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Don’t worry, if cats tasted good they would be receiving the same treatment! The amount of cruel farming practices, chemicals, unsustainable methods etc that t

Don’t worry, if cats tasted good they would be receiving the same treatment! The amount of cruel farming practices, chemicals, unsustainable methods etc that the US uses while being forbidden in the rest of the world is inexcusable.

esperent 1y ago
> if cats tasted good How do you know they don't? By all accounts dogs taste good, but there's only a small number of cultures that eat them.
- Recursing 1y ago
  Cats are also widely eaten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat But I think eating someone doesn't need to imply causing them as much suffering as our current farming practices do
makeitdouble 1y ago
They probably don't taste bad...I mean, most animals somewhat taste good (crocodiles, frogs, hogs, deers, pigeons, eels etc). Now, it would be utterly ineffective to try to breed cats for meat, which is IMHO why we have such a small variety of regular meat. We chose the species that were the most convenient, regardless of any other inherent ethical consideration. So for better or worse the line is purely arbitrary, and people's pet pig being off-limit by virtue of being declared a pet is an example of that.
petesergeant 1y ago
> Don’t worry, if cats tasted good they would be receiving the same treatment! I don't think that's true: dog meat isn't widely eaten, but enough countries do eat it to suggest it's palatable.
- isoprophlex 1y ago
  Expensive to breed carnivorous animals though. Chickens, cows, etc. you can directly raise on cheap vegetable matter.
- unnamed76ri 1y ago
  I used to work in the pet industry and an oft cited statistic was that 1,000,000 cats and dogs are euthanized every year in the US. It would never happen for cultural reasons but, it seems like China could be a booming market for selling these animals as meat instead of letting it all go to waste.
  - petesergeant 1y ago
    I think veterinary drug residue is a big concern here too
    - dotancohen 1y ago
      Presumably these cats and dogs would be slaughtered the same way that current plate-bound cats and dogs are slaughtered. The bigger issue would be how these animals are bred. Are the eaten cats and dogs typically more muscular and fatter than those raised as pets?
mlrtime 1y ago
I bet you if you haven't eaten in 3 days the cat would taste pretty good to you too. I'm partially kidding, but we are afforded to have these discussions in the comfort in our home when we have an abundance of food around us available 24/7. (Speaking of mostly of developed nations)

esperent 1y ago

> if cats tasted good How do you know they don't? By all accounts dogs taste good, but there's only a small number of cultures that eat them.

Recursing 1y ago
Cats are also widely eaten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat But I think eating someone doesn't need to imply causing them as much suffering as our current farming practices do

makeitdouble 1y ago

They probably don't taste bad...I mean, most animals somewhat taste good (crocodiles, frogs, hogs, deers, pigeons, eels etc). Now, it would be utterly ineffective to try to breed cats for meat, which is IMHO why we have such a small variety of regular meat. We chose the species that were the most convenient, regardless of any other inherent ethical consideration. So for better or worse the line is purely arbitrary, and people's pet pig being off-limit by virtue of being declared a pet is an example of that.

petesergeant 1y ago

> Don’t worry, if cats tasted good they would be receiving the same treatment! I don't think that's true: dog meat isn't widely eaten, but enough countries do eat it to suggest it's palatable.

isoprophlex 1y ago
Expensive to breed carnivorous animals though. Chickens, cows, etc. you can directly raise on cheap vegetable matter.
unnamed76ri 1y ago
I used to work in the pet industry and an oft cited statistic was that 1,000,000 cats and dogs are euthanized every year in the US. It would never happen for cultural reasons but, it seems like China could be a booming market for selling these animals as meat instead of letting it all go to waste.
- petesergeant 1y ago
  I think veterinary drug residue is a big concern here too
  - dotancohen 1y ago
    Presumably these cats and dogs would be slaughtered the same way that current plate-bound cats and dogs are slaughtered. The bigger issue would be how these animals are bred. Are the eaten cats and dogs typically more muscular and fatter than those raised as pets?

mlrtime 1y ago

I bet you if you haven't eaten in 3 days the cat would taste pretty good to you too. I'm partially kidding, but we are afforded to have these discussions in the comfort in our home when we have an abundance of food around us available 24/7. (Speaking of mostly of developed nations)