I went raw-vegan for a while. I had tried to be vegetarian before that, but always got sick after a short time. Felt horrible without meat. Raw food was okay for a few days, but then I felt awful again. Turns out I have some specific health problems and need to eat animal products. I simply can't live without them, period. I did a lot of research into this area and one of the things that struck me was that there are no traditional or ancient vegan peoples anywhere--at least that I could find. It seems to be a modern fashion. And it is almost impossible to live as a vegan without modern conveniences like supermarkets and high-powered blenders. Try living through a winter in Canada as a vegan, without access to either of those things. Since people have been living all over the world for quite a while now, I have to assume that each pocket of people had successful ways of eating within their environments. All of them ate animal products, every single one.
Some vegans say that eating vegan is "back to the garden of Eden", so I looked into the Bible to see what it said. After the flood, God told Noah that from that time forth people were going to have to eat meat. Later on, when God gave rules to Israel during the Exodus, he included animals that could and should not be eaten. Feast days included the eating of meat. The priests were given meat to eat. God actually recommends meat as food.
That said, I am against the very cruel and unhealthy mass-feedlot style of animal production. I buy local and organic meats from animals raised on farms, outdoors. I've actually driven out to them and seen the animals in pastures. I've done my own hunting and, while I don't enjoy killing animals, it's certainly a cheaper way of getting good-quality meat than buying it. I also have raw vegetables every day.
Okay, animals I've eaten:
- Cow
- Pig
- Chicken
- Duck
- Rabbit
- Quail
- Turkey
- Elk
- Deer
- Cat (in Asia--I had no idea what I was eating)
- Bird saliva (in Asia--authentic bird's nest soup)
- Sea squirt (they called it something else, but I forget the name)
- Oyster
- Mussels
- Fish
- Lobster
- Crab
- Horse
- Kangaroo
- Crocodile
- Fresh-water crustaceans
- Shrimp
- Scallops
- Ostrich
- Buffalo
- Lamb
- Goat
- Goose
- Pigeon
- Octopus
- Shark
- Eel
- Squid
Those are all the ones I remember, anyway! I've traveled to, and lived in, multiple countries, so I've seen all kinds of things we don't get locally. I was always pretty adventurous when it came to food, too.
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Re: What animals have you eaten?- the anti-vegan thread 
Eating other animals out of want and not necessity is just plain wrong to me. They have lives too. If a lion eats you just for the hell of it to see how you taste, just call it karma.
