[Elspode]

I personally have to objection to ritual slaughter of animals as long as the meat is consumed. It is not at all unusual in many cultures for hunters to ritually slit the throat of their prey and ask its forgiveness/a blessing from the Gods as part of the process. I'm okay with that.

Now, throwing live little bunnies and cats into a fire while intoning dark chants just for the supposed extra "power" or pure shock value...that, I'm gonna have a problem with. You sacrifice it, you eat it.