Maybe for you. I find it beautiful. Nature in it's plenitude. Unaesthetic?! Please, the sheer number of works of art made with animal killing as a theme, immediately renders your argument mute.

I find just as much beauty in a well executed meat harvest/processing as I do vegetable growing/processing But I get it, to each his own

Interesting... 1. Except humans are created in the image of God and are distinct from humans. 2. If you don't agree with that then at least have the intellectual honesty of recognizing that animals eat other animals and this is a normal function of life on planet earth. Ever seen Lion King? Watch it again maybe. 3. What about human cultures like Inuits? Veganism is a privileged rich white person take. Go to Argentina and tell them you're a vegan. They'll be confused as shit. Veganism there just means poor. You're effectively living out the life of an impoverished person when actual impoverished people would kill to be able to consume delish, nutrient dense animal products.

Why do you need to justify it? Other animals are fine with eating eachother, even the ones that are omnivores and have a "choice". If you claim humans are special and need to be held on a higher moral standard than animals, then you cannot claim a humans and animals are worth the same (or are "brothers and sisters") since that would be in deep contradiction with your own original premise.

Hear, hear!

Distinct from *animals

quod erat demonstrandum QED

The question should be examined carefully at the nutritional and not aesthetic level.

I'm sure plants want to be eaten, that's why they evolved all those chemical defenses, no doubt. Figures - a primate who sympathizes more with killing plans for food than other animals such as itself. Every living thing needs sustenance. That would be other living things. The moment you expire you are food for worms too. It is the way of the world. Beautiful, ugly - human concepts. Reality is as it is.

Our biology shows distinct herbivorous traits. Our saliva contains plant-digesting enzymes absent in carnivores. Our stomach acid is mild (pH 4-5) compared to carnivores (pH 1), and our intestines span 10-11 times our body length, matching other herbivores' ratio of 10-12, while carnivores' intestines are just 3-6 times their body length. Physical features like fleshy lips, flat nails, and small mouths align with herbivorous anatomy. While humans can digest meat, our digestive system's structure and chemistry match the profile of plant-eating animals.

This dude gets it!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You do you! I could name many things in our society that many of us find ugly that you may disagree with :) But why shove that down your throat? You do you! :)