Is that just because everyone eats cow and pigs and that is ok?! i am sure cows and pigs has feelings just like dogs and cats. What gives?! I am not a vegitarian nor dogs and cats eater. I am just sick of seeing shallow answers like eeeww or disgusting when ppl hearing others eating animals like dogs, crocodiles or monkeys.
2006-06-11 07:57:27 · 12 answers · asked by mike v 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
The main reason, I am sure, is because dogs and cats are seen as pets. I have no problem with what people eat...it's not going in My body.
I have eaten crocodile...shark...calamari...other various foods. I'll try most once. I probably even ate dog at one of the local foreign restaurants...or maybe even at McDonalds.
2006-06-11 08:00:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Because people are hypocrites!!
And the person who said
"it's something related to maths..1 cow can satisfies probably 10 people, but 1 dog may just probably can feed 1 or 2 human..so u wan to kill more dogs or cows?u choose!"
was not thinking straight...!! Has he / she never heard of the humble CHICKEN??! And what sort of 'dog' is he thinking of? A 3 week old Chihuahua??! People eat fish, sometimes so small that one person needs several! How logical is his statement in the face of that?!
These people forget that different cultures eat the food that's AVAILABLE, in such a way that they get enough nutrients to stay alive! We have cows, pigs, sheep, chickens ... and because our ancestors were eating them hundreds (or even thousands!) of years ago, we ASSUME it's okay to eat them! But the countries where they eat dogs and cats didn't have anything else available! They did exactly what WE did - they took the best source of protein available, and ATE it!!
It's pure coincidence that it's not us who have a culture of eating dogs - if we hadn't had easier animals available, dogs, rats, cats etc. would have been on OUR plates! (And probably WERE on our ancestors' plates in times of hardship!)
The religious among you should look at it this way - "there, but for the grace of God, go I."
People have to LIVE. Therefore, they EAT. And the foods that our families ate is the food that WE eat, whether that's pig, cow, shrimp, frog, snail, chicken, sparrow, crocodile, snake, monkey ... the list could go on forever.
; )
2006-06-12 19:34:15 · answer #2 · answered by _ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When dogs were first domesticated they were not pets at all. They were used for meat and milk much as our livestock is today. As a society Americans have evolved so that we have more income to spend on pets and we spend a lower percent of our income on food. We are able to convert cattle(not COWS, cows are female cattle that have given birth and are either milked or produce more calves or a small percentage are used for hamburger meat) pigs, chickens, sheep, etc.. into food more efficiently than ever before. As some has mentioned before cattle feed more people, but they are also more efficient converters of feed stuff such as corn. If we ate cats and dogs we would also have to pay for the proteins and meat to feed them since they are carnivores.
On a side note: if you know that you are going to be eating an animal you just have to get less attached to it. You would think of your dog diffrently if you knew it was going to be a meal and your entire society thought of it that way. Even with my livestock if I know that I am going to keep a female back for breeding I know I can treat her more like a pet. Whereas the others I know are going to be harvested I can think of them as a profit or a meal.
2006-06-14 09:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by ekaty84 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you ,i dont eat cats and dogs eiither but some ppl do maybe they dont see cats and dogs as lovely pets like our culture and you cant blame them that coz we live in different culture, they might think those animal are the same and i agree in that point coz eating cows or dogs are both life killing,and that 's not good.both dogs and cows and every animal love thier life
ps : ppl who eat protected animal they shold be in jail ,they re real disgusting
2006-06-12 09:15:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree with you. Same goes with horses. in my class there's a lot of girls who do horse riding (including myself), and the boys in our class always tease them by saying how much they like horse meat, which makes the girls angry. i don't get how they think it's wrong to eat a horse but are okay with eating a cow. this is one of the many reasons i'm vegetarian. (it's fine if you eat meat, i'm not gonna hate you for it.)
people are just ignorant i guess.
2013-10-19 07:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by Unicorn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's something related to maths..1 cow can satisfies probably 10 people, but 1 dog may just probably can feed 1 or 2 human..so u wan to kill more dogs or cows?u choose!
2006-06-11 08:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by leo'gal 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pigs and cows were intended for us to eat, not cats, dogs, monkeys, etc.
2006-06-11 08:00:47 · answer #7 · answered by ladysodivine 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Maybe because they don't taste so good. Though I'm sure in some cultures people do.
2006-06-11 09:33:27 · answer #8 · answered by Rick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think eating cats and dogs would be cruel. I think it would be gross.
2006-06-11 08:21:35 · answer #9 · answered by Amy P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think that too many people have cow's as pets....
2006-06-11 08:01:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋