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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
(1) Because in some parts of the world, animals you and I may consider as "pet" animals *are* used for consumption. Because whether animals are considered "pets" or "food" doesn't mean that these animals' experiences and enjoyment of life are signficantly different. Dogs, pigs, cows, cats...all have feelings and awareness.
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In those parts of the world that take what we consider pets and turn them into chow. I'm pretty sure they don't go around treating them as pets and then when they are low on food they just toss the little animal into the pot.
And even if they did, the animal is serving a purpose to keep the human from starving so I don't really see the harm in it.
Yes there are alternatives but that's what they choose to eat.
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
(2) Because meat-eating people often claim that humans should be able to eat animals guiltlessly, without explaining why that is their opinion or addressing the fact that humans *are* animals and appear to share with many of our animal cousins a similar ability to feel joy and pain.
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I think part of that is some meat eaters feel that animals have no soul and that may come from a religious background. Not really sure , I had a light conversation with a friend of mines over that last night. He was firm in his belief that animals don't have souls so it's fine.