july 22nd

I would try to go vegetarian, but since I still live with my parents I would be ridiculed and punished for it. As soon as I move out I'm going vegetarian.

Vegan.

Omnivore. I hunt (though only for food and pest control) and have no problem killing. My reasoning is simple. Humans are designed to eat meat. Its brutal. But so is nature. The world is brutal, and not for those unprepared or unfit to survive in it.

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I eat meat only about once a week and only from restaurants and only when it is part of a dish. Besides that the only other animal product I eat is some dairy from candy.