by taurus ; » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:37 pm
Pigs, cats and dogs and endangered animals.
Pigs-
First off, I am a very religious person, so why would I eat pork when it says directly in the Bible not to ??? I was born into by religion(Jewish), but my opinion on pigs is purely my own. My family would never speak bad of pigs, only never touch or eat the flesh of one was said, so my opinion is not influenced by my religion.
Here:
"…the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."(Leviticus 11:7–8)
Pigs are also scavengers, they will willingly eat rotting, magot infested bodies, the same as a vulture would. The way that animals are raised and harvested for human consumption in the US, there is no doubt that the pigs are eating the dead bodies of others.
Farmers have even stated that it pays to keep hogs as they can throw any animal that has died to them and they will eat and rid of it and that they will follow up on the other animals(specifically cattle) and eat their excretion(less cleaning) and then after all that there are still people willing to buy and eat their meat.
Cats and dogs-
I believe that there at certain animals that were domesticated for companionship and there were animals domesticated for consumption. This definitely varies in different parts of the world, but where I live dogs and cats are beloved pets and are seen as apart of one's family and nothing less. I could never eat the meat of either one.
No bashing on people that do eat cats and dogs though, it is proven that they do have a sense of morals as many people who go out and eat cats and dogs have one at home, that they love.
I watched a documentary where a woman and her husband ran a food shop where they specialized in dog meat, but in the back of their shop was a dog chained and the woman went over petted him and said that he was apart of their family. That she was going to slaughter him but she asked him 'Do you want to come with me?' and the puppy walked right out of the cage and ran up to her and she's had and loved him since.
The documentary was specifically about people snatching dogs for human consumption and she said that she would be heart broken if someone stole her dog and ate him.
It's not purely based on this, but that story is one of the reasons why I NEVER judge anybody based of the meat that they chose to eat. I'm not one of those people who are like 'if you eat this or that you have no heart'.
Endangered animals-
Really no explaination needed here.
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