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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. Sometimes an article has a couple of the above, as in the case of " Chinese Legal Experts Call for a Ban on Eating Cats and Dogs." Let's deconstruct: Legal experts in China are proposing a ban on the eating of dogs and cats.

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Get Thee To A Wildlife Rehabilitator

10,000 Birds

They would realize that wild owls fly silently through the night and grab unwary rodents, not unsuspecting packages of processed cow meat. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! An orphaned fawn who is best friends with the family’s German Shepherd!

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Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

Animal Person

However I cannot see a rational argument for saying eating dogs or cats is barbaric while eating pork or beef is fine. If you eat meat you cannot logically find it morally or ethically repugnant to eat a particular meat (I’m setting cannibalism aside here.). product that comes from an animal ). The theory is sound.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

Nestling songbirds fed hamburger and cat food,” wrote Sean O’Brien. At least bacon is meat,” added Letitia Labbie. “We I opened the box, and there was a bowl of raw hamburger meat in there for him to eat.” wrote Maryjane Angelo. And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I How many hawks have we taken in who have been fed bacon?”

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On Cannibalism

Animal Person

Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. However I cannot see a rational argument for saying eating dogs or cats is barbaric while eating pork or beef is fine. He writes: There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong.

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From Today's Wall Street Journal

Animal Ethics

Beyond the environmental impacts of meat production there is a basic ethical issue involved. I suspect that meat consumption would decline dramatically under such a code; it would certainly make many of us less hypocritical. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food.

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12 Tips for new dog owners.

4 The Love Of Animals

Randy Kidd, veterinary adviser of Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems and Green Dog Naturals ( www.greendognaturals.com ) and author of two acclaimed books, Dr. Kidd’s Guide to Herbal Dog Care and Dr. Kidd’s Guide to Herbal Cat Care, offers this advice: SANTA CRUZ, Calif. Healthy dogs are those that have been allowed to be dogs.

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