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[โ€“] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you eat cat, dog, or horse meat?

[โ€“] tycho@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The only reason you don't eat those meats is because you are not used to it. People ate horse meat in Europe regularly until WW2 and cats and dogs are eaten in other part of the world.

Cats and dogs are no more intelligent than cows but we have emotional attachment and historical use (herding and killing rats) for them so in the Western world we prefer to have them as pets.