how is this any differant then cows, rabbits, chickens or anything else we might eat... I have personally had many pet chickens who thought of me as the leader of thier flock.. I was thier companion.. yet I eat chicken... do you think that the animals we are eating are less social then dogs??? most people think pigs are twice as intellegant and social as dogs... yet we eat them... ??? I dont think I would personally eat dog or cat meat.. yet I do not think less of those who do in societies where it acceptable.... I do believe that the animal.. no matter what it is should be dead...
That's exactly how I feel. I don't eat meat, but to me eating a chicken is the same as eating a dog. Now when I did eat meat never would I have eaten a dog or a cat, but I still don't think it's any different. Growing up I had cows and goats as pets, so I decided that I couldn't eat meat anymore because to me cows and goats are a companion animal just like a dog or cat. Different cultures have different foods, but just because you wouldn't want to eat it doesn't mean it's wrong (well considering the animal has been dead first, because I do think that eating a live animal is totally wrong). I don't like Middle Eastern food I think it's tastes weird, but that doesn't mean I would call it gross or that it's wrong, I just think it's different and I don't like it. And I think of meat as the same way, I don't like it, I wouldn't eat it, but different people are raised different ways and to me a cow is just a loveable as a dog.