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  • aidan@lemmy.worldM
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    11 months ago

    This is one thing I really don’t understand, how can you think someone should go to jail for beating a dog, but be happy to fund the slaughter of hundreds of animals over your life.

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          11 months ago

          Mine don’t.

          Unlike cats who are obligate carnivores, dogs are “opportunistic carnivores”. They are able to digest plants, and a high quality vegetarian dog food is actually significantly healthier for them than the " grain-free" diets that have become so popular in the last few years and have been linked to increased heart disease.

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            11 months ago

            After looking into it, I seems this is highly disputed by most of veterinary science, but I’ll admit it’s not well studied and maybe you’re right. But we do know meat is okay for dogs. We do not know if a meatless diet isn’t harmful. I can’t imagine why lean animal protein would be bad for an animal bread from wolves.

            And yes, cats absolutely need meat.

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        11 months ago

        You’re disconnecting from what is to be a human being, I feel sorry for you and hope that some day you can get back in sync with nature.

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      11 months ago

      Because cruelty is the point when beating a dog, whereas it’s a byproduct in meat production