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Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.14
ye tv anevam-vido ‘santah
stabdhah sad-abhimaninah
pasun druhyanti visrabdhah
pretya khadanti te ca tan

SYNONYMS
ye—those who; tu—but; anevam-vidah—not knowing these facts; asantah—very impious; stabdhah—presumptuous; sat-abhimaninah—considering themselves saintly; pasun—animals; druhyanti—they harm; visrabdhah—being innocently trusted; pretya—after leaving this present body; khadanti—they eat; te—those animals; ca—and; tan—them.

TRANSLATION
Those sinful persons who are ignorant of actual religious principles, yet consider themselves to be completely pious, without compunction commit violence against innocent animals who are fully trusting in them. In their next lives, such sinful persons will be eaten by the same creatures they have killed in this world.

PURPORT
In this verse we can clearly see the great discrepancies in those persons who do not surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His law. As stated in the Bhagavatam, harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-gunah: those who do not accept the supremacy of the Supreme Lord gradually become infected with the most sinful propensities that bring, in their turn, terrible suffering upon the nondevotees. In the Western countries such as America, many people proudly proclaim themselves to be most pious religionists and sometimes even prophets or representatives of God. Boasting of their religiosity, such foolish people experience no fear or doubt in cruelly slaughtering innumerable animals in slaughterhouses or on hunting trips for their whimsical sense gratification. In the state of Mississippi there are sometimes pig-killing festivals, in which entire families enjoy watching a pig cruelly butchered before their eyes. Similarly, a former president of the United States from Texas did not consider any social occasion complete without the slaughtering of a cow. Such persons mistakenly consider themselves to be perfectly observing the laws of God and due to such arrogant foolishness lose all touch with reality. When a man is raising an animal for slaughter, he feeds the animal nicely and encourages it to grow fat. Thus the animal gradually accepts its would-be killer as its protector and master. When the master finally approaches the helpless animal with a sharp knife or gun, the animal thinks, “Oh, my master is joking with me.” Only at the last minute does the animal understand that the so-called master is death personified. It is clearly stated in Vedic literature that cruel masters who kill innocent animals will undoubtedly be killed in the next life by a similar process.

mam sa bhakshayitamutra
yasya mamsam ihadmy aham
etan mamsasya mamsatvam
pravadanti manishinah

“That creature whose flesh I am eating here and now will consume me in the next life.’ Thus meat is called mamsa, as described by learned authorities.” In Srimad-Bhagavatam this grizzly fate of animal killers is described by Narada Muni to King Pracinabarhi, who was excessively killing animals in so-called sacrifices.

bho bhoh prajapate rajan
pasun pasya tvayadhvare
samjnapitan jiva-sanghan
nirghrinena sahasrasah
ete tvam sampratikshante
smaranto vaisasam tava
samparetam ayah-kutais
chindanty utthita-manyavah

“O ruler of the citizens, my dear King, please see in the sky those animals which you have sacrificed, without compassion and without mercy, in the sacrificial arena. All these animals are awaiting your death so that they can avenge the injuries you have inflicted upon them. After you die, they will angrily pierce your body with iron horns.” (Bhag. 4.25.7-8) Such punishment of animal killers may take place under the jurisdiction of Yamaraja on the planet of the lord of death. In other words, one who kills an animal or who eats meat undoubtedly acquires a debt to the living entity who has contributed his body for the satisfaction of the meat-eater. The meat-eater must pay his debt by contributing his own body to be consumed in the next life. Such payment of one’s debt by offering one’s own body to be eaten is confirmed in the Vedic literature.

Well, the point I was moved by was the man taking care of the indigents who inhabited his restaurant through the night, not the all-beef patties within the burgers themselves.

I realize that I didn’t properly tie my comment in to what I was thinking.

I often see people doing things for others’ immediate gratification that is ultimately harmful to them.  That is what is going on when giving untouchable substances as food.  It is a nice sentiment to want to do some service for someone, but one must first learn the real situation to be able to actually perform service.  Satisfying the tongue and stomach with untouchable substances obtained by cruelty and killing is not true service and not commendable at all. 

The cow, by virtue of the fact that she gives milk for our consumption, must be recognized as a kind of mother to us.  If a man kills your mother and feeds her flesh to you, is that very nice?

“The eating of meat was unknown up to the big flood, but since the flood they have put the strings and stinking juices of animal meat into our mouths, just as they threw in front of the grumbling sensual people in the desert. Jesus Christ, who appeared when the time had been fulfilled, has again joined the end with the beginning, so that it is no longer allowed for us to eat animal meat.”
St. Jerome (c.340 – 420) (priest, monk, theologian, first translator of the Bible into Latin)

“It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds, nuts and vegetables, without meat.”
St. Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215) (Church Father)

“James, the brother of the Lord ... was holy from his mother’s womb; and he drank no wine nor strong drink, nor did he eat meat.”
Hegesippus (c.180) (first church historian) quoted in Eusebius’ The Church History (325)

“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, Oh, God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, our brothers the animals to whom you gave the earth as their home in common with us. We remember with shame that in the past we have exercised the high dominion of man with ruthless cruelty so that the voice of the earth, which should have gone up to you in song, has been a groan of travail. May we realize that they live not for us alone but for themselves and for you and that they love the sweetness of life.” “The body which is burdened with meat is afflicted with diseases. A moderate way of living makes the body healthier and stronger and cuts off the root of evil. The stream of meat darkens the light of the spirit. One can hardly have virtue if one enjoys meat and feasts.”
St. Basil the Great (c.329 – 359) (Bishop, Church Father, Doctor of the Church, founder of Monasticism)

“All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.” “Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them wherever they require it.” “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men.”
St. Francis of Assisi (c.1181 – 1226)