Interesting to hear that. You live in a beautiful place ...right in the laps of Nature herself..

Nevertheless, I still don't agree with the cruelty-free part.

Almost all industries start in a similar fashion. Initially, there wasn't any cruelty involved in the dairy or wool industry too, from that perspective.

But the truth is that since everyone can't access such "cruelty-free" produce everytime and everywhere, the seed is sown for the commercialization of animal farming. Even Panama is continuously seeing an increase in demand during past years and is currently importing poultry, eggs and other animal products, feed etc. to meet its rising demand. The next step is to set up commercial farms and the Government there is already helping to make this happen soon with several subsidies and improvement in infrastructure.

So even if you think that your consumption of animal products is benign, it doesn't set a good precedence for others. And when something is short in quantity, it becomes a luxury. And when it gains the status of luxury, prices gets higher and commercial farming becomes a profitable opportunity.

By the way, how do you recognize an unfertilized egg from a fertilized egg since both looks the same? In fact, even birds can't recognize the one from the other.

Actually, if you will look into the history of chickens in your area, you will probably find that they are not natural breed but these breeds were manipulated to produce unfertilized eggs by humans. Birds in wild rarely lay any unfertilized eggs. Bird would lay eggs only in their respective breeding season.

Unfortunately, because of human manipulations, these domesticated breeds of hens are forced to produce huge quantity of unfertilized eggs which is not natural and not good for their bodies in the long run. So cruelty is intrinsic in the production of eggs. Over time humans will keep devising ways to increase their harvest from these birds.

Beside this, all birds and animals should live "free" from the subservience of the humans in any way. Why should we need to dominate upon these beings? Let them live their life independent of humans in the wild.

Currently, I can guess that it must be a very small percentage of incidents of chicks being killed by a snake or a predator because its "owner" won't like it to happen. It's a loss to him / her. So every effort to protect them will be made by the owner.These living beings are considered as a personal property with a sense of ownership. That's where exploitation begins.

I'd like to write a few more things here but I know you know it all and this reply too is on expected lines. So no point in going on further 😊.

So tell me how's like living on an island? Isn't fishing in a sustainable way considered human? Fish must be a prominent part of the diet there. How do you deal with such a scenario on a day to day basis?