Why Don't You Eat Cats and Dogs?

[Perfection]

Allergies

 

[Skwink]

I see cats as sacred animals, so I'm against eating them.

I don't like dogs, but I sure as hell don't wanna kill dogs for their meat, so I'm against eating dogs too.

Anyone who eats cats and/or dogs deserve no mercy whatsoever. No exceptions.

Anyone who eats Cows deserves no mercy whatsoever. No exceptions.

See how stupid that sounds? (unless your Indian) I love my cats, but if we ate cats in America, I would have no problem with eating them.

 

[Camikaze]

Why can't you have an attachment to cows or pigs? Happens on farms all the time (exc. factory farms) and they rarely have qualms eating them

I'm not saying you can't have an attachment to cows or pigs (my school had lots of fluffy little chicks that got turned into chicken nuggets at about Day 50 of their lives; they had turned ugly by that stage though, so it was fine), but I don't think it's as regular an occurrence as an attachment to cats and dogs.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Anyone who eats Cows deserves no mercy whatsoever. No exceptions.

See how stupid that sounds? (unless your Indian) I love my cats, but if we ate cats in America, I would have no problem with eating them.

I don't really care if I sound stupid.

My statement stands.

 

[JohnRM]

Cause I'm not Chinese.

 

[Perfection]

I don't really care if I sound stupid.

My statement stands.

What if they're bad dogs?

 

[Joecoolyo]

If I tried them, and they tasted good, I wouldn't mind it.

But so far, I haven't had the opportunity.

 

[Souron]

I'd eat cats and dogs if some trusted authority told me they taste good and offered me some. But the world needs more dolphins.

 

[W|M]

If I tried them, and they tasted good, I wouldn't mind it.

But so far, I haven't had the opportunity.

Same here. I don't see why people are more emotionally attached to cats and dogs.

 

[Perfection]

Same here. I don't see why people are more emotionally attached to cats and dogs.

Because they are common companions. You don't eat your friends.

 

[W|M]

I've never had a pet, so I don't have any qualms!

 

[Karalysia]

You don't eat your friends.

Big Lurch would like a word with you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lurch

 

[Cheetah]

Simple question, inspired partially by the vegetarianism thread, and partially by the pets thread.

I personally do not eat dogs and cats because I see them as 'pets' more than 'animals'.

But what it is about them that makes it seem much less acceptable to eat them to you (assuming you find it much less acceptable to eat them...)? Is it more right to eat a cow or pig than a dog or cat because we feel more of an attachment to the latter pair?

It's simply cultural: We (Westerners) are not used to think of lots of animals as food.

While in other places in the world people will eat cats and dogs (which we consider pets) or scorpions, spiders and bugs (which we consider disgusting), and in yet other places they will find it abhorrent that we eat pigs (Muslims) and cows (Hindus).

In Scandinavia we eat reindeer, which I've heard some Americans find shocking: "You're eating Rudolph!".

Oh, and of course: Whale meat is awesome!

As for me, I haven't eaten dogs since I didn't have enough time last time I went to Korea. Would like to try though.

Don't think they serve cats there however. Most Koreans would find the idea of eating cats quite terrible (cats are pets!), but eating dog is more normal. Though eating dog isn't exactly fashionable, and is mostly eaten by old men. Most young Koreans have never eaten dog.

To extend this further, would you have an aversion to eating dolphin, for example, and why?

Dolphins is a bit different, since they're quite threatened by extinction. If you can point me out a dolphin specie that isn't threatened, I would probably want to eat a bit. After all, I do eat whales.

I find it interesting that there isn't as much of an aversion to eating cats, dogs and dolphins as I had anticipated. Is this due to a lack of emotional attachment to these animals, or the belief that such an emotional attachment is not a valid reason not to eat them?

I think it would be pretty hard for me to eat a being I was emotionally attached to, whether that being would be a sheep, a dog, a cow or a whale. I prefer to eat "anonymous" animals.

Anyone who eats cats and/or dogs deserve no mercy whatsoever. No exceptions.

No exceptions? Fascinating.

Allergies

I have considered this, since I am allergic to both dogs and cats. However, I'm actually much more allergic to horse and cow (their fur makes me unable to breath), and horse and cow meat is absolutely delicious! So I'll take my chances, and probably I'm not allergic to the dog meat itself.

 

[Monsterzuma]

I am blissfully culturally brainwashed.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Plus I can't find any recipes for dog or cat. How do you expect me to eat them?

From what I know, the first thing to do is to drop the body into boiling water. They say it makes the fur go away. They also say that a well-cooked dog tastes like rabbit.

 

[classical_hero]

I bet that they taste like chicken, so there is no need for me to try it.

 

[Evil_Abe]

I don't think there's anything wrong with eating any animal as long as its already dead. If its dead you can't hurt it anymore by eating it. I'd be willing to give it a try.

 

[Camikaze]

I don't think there's anything wrong with eating any animal as long as its already dead. If its dead you can't hurt it anymore by eating it. I'd be willing to give it a try.

Would you eat a dead human?

 

[nc-1701]

Well they don't serve them in Wendy's...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I would never eat a dog or a cat, it would be just as bad as cannibalism in my opinion. Dogs and cats have evolved with humans over thousands of years, not to mention there freaking precious.

This is how I feel. One does not eat one's family/friends. Or other peoples' family/friends.

I anticipate someone asking, "But what if the person considers his cow, chicken, or fish to be family/friend?"

In that case, I would say the hypothetical person either belongs to a religion that forbids the eating of these animals, or else that person really needs to get out more and meet some humans!

I would never eat dolphin, whale, any primate, or elephant.