Question: What is "Happy Meat"?
Answer: Animal activists sometimes use the term “happy meat” in a derogatory way to describe meat that is marketed as having come from humanely raised animals. The term criticizes the belief that animals can be slaughtered and eaten as long as they were treated “humanely” before they were killed. In many cases, the animals are raised not on rolling green pastures, but in larger cages or in overcrowded barns. Regardless of how well they are treated before they are slaughtered, the animal rights position is that animals should not be killed or used for human purposes.
