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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Pigs are as smart as dogs. It's weird that harming onenis animal abuse and the other is breakfast. Especially when some cultures eat dogs as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Dunno about other people, but in my case:

  • I don't consider killing a dog for eating as intrinsically abusive.
  • I never ate dogs, but I'd probably try it as long as raised and butchered as livestock. On the other hand I'd never touch someone's pet potbelly pig.
  • I'm drinking and you made me crave salami.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't make much sense to raise dogs as livestock though, not enough meat on them and they pretty much need a diet that includes meat so it gets very expensive, especially for a dog that gets big enough to make a real steak from it...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

My point was mostly to highlight that pet vs. livestock for me depends on raising conditions, not on species.

That said you're correct that raising dogs as a main source of meat wouldn't be efficient or practical, unlike pig, horse, cow, rabbit, guinea pigs etc.

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