Nairobi, June 11 -- The cows bred for steak here are treated like royalty.

They are fed well. They are kept comfortable. Nobody shouts at them. No loud rock music. No banging doors. No unnecessary stress. In short, a life many cows can only dream of. And when the hour finally comes, they are not made aware that they are about to be slaughtered. It all happens with great dignity. Humanely, if there is a thing like that for cows.

I imagine the butchers pause afterwards, remove their caps and observe a minute of silence, and perhaps, of sorrow.

But man must eat. And man must eat cow.

So they engage in what is called conscientious butchering. The animal is carefully and skillfully skinned, cleaned and prepared. The beef is then aged under...