Both pets and other animals are animals. Farm animals like cows, chickens, sheep and pigs isn't lesser animal or worth than animals like dogs, cats etc. So why do many "animal lovers" still eat meat without feeling guilt or feeling bad for that animal that got killed, but gets upset when their pet dies?
I doesn't considering myself as a pet/animal lover and I do love meat. I have always seen animals as either food or a resource for us human beings, not friends. I'm against animal abusing, because that's just pointless. But killing animals in order to get food, clothes etc. is fine for me and actually it makes sense because of the food chain. But I doesn't understand why many "animal lovers" support killing animals and then eating them, but complains if their pets dies. If they are "animal lovers", it would make more sense if they feels bad for farm animals too.
Another point: If you as a animal lover really cares about animals rights, why do you have pets instead of letting the animals live in freedom in the nature? Forcing a animal to live with you without letting them decide is captivity. The cats and dogs in your home were probably something you could buy without their consent, so technically that would be slavery or captivity.
In my opinions: Either you are a animal lover or you aren't. If you only loves certain animals, but eats other, you aren't a animal lover. Because you are able to kill someone/not loving them. It would make more sense to say you likes certain pets, but not all kinds of animals in the same way; because they are food.
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Why do "animal lovers" getting upset when their pets dies, but can still eat meat without feeling bad for the animals they eats?
You know that both dogs and cats are predators? so even animals themselves have no problem with eating other animals, also killing for food is more justifiable then killing for fun. But you right about the fact that animal lovers term is not correct, those who eat meat/kill don't love everyone equally, we like some more then others, and some animals are more fitting for food then others, it's an fact.
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When you are eating meat you don't think about the animal that had to die for it. However, if you have to kill something yourself it's a different story. Personally I'm not against meat but I never take eating it for granted. I believe everyone who does eat meat should be forced to kill something them self at least once in their life so they can get an idea.
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It's hard to explain. You no longer see your pets as animals when you adopt them. You feel like they are your family members. I care for my dog, in the same way I care for any family member. If I was a farmer, I probably wouldn't butcher/kill my own animals in order to eat them because I'd be emotionally attached to them. It's just how some people are.
... because they are emotionally attached to their pet. Pets become part of the family. So when they die it's like losing a family member. If they'd reared a pig or a cow as a pet, i am sure most people couldn't kill it and eat it.
Nobody complains that there pet died they are sad that there pet died. You said it yourself food chain, that's why some animal lovers eat farm animals and ones who don't, are vegans. And as a animal lover I do feel sad for the farm animals that I eat, but I know that they had a good life because I raised them and didn't shove them into cages and force feed them. And the reason why people don't let there dogs, cats, hamsters etc into the wild is because they would die (cat would be the most likely to live, but they wouldn't have a good life). Besides dogs are loyal and see you as part of there pack.
Here’s a better one, why do people get sad when their loved ones die yet don’t feel remorse or care for the people dying in war or even root for wars? Not the same shit
If you're a truly animal lover, you would rather becoming a vegan than eating meat. It doesn't matter if you eats dogs (like some people in China) or a cow (Like many Western people). It's still a animal.
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