Restaurant Sold Dog Meat As Lamb
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. Not that that restaurant's actions are any less disgusting, of course.
\I'm trying to figure out how one mistakes dog for lamb. Lamb has a very distinctive taste . . . of course, I haven't the slightest idea what dog tastes like . .. but probably not like lamb . . . of course, people are supposed to taste like pork, or monkey, depending on which cannibal you ask . . . :yikes:
One of my friends was stationed in the Philippines. He said there was a law that the food venders had to leave an inch or so of the scaly part of the chicken leg still attached, because someone had been selling cat legs as chicken and several soldiers got really sick. There was some kind of parasite in the meat.
But ewww...Poor dogs. I'm pretty sure I would notice right away if it wasn't lamb. A restaurant served us mutton once instead of lamb. I made them take it back. Blech.
But ewww...Poor dogs. I'm pretty sure I would notice right away if it wasn't lamb. A restaurant served us mutton once instead of lamb. I made them take it back. Blech.
I feel it is totally different. Eating companion animals is wrong in every way... it's just against universal moral code to eat companions. The dogs were strays, which the restaurant captured, and murdered.
That being said, I am a vegetarian. But I wouldn't mind eating meat, that comes from livestock, which were bred and raised as a meat source. If I ate dog, however, I would definitely vomit and want to die.
That being said, I am a vegetarian. But I wouldn't mind eating meat, that comes from livestock, which were bred and raised as a meat source. If I ate dog, however, I would definitely vomit and want to die.
This is something that always struck me as odd. Why does us raising them to be slaughtered make eating them more justified? If we had been raised to have cows in our homes and dogs on our plates we'd all think differently.
Oh jeez. I just out veganed myself there. I'm not intending to start an angry-fest. I am curious as to why people think that one life is more valuable than another.
(My family thinks this whole cow loving stuff started when I was eight and my pony lived at a cow farm. I'd feed all the baby cows. The girls were all kept in tiny stalls but the boys were let loose. It was the most upsetting day when my favorite bull calf was sent of to become someone's dinner. I've been veggie ever since.)
Oh jeez. I just out veganed myself there. I'm not intending to start an angry-fest. I am curious as to why people think that one life is more valuable than another.
(My family thinks this whole cow loving stuff started when I was eight and my pony lived at a cow farm. I'd feed all the baby cows. The girls were all kept in tiny stalls but the boys were let loose. It was the most upsetting day when my favorite bull calf was sent of to become someone's dinner. I've been veggie ever since.)
Leaving aside relative intelligence, I don't think one life is necessarily better than another. But there is what you might call expectations. My dog expects love and care and companionship from me. To eat her would be a betrayal of the worst kind. But she is a pet dog.
If she had been raised for food, not brought into the house and treated as a family member, then it would be different . . . although its hard to say what an animal expects . . . I tend to think of it this way . . .wild animals have no reason to expect anything from us but predation . . . therefore hunting is fine . . . but extermination, total destruction of habitat, and harassment are not . . . because they are totally outside of the natural context. Farm animals should expect to live safe, healthy lives followed by a quick and painless death . . . they should not expect cruelty or abuse . . . pets are parts of our family, and should 'expect' never to be harmed. To some extent its the nature of the unwritten contract between humans and domesticated animals.
If she had been raised for food, not brought into the house and treated as a family member, then it would be different . . . although its hard to say what an animal expects . . . I tend to think of it this way . . .wild animals have no reason to expect anything from us but predation . . . therefore hunting is fine . . . but extermination, total destruction of habitat, and harassment are not . . . because they are totally outside of the natural context. Farm animals should expect to live safe, healthy lives followed by a quick and painless death . . . they should not expect cruelty or abuse . . . pets are parts of our family, and should 'expect' never to be harmed. To some extent its the nature of the unwritten contract between humans and domesticated animals.
I suspect the original purpose of domestic dogs was for meat. Food would have been the topmost priority of early man. The great thing about dogs as a food source would be that if you raise them from birth they would live peacefully in your "pack" until they were big enough to eat and could live off scraps. Even if some dogs were kept as workers, hunting dogs, or pets, I'll bet a lot were culled (or else they would have been overrun with dogs since they reproduce so fast) and if you're going to cull something anyway, well, you might as well eat it.
Eating dogs is no worse than eating any other mammal, IMO, unless it's a dog you "know." (For example, your own pet dog.) Plenty of Native American tribes ate dogs and puppies. The Lewis and Clark expedition loved dog meat after they got used to it, except for Clark who wouldn't eat it.
But, of course, it's wrong to serve one kind of meat and pretend it's something else, no matter what it is. The consumer should be able to choose what they do and don't eat, and that decision is based on honesty.
Eating dogs is no worse than eating any other mammal, IMO, unless it's a dog you "know." (For example, your own pet dog.) Plenty of Native American tribes ate dogs and puppies. The Lewis and Clark expedition loved dog meat after they got used to it, except for Clark who wouldn't eat it.
But, of course, it's wrong to serve one kind of meat and pretend it's something else, no matter what it is. The consumer should be able to choose what they do and don't eat, and that decision is based on honesty.
That's really the key isn't it? In some cultures eating dogs is the norm, and honestly, there's nothing wrong with that. However, I place more value on a dog over another animal, so I choose not to eat them. This is due to my culture and the fact I've had some amazing relationships with dogs. So as a person, I think everyone makes choices on what they choose to eat. So if I order lamb, I want lamb and not dog.
So it's not a question about whether eating dogs is right or wrong, it's a question about a restaurant lying to it's customers about what it's serving.
So it's not a question about whether eating dogs is right or wrong, it's a question about a restaurant lying to it's customers about what it's serving.