Poll: Is it morally wrong to eat cats and dogs?

[Dusk17]

Wrong? not really. It is gross and would probably taste like crap. Also anything older than a puppy would probably be like trying to eat leather as that is one of the reasons most animal raised for consumption are butchered before they are a year old.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I grew up with cats and I'd be horrified and feel sick if anyone told me they had eaten one. I kind of think of them as people now. However, I wouldn't be all angry and uptight about it because I can understand how someone who hasn't been around cats much wouldn't be that bothered. I don't really 'get' dogs. I can't do the right body language or tone to deal with them. I probably still be like 'ewww' if someone ate one.

Cats and dogs do seem to be slightly more sentient than the average farm animal not sure if that makes the issue more fuzzy.(scuse the pun) *shrug*

 

[CarlMin]

Is it wrong to eat human meat?

If you are against making descriptions between animals, why make a distinction between animals and humans? In suffering, animals are our equals and human have no superior ability to sense pain. We are quite overpopulated as well.

 

[Grimlock Fett]

it's gross, but not morally wrong. however, you do realize you're opening a can of worms about the morality of eating meat in general, right?

^Exactly! Its morally wrong to eat another sentient creature for anything other than necessary survival! We don't "HAVE" to eat meat to live its a choice! I choose to eat meat and I feel morally obligated to feel at least a bit sorry for the animal it came from! Its hypocritical to suggest that one meat is different from another just because you keep it as a pet!
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others",

 

[Drakmorg]

I don't find it morally reprehensible to eat a cat or dog. If I were forced into a situation where my only options were to either eat a cat/dog or die I would eat the animal.

That doesn't mean I particularly want to though.

 

[Jegsimmons]

only if its against your religion like how hindus dont eat cow. personally if you want to...go for it. just another animal (one thats a pet in most cases but an animal non the less)

 

[LogieBear]

Biologically, though, it's a bad idea. You generally shouldn't eat carnivores - they're likely to cause infection. Even omnivores are a little iffy, hence why you have to cook chickens and pigs longer than you do beef.

Huh I just learned something today, thank you very much sir =)

OT: In my opinion, its not morally wrong, and (although I would no go out of my way) if I was abroad and someone offered it too me, Id eat it.

 

[Hoplon]

Morally wrong? as long as your not torturing it, probablly not.

a good idea? hell no, never eat carrion eaters. to many potential diseases and the like

 

[StBishop]

No, but it's wrong to eat someone's pet.

The animals get treated pretty badly worse than you could probably imagine, and I'd be hesitant to eat anything in some countries.

I'd eat a dog, but I'd feel a little sad.

 

[game-lover]

No.

There's no reason it would be. It may be looked down on in society and I'd never do it here but I'd be curious to give it a try in another country.

Hell, in India, a lot of places have you not eat cows before of their beliefs. It's just the basic thing.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

It isn't wrong but I wouldn't do it under most circumstances.

 

[Who Dares Wins]

It's against my religion, it probably has awful taste and why the fuck would you want to eat a dog or a cat.

As opposed to what? A pig that rolls around in its own shit all day?

Yeah, pigs are banned too.

It's against my religion, it probably has awful taste and why the fuck would you want to eat a dog or a cat.

What religion is that?

Islam.

It's against my religion, it probably has awful taste and why the fuck would you want to eat a dog or a cat.

... sustenance. Why we eat most things.

Only if you don't have anything else that's healthier than that. If you don't have anything else to eat, then to prevent death of starvation, yes, it's even allowed in Islam.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

No. Though I imagine they probably don't taste great. Dolphin looks delicious though...

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

I'm going to break from the majority here and argue that it is morally wrong on the basis that humanity as a collective has spent thousands of years domesticating cats and dogs as companions. Eating them after that is like stabbing someone who you've been married to for several years- it's treachery. They are, for the most part, dependent on us and aren't expecting to have to fight us. Now, the case may be different in a desperate situation, but as a normal meal, don't eat cats or dogs.

 

[Karma168]

It would help get rid of those rescue shelters that are full to bursting with unwanted animals so i see no problem with it. Besides isn't that what stores like Aldi use in their stews?

 

[sinterklaas]

You are a hypocrite if you are not a vegetarian and answer anything else than 'No'.

It is just as much wrong to eat a cat or a dog than to eat a pig or cow.

 

[thirion1850]

I don't think I'd ever eat a cat or a dog. But, hey, we eat all kinds of shit - half the time, I doubt we know anywhere near what kind of junkyard it was taken from and how it was cooked. So, I'll go with no.

 

[Thundero13]

Listen, in future always put an "other (please specify)" option in polls, so basically I think it is morally wrong to eat cats & dogs but it's no worse than eating any other animal.

 

[crop52]

Men domesticated the wolf, because it trusted the man that it will not be harmed if it comes near human settlements.

hm, i've always see it as this:
we build stuff on the animal's land, and the herbivores see no reason to leave, since there's still plants in the general area to be eaten, therefore the wolves see no reason to leave, since there's still herbivores to eat.

I'm not saying there is a bond between every dog and every man, but the only reason why a dog, once an independent predator, allows a man to approach it with a knife in his hand is because of the now false assumption that men and dog cooperate that is encoded in the dog's genes. Exploiting that assumption is a vile betrayal to me.

i'm trying to visualize the killing of a dog, and i see two possible scenarios where it would be a betrayal of trust.

1. a person killing a puppy.
now this isn't ok at all, because it's still young, and it's a betrayal of trust, but it's not a trust that comes from natural selection, it's a trust coming from the young, dumb, trusting mind of a puppy.

2. a person killing a dog that has been treated as a pet it's whole life.
now this is also a betrayal of trust, but this trust comes from "nurture" not "nature."

the only other scenario i see is a "dog farm" kind of thing, and i like to know if you be ok with that scenario.

If you are against making descriptions between animals, why make a distinction between animals and humans?

because we don't eat humans :/
(not a serious answer, just wanted to point that out)