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Dogs are carnivores. It is incredibly inefficient to raise dogs for meat, because you have to feed them meat to do so. This pretty obviously isn't what people
by XorNot 5y ago
Dogs are carnivores. It is incredibly inefficient to raise dogs for meat, because you have to feed them meat to do so.
This pretty obviously isn't what people are principally reacting too, but it is massively understated when people get into "why do we eat A and not B?"
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- Gigachad 5y agoThis doesn't seem to explain the reaction to even the smallest amount. I don't believe for a second that even 1% of the anger is because the consumer has wasted resources on their food. Or people would be furious about beef when chicken is massively more efficient.
- jpamata 5y agoPerhaps it plays a part on conditioning folks through generations on what is viewed as livestock. Dogs for a long time are not, except perhaps in China, which has only started looking into reclassifying dogs from "livestock" to "pets" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-dogs-idUSKCN21R1VI https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-... >even 1% of the anger is because the consumer has wasted resources on their food Mao Zedong used that reasoning during China's cultural revolution for banning dog ownership
- screamingninja 5y ago> Dogs are carnivores. Omnivores, not carnivores. Ref: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Canis_lupus_familiaris/ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Canis_lupus_familiaris/