The cat meat trade in China
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Hmm... Who knows, maybe they consider cats like I do chickens? The way we see them, is as an animal that people keep in their houses to keep them company (well, I do). A change in perspective makes all the difference. Imagine they were chickens instead of cats... would you have the same reaction? Probably still negative, but maybe not as much. (not saying animal cruelty is good; I think it's horrid. Just that cats aren't the only ones.)
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If I may offer a humble opinion on thith thubject. . ..PLEEETH DO NOT EAT THE PUDDY TATTH!!
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Notice that westerners do not normally eat carnivores--except seafood. Some animals like pigs and chicken are omnivores, but usually aren't given meat. Of course we've cheated by making cows eat cow brains. Oh, THAT paid off big. I think there is a cultural tradition against eating carnivores like cats and dogs, not just because they are pets.
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@hebrides said:
You know there are some countries that outlaw the dismemberment of plants, trees because they respect their right to live.
Interesting how some have evolved and others have not.They must be level 5 vegans. They don't eat anything that casts a shadow.
(thats a Simpson's refernce)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Level%205%20Vegan&defid=1682642
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I have a 22 year old forest cat. She talks. She has about a 20 sound vocab that serves her well. She has emotions/feelings like everyone else.
You know there are some countries that outlaw the dismemberment of plants, trees because they respect their right to live.
Interesting how some have evolved and others have not.If you ever thought you would like to eat a cat, google "cat conversation" watch the video. It should change your mind.
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@hebrides said:
I have a 22 year old forest cat. She talks. She has about a 20 sound vocab that serves her well. She has emotions/feelings like everyone else.
You know there are some countries that outlaw the dismemberment of plants, trees because they respect their right to live.
Interesting how some have evolved and others have not.If you ever thought you would like to eat a cat, google "cat conversation" watch the video. It should change your mind.
here---->> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3U0udLH974Hmmm now I just want to eat THAT cat
. And which country out laws dismemberment of plants? How does making a forest cat mime sounds humans produce make it more evolved? Surely it should be measured by its adeptness at survival in its own habitat?I don't think cat meat taste good at all. Where I am from in China, Beijing actually. You won't find cat on the menu. In Canton region of China however everything is fair game. In Beijing you do get Dog meat (mainly Korean resturants) and Donkey meat (Shandong delicacy apparently). I've tried both (accidentally with dog meat) and have to say donkey meat is delicious.
Animals that are accepted as food don't really fall into our field of empathy. There are good evidence that the human race evolved our cranial capacity as a result of changing our diet to include more complex proteins i.e. meat. We've hunted the mamoth to extinction which sounds tragic but if our fore fathers didn't eat meat we won't be here to whine about how ethical it is. Now thats something to think about.
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Animals eat other animals. We should be allowed to eat other animals too. And when animals kill other animals, sometimes it's quick, other times it can be extremely brutal. I think killing animals painlessly is fair enough; after all, for things to live, usually something else has to die.
Once again, on the topic itself, I don't think the things shown on that page are acceptable at all, and there should be more regulations put in place for the treatment of these cats while they're alive, and being killed; but as for eating meat, I don't have many sympathies.
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[quote="•BTM"]Animals eat other animals. We should be allowed to eat other animals too. And when animals kill other animals, sometimes it's quick, other times it can be extremely brutal. I think killing animals painlessly is fair enough; after all, for things to live, usually something else has to die.
This is about as ignorant as it gets - comparing humans to 'other' animals as a means of justification.
Since when does something have to die so others can live.
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@double espresso said:
This is about as ignorant as it gets - comparing humans to 'other' animals as a means of justification.
Since when does something have to die so others can live.
Whoa.Most living things consume biological material to survive. That's what I'm getting at. Even at a small scale, food doesn't come from nowheres. It usually comes from something else that was alive at some point, whether it be a large animal, a piece of seaweed, or even algae. Now, if you had quoted the bottom of my post, you'd know I wasn't trying to justify cruelty, I'm against the treatment of these cats, and the first part wasn't necessarily about them, but about eating meat (as the discussion had swayed a bit off topic).
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@unknownuser said:
The images on that website cannot be compared to even the worse cases of farming.
You be surprised
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Actually, as I grew up living next to a farm and have livestock farmers in my family, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be. But ok then, most farming.
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BTM said
@unknownuser said:
A change in perspective makes all the difference. Imagine they were chickens instead of cats... would you have the same reaction? Probably still negative, but maybe not as much.
As I said, I don't have any issues with what particular meat people eat, it's not even on my radar. But that level of cruelty is unnecessary. Even if I ate meat I would still hold this view. And yes I do extend that opinion to chickens. The images on that website cannot be compared to even the worse cases of farming.
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