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Nanny
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 4520 Location: carms in wales
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Bugs
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I am impressed with the strength shown by someone who can raise an animal as a pet and still eat it; as TD says it makes you wonder whether it isn't our (humans) problem that we need this division between animals destined for a nicely marked stone next to the apple tree and animals destined for a nicely marked plate next to the apple sauce
There's a good reason for not eating the cats and dogs, I've been told:
Long ago in a forum not so far away, Cab wrote: |
Dogs, cats, bears, stoats, civets, and various other beasties belong to the order of mammals known as carnivora, which all have really neat dentition that defines them (their carnassial teeth, kind of like modified molars). Won't go into that, but the point is that they make up the bulk of all carnivorous mammals, and they've done really well for themselves. They're really efficient hunters, and tend to concentrate certain nutrients in a way that isn't healthy for us to eat; the classic example of this is that a bears liver will poison you. So it's not really a tremendously good idea to eat them. Also, as they really thrive best on meat, you're feeding some meat to make less meat... |
...which is not very efficient (I paraphrase the last bit as the original comment was in response to me and might be offensive out of context!) |
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dougal
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Nanny
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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Bugs
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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Nanny
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Azura Skye
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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