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Honest question: What are a vegan's views on pets and work animals, such as a horse who pulls a cart to the vegetable market.
by beobab 9y ago
Honest question: What are a vegan's views on pets and work animals, such as a horse who pulls a cart to the vegetable market.
- delecti 9y agoFrom what I've seen, pets are not ideal, but also a low priority. Work animals are usually limited to less industrialized situations, so they're not usually a concern for the same people. I've never known anybody who used a work animal, with the exception of riding horses if you count that.
- Fnoord 9y agoVegans tend to love animals, and that inspires them to follow a vegetarian and eventually vegan diet. (The non-diet part tends to follow afterwards. See it as an on-going process, like learning things in life is.) Most vegans I know are totally OK with pets. Some own dogs, cats, or horses. Some aren't, and some hate cats for the damage they cause (apparently a big problem in Australia). It isn't common, but some vegans tried to make their cat vegetarian or vegan as well (cats are natural carnivores). Reading my post back my post it is rather generalising, and vague ("most", "some", lacking sources, and anecdotal). Sorry for that, but hey at least I both state it and admit it.