(10-27-2012, 09:25 PM)EmyBurt Wrote: I don't think a pet owner would eat his or her pet once they have died. It doesn't seem right especially if you have treated your pet as family member.
(12-18-2012, 12:07 AM)SweetBeast Wrote: Personally, I think it's disgusting to even ask in the first place. In my not so humble opinion, I find it highly disrespectful to one's pet. I have had mine either cremated or buried as we would do for a relative who lost their life. But to eat a dog, cat, etc. & to have it pass through our system, just seems very apathetic & morbid.
It is really a matter of personal opinion. Some people don't even treat their pets as family members. Plenty of people treat their pets as either toys, or decorations, or slaves.
There is also the matter of culture. Some people might treat his or her pig as a really cute pet, while some other people would call it "BBQ ribs!". There are others (Muslims and Jews) who consider pig as a disgusting animal.
Personally when I see cow, I think about steak. There are certainly people out there consider their cow as pet. As for Hindu Indians, "What? There was beef in my burger? You better run!!"
There are cultures consider eating the dead as gross. At the same time there are cultures considering eating the dead as paying respect.
Some consider the dead just as the animal it was. Some consider the dead as nothing more than an empty shell.
We should be more open mind to these issues. It is why earlier I object to this matter only from the health point of view.
