My father was a hunter and we grew up seeing animals die or be killed for food. Heck, we raised chickens for just such purposes and we assisted in the seasonal "prep." To witness it would not change anything in my diet. Without grocery stores, farming is how we produce our food to sustain us.

Plants and vegetables are living things too. We rip them from their life source, chop them up, boil them, skin them, roast them, etc. Do we have a soft heart for them too? Not when it comes to our own survival.