Let's talk about eating pets

For some chickens, pigs and cows are as normal around the property as dogs and cats. To many people are sanitized so to say to the real world. It's fine to eat if we get it from a store and don't see what it is we are eating. They don't care that it is meat if they a dissociated from it's killing. We'll eating meat is killing and they need to get over it or go vegan.

The whole concept of pets, is for the people who can afford it. Pets are link that modern people have with nature, and quite often replacing people, since we don't have time for social lives as people had in past. In extreme situations, even vegetarians will eat their pets in order to survive. Problem today is that people are loosing touch with reality. All the food that we eat was form of living being (animal or plant). So, we have to take some form of life to live. Why pets should be exception? And most disturbing question is do we eat our or someones else pets? How could we know what food industries are putting in their products? I know for sure that they are using parts of animals that never should be used.

I don't believe in eating any animals, firstly I don't think we are meant to eat meat, I believe if all secret reports would be released we would find that meat is the cause of cancer, secondly, animals have souls, feelings and a will to live, we are animals also, I blieve animals are to be loved and I think we underestimate their value to us alive.

For me there's nothing wrong with eating any sort of animal, they were made for consumption. But I would only consider eating pets in extreme conditions like food insufficiency. Right now, I just don't like the idea of eating these pets. I mean animals were made for a purpose. Some made to be eaten, some made to be your pet, to be under your care. And eating your pet? this living creature which you've been attach to? I don't know, it seems like a crime to me.hehe. I think it has something to do with the 'attachment' thing. You considered your pet like a person, someone who can respond to your love. I don't care if my pet would be a dog, cat, pig, chicken or cow, I just don't like it to be eaten.

The deal of the matter here is that if you're going to eat meat you may as well eat all meat including human beings, seeing that they would probably give you the best nutrition. But on a personal note, I think that people should slowly start to wean over to a more vegan based diet.

I remember a person that criticize a person that did eat cats and dogs in their own country, from Japan. So the Japanese tourist told the criticizer, "Yet your country freely exploits to slaughter cows, chicken and pigs, which farmers do keep as domestic pets and later decides to have them as a course meal. So how's it different from those that eat cats and dogs?" Every continent or country differ from each other. There are people in third world countries that do eat dogs, cats, cows, snakes, deer, bear and the like. Does it make them weird or wrong? No! Who are we to say? We as people are accustom to what we were raised and brought up by the standards and regulations. If Korea eats dogs or if China eats cats in their main meal that's their culture and lifestyle. Fact is, were humans, in this world, we enjoy what we eat, it might not be right in the eyes for some people, but that's just the way it is.

Well That is true. Cows, lambs, chickens, and pigs are domesticated animals but they are raised for the soul purpose of being eaten and the thing is, we freely allow ourselves to enjoy eating them because we have not associated ourselves with these animals. we do not call or give them names, and well at least they are not treated as a "person" as we do to animals we let in our house like cats or dogs. of course if you take care of a pig and name him babe, then i would guess you too would not like to have that pig roasted, would you?

There seems to be a dividing line here that some meat eaters will or won't cross with this issue...most animals we raise for food are grass eaters-the line is drawn where the animal itself is a predator...

Hi, I would never eat a pet. I think eating pets is disgusting. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Everyone makes a valid point. Most consumers of meat products don't know where their meat comes from. You are right they don't care. These are the people that typically live in the big city areas and don't understand the full evolution of meat processing. After having family members that worked in the business for many years, it is amazing what the animals go through. I can understand why many people do turn to becoming vegans. However, there are people that take it a little to far.

Barring moral, ethical or religious concerns, eating animals even if they are considered pets isn't wrong. They're meat, and we being omnivorous people need these to survive. I think it's more psychological, more of an attachment issue. Pets are animals we grew to love and consider part of the family. It really could make us queasy and sick even with just the thought of eating a family member. So this I understand. What I'm a bit confused at is why laws were even enacted that bans the eating of some of these pet animals. I mean, by natural law, these are still food needed by humans to survive.

I haven't eaten any dogs or cats, at least not that I know of. Eating chickens, pigs, cows, or goats is okay with me. I've eaten these types of animals before, but not those that are normally kept as pets at home. I think it's horrible, but maybe it depends on the culture you've lived all your life.

In our world each of the creatures eat everythink because of their live. But our human eat all the creatures. Dog and cat is pets, some houses chicken and cows are treated us pets in India. But we eat them, every think we have done it for our taste is not a mistake.

My issue is that I love my dog and I just could not picture eating her. If I did have a cow or pig as a pet I could NOT eat them either! I get attached to my pet. I do not see, pet and love the cows and pigs that I eat. Matter of fact I don't even have to see the cow or pig before I eat the food. So I don't think about them being what they are, I think about it being food.

although I don't eat meat frequently (don't care, too expensive, don't like the taste really) I don't care about the kind of meat/animal. Meat is meat, hungry is hungry. For me it's complete nonsense not to eat an animal many people consider as a pet or hug or sit with it on their lap and not to eat an animal we consider as less petabla. I have had rabbits, pigs (in my house), chickens etc etc. Also what is a pet to one person or culture can be a holy animal to an other. I will also never understand why some animals are higher in rank as others. Pigs are way more intelligent as a dog and closer to a human being (dna etc) as dogs are. Still we see the dog (a stupid animal that can only survive in a group with a leader) as more loyal, our best friend (so our best friend is the one who licks our heels and crawls for us and is always happy to see us even we scold at him or kick his a..). I will also not understand why a horse is higher on rank as a donkey. Each animal has feelings (it's proved even fishes have) and his value in nature and in some people their lives.