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It's a uniquely western thing to pontificate about how enlightened we are about animal welfare while simultaneously funding the majority of the global meat indu
by tidenly 6y ago
It's a uniquely western thing to pontificate about how enlightened we are about animal welfare while simultaneously funding the majority of the global meat industry - maybe.
While it's true some Asian countries eat animals "taboo" to eat in "the west", large parts of these industries comes from countries pulled out of the brink of famines just a few generations ago and many young people/adults in the developed parts of those countries have already moved away from consumption them or cruelty certain animals viewed as "companions".
Spare the preaching about us caring about other animals though. I don't see why eating, say, a horse is any more ghoulish than eating a pig.
- magicsmoke 6y agoA lot of those animals that became taboo to eat in the West was due to industrialization making pork, beef, and poultry cheaper than other meats and driving them out of the market, and cultural attitudes following afterwards to make them taboo. The "west" ate plenty of strange meats at the dawn of the industrial revolution. Hot dogs sausages often had dog meat in them while they were native to Germany, and you could still find horse and dog meat sold in the early 1900s. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/06/23/106756317.pdf https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/06/23/106...
- aww_dang 6y agoYou can still buy horse meat for human consumption in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag%C3%B9#:~:text=horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag%C3%B9#:~:text=horse https://stefangourmet.com/2013/02/23/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-horse-meat-braciole-di-cavallo-alla-barese/ https://stefangourmet.com/2013/02/23/there-is-nothing-wrong-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat#Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat#Italy
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoThey had horse days at the cafeteria when I was doing my post doc in Switzerland. It isn’t bad, but really chewy.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoCats too! "Dachhase / roof bunny" was a thing during WWII.