I appreciate all the input. Lots of differnet views. Unfortunately they are still all against.. heh It is frustrating because I know there are a lot of people who agree with me, and a lot of people who do feed their pets vegan diets with lots of success and know more about the topic, and Im sure they would also have different views/imput, that is for a vegan pet diet.

"I've always hated the implication that because I eat meat I can't possible be an advocate for animal welfare."

yeah I know what you mean Nomilynn. And I hope I didnt make you feel that way, because I always hate it when people make other people feel bad because they arent vegetarians too.

Now, I made the statement about that website, way back before this whole thing got started:

"its that kind of mentality that leads to animal abuse, and just, the reason why so many people still eat animals.. roar."

Let me clarify.. lol After reading it again now, I can see how it must sound like an attack on all non-vegetarians. :O It wasnt supposed to be directed at anyone first of all. And it was kind of a generalized statement, and wasnt written exactly how I was thinking. (Im really bad with words).. I was really having a hard time trying to put what I was thinking into one sentence. I didnt mean to start anything. lol I basically just meant that there are too many people in the world, (nobody on PT though! everyone here loves their animals!), who treat animals like they are objects, and who have the mentality that they dont deserve respect and kindness, and its those people who think vegetarianism is stupid. I didnt mean evenyone who isnt a vegetarian is like that, because I know it can be a hard lifestyle change, and I know that some people cant do it for dietary reasons, or they just dont feel its natural, or I dunno, whatever reason, but they at least support vegetarians as fellow animal lovers, ya know what I mean?? That statement was just meant to be against the morons who abuse their pets, or even the people who have pets but keep them tied up outside all the time, people who dont really love their pets. Its that kind of mentality that is sadly shared by too many people in society, the mentality that, "oh they're just animals". THAT is what I meant by that statement. lol

and PayItForward, I would love to have pet cows lol & I know a lot of other people who would and do too. (there are many farm sancuaries). So I dont think we'd let them become extinct.