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[–] cloud@lazysoci.al -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There's a sustainable level of eating dogs, cats and drink human blood too. Should we open dog farms to create more jobs?

[–] Soulg@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no inherent difference whatsoever from eating cats and dogs to eating cows or horses or sheep. Meat is meat.

[–] fat_flying_pigs@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Eating predators is supposedly less healthy than plant eating animals for a few reasons. As I understand it, carnivores have a notably higher level of parasites, they share diseases with other carnivores more readily than herbivores, and they’re more lean and the meat is more tough/stringy.

There’s also a realistic level of sustainable effort to farm raise a carnivore vs a herbivore. https://www.britannica.com/science/trophic-level

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Should we open dog farms to create more jobs?

China already does

[–] frathiemann@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not? I dont think that dog farms would be that profitable considering the price of dog food, but I dont see a reason why it should be illegal.

[–] kaj@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

They're bad for dogs

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Dog farms are no more unethical than pig farms.