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Question: Is it OK to eat dog meat?
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Yes, but only if you are in country where its normal
 
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No - only hotdogs
 
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: April 26, 2012, 07:54:19 PM »

Eating dog isn't so much the problem as raising dogs to be eaten.  Raising herbivores for meat is wasteful as it is, but carnivores is worse as it is doubly inefficient, and I doubt the meat is tastier than herbivore meat.
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 10:42:04 AM »

I don't see how you can make any logical argument that eating pigs (or any animal, really, but pigs are known to be very intelligent) is okay but eating dogs isn't, sentimentality aside.

There is a logical argument to be made for not raising carnivores for food.  Wild carnivores because of their position near the top of the food chain are problematic because environmental toxins get concentrated in them.  Pigs are better, but their dietary habits do make them less desirable food animals than pure herbivores such as kine and sheep.
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2012, 03:21:05 PM »

I also like the inefficient argument. Why eat another carnivore (actually, aren't dogs omnivores?)

While they are not obligate carnivores who can eat only meat, dogs prefer meat in their diet, and the more active they are, the more they need meat with its easily digested nutrients.

Pigs are omnivores as well, but they can more easily subsist on a herbivorous diet.
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