Martin
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Sentience and the ability to feel pain does not preclude it from being a food source imo. But it does mean we have ethical obligations.
We are a potential food source for animals and we often succumb to the will of bacteria/virus/fungi.
Most people are happy for countless pigs, cows, lambs as and chickens to be slaughtered so they can have a bit of meat on their plate.