Reply #73: They are probably killed more humanely than some predators kill

[Nikia]

Their prey. As far as how animals are raised, we do need to consider how livestock should be raised. I went to a rural school in Ohio in high school where several of my friends belonged to farm familes. they treated their animals humanely, but many factory farms do not.
As I understand it, death is not considered as harsh to animals as humans (besides the human=superior arguement) because livestock animals do not think very far into their future or have a good concept of self identification and life like humans do. This is probably more true of chicken than cows and more true of fish than chicken and completely true of insects.
Besides the whole disgust factor, eating insects could be a good alternative source of animal protein. They are a good source of complete proteins. They don't seem to mind living in extremely cramped quarters. By their nature, they are death machines who seem to care nothing about their own lives. Many species eat them. We could too.