cats need something in the meat (taurin? something) or they'll die
uh, yeah, whence sort of my question - i mean, obviously, if you have a meat-eating pet & then decide to go vegan, you're not going to kick the pet out on the street and/or starve it to death, but i can't see how it wouldn't be an issue (in the ethical sense) you'd at least have to consider especially if things went the other way around. that is, if you're choosing not to consume meat and/or all animal-based products for some ethical reason or another, then wouldn't choosing to take on an inevitably meat-eating pet present a... conundrum? or something? and i'm wondering whether there's some way, i don't know, around it? or something?
on the other thing, though, dude, my question is - what is with the meat-eaters' assumption that vegetarians/vegans just don't know what sort of nutrition a human being needs? obviously, not all (and not even most!) meat-eaters are like that, but, seriously, the (occasional) ones that are, gaah. ... or maybe i'm just itchy.
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Date: 2007-06-25 04:30 pm (UTC)uh, yeah, whence sort of my question - i mean, obviously, if you have a meat-eating pet & then decide to go vegan, you're not going to kick the pet out on the street and/or starve it to death, but i can't see how it wouldn't be an issue (in the ethical sense) you'd at least have to consider especially if things went the other way around. that is, if you're choosing not to consume meat and/or all animal-based products for some ethical reason or another, then wouldn't choosing to take on an inevitably meat-eating pet present a... conundrum? or something? and i'm wondering whether there's some way, i don't know, around it? or something?
on the other thing, though, dude, my question is - what is with the meat-eaters' assumption that vegetarians/vegans just don't know what sort of nutrition a human being needs? obviously, not all (and not even most!) meat-eaters are like that, but, seriously, the (occasional) ones that are, gaah. ... or maybe i'm just itchy.