Lonewolf -- I'm not sure I fully agree with you here. While clearly the food chain is part of the natural order of things, we have taken ourselves completely off the food chain. We are not prey for any other animals, nor do we eat a diet today that we could have naturally found as either a hunter/gatherer nor as an agrarian society. We have used our "intelligence" and sophistication to artificially and exponentially raise the populations of our "food" animals, while decreasing the numbers of all other animals. There is nothing natural about this. The problem isn't the food chain, it is our complete and total violation of natural law.
Plus, we are omnivores by nature, not carnivores. Accordingly, because of the unnatural state of things, we have a choice whether to eat meat or not. In the face of deciding whether to promote suffering (and likely a lack of health for ourselves) or less suffering (And likely greater longevity), I choose the latter.
Further, praying mantis females have sex with the males and then decapitate them. This is part of nature too. Yet, we don't find it appropriate for humans to follow this behavior. Because of our ability to reason, I think we have a greater responsibility to act well.
|