The strange disconnect of people with food.

Aww, cute puppies and kitties!

We do a lot of things for our pets. We cuddle them and feed them and wash them and play with them. Some people dress them up in cute little dollie-style outfits, some people have portraits made of them. We treat them like we might do our children.

Which is not really an issue, don't get me wrong- I'm all for loving your puppy or your kitty. The issue arises when we hear about other places... like asia... where nobody sees puppies as any different from any other animal. So they get eaten... just like any other animal. And the pet lovers flip shit. How dare you treat animals like that!

Could you imagine eating this cutie?
credit for the image

Again, I have no issue with raising the standard on how we treat our food, and I wholeheartedly support not butchering animals just because we think they're tasty.... but here's the issue. We complain loudly about how evil people in asia eat dogs, cats, and dolphins while we happily consume factory-farmed meat, farm fresh! Sounds like some people need a bit of a reality check. And by some, I mean lots and lots of people.

Actually, from a blog post
by a vegan person,
hooraying the fact that
a dog meat festival got cancelled....

chicken farm, 

Photograph by LM Otero/AP

National Geographic

If images like the one on the right upset you, then how come the image on the left is shrugged off? Yeah, sure, chickens and pigs and such are 'food animals'. But does that mean they should be mistreated? Honestly, a hint... if it icks you out to think of your puppy there, you probably shouldn't be buying the product.

lexidh

So do me a favour. Before you buy that hot dog, imagine it was dogs that went into it instead of cows and pigs. Grab the veggie version, check where your meat comes from and how it's treated, and pay the things that die for your tasty meals a tiny fraction of the respect they deserve. okay?