Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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5.40. Herbs, trees, cattle, birds, and (other) animals that have been destroyed for sacrifices, receive (being
reborn) higher existences.
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5.41. On offering the honey-mixture (to a guest), at a sacrifice and at the rites in honour of the manes, but on
these occasions only, may an animal be slain; that (rule) Manu proclaimed.
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5.42. A twice-born man who, knowing the true meaning of the Veda, slays an animal for these purposes, causes
both himself and the animal to enter a most blessed state.
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5.43. A twice-born man of virtuous disposition, whether he dwells in (his own) house, with a teacher, or in the
forest, must never, even in times of distress, cause an injury (to any creature) which is not sanctioned by the
Veda.
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5.44. Know that the injury to moving creatures and to those destitute of motion, which the Veda has prescribed
for certain occasions, is no injury at all; for the sacred law shone forth from the Veda.
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5.45. He who injures innoxious beings from a wish to (give) himself pleasure, never finds happiness, neither
living nor dead.
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5.46. He who does not seek to cause the sufferings of bonds and death to living creatures, (but) desires the good
of all (beings), obtains endless bliss.
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5.47. He who does not injure any (creature), attains without an effort what he thinks of, what he undertakes, and
what he fixes his mind on.
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5.48. Meat can never be obtained without injury to living creatures, and injury to sentient beings is detrimental
to (the attainment of) heavenly bliss; let him therefore shun (the use of) meat.
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5.49. Having well considered the (disgusting) origin of flesh and the (cruelty of) fettering and slaying corporeal
beings, let him entirely abstain from eating flesh.