A Question For Vegetarians/vegans

[hc4361]

If the nation were to become 100% non-meat eating where would the meat for dog and cat food come from?

[Rockrose]

What do you think happens to dairy cows when they are old Spath?
And old chickens who no longer lay?
Are they all buried in a field somewhere?

[spathiphyllum]

Well most dairy cows are moved to slaughter at 6 years so at just over a quarter of their life span, they are slaughtered. Seems young to me.

If anyone is eating 15 year old cow they have teeth made of porcelain

[spathiphyllum]

anyhow.. "if the nation were to become 100% non-meat eating where would the meat for dog and cat food come from?"

[1ozzy]

//Meat for pet food is all by-products of human consumption meat//

No! Wrong!

[spathiphyllum]

How so?

[ummmm]

Disregarding vegans....we also use cows for leather.

[1ozzy]

https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/shocking-truth-about-dog-food/

Imported animal food?

[1ozzy]

Lot's of feral pigs, unwanted horses, kangaroos etc find their way into the "dog/cat food" chain down 'ere.

Granted we do eat our "national emblems" ( roos and emus, yum) but not as often as our pets do ;-)

[Cloverjo]

That’s grim reading.
I used to feed my cats cheap cat food because I was skint, and struggled to feed myself. Horrible to think what they could have been eating.

[1ozzy]

No doubt many pet food manufacturers are a tad more ethical as to what they incorporate into the food the create, but, it's not all created from the left overs of what humans devour.

[teacake44]

They've been using horse meat for years in pet food. When it says ( meaty chunks) on the tin/packet, it means (meat) any kind of meat. Not so long ago that TESCO was feeding it to us. :)

[spathiphyllum]

I have no problem eating horse i don't see why people do.

[teacake44]

Yep, I don't either, look back to 1930 right up to 1950 that was what the butcher was selling, a folk were lining to get their hands on it.

[spathiphyllum]

People are trapped in their thoughts. I saw a picture "where do you draw the line" between meat and pets. The answer, (for me is) you don't. Animals are animals food is food.

I wouldn't choose to eat dog (especially in the uk) but if i was in asia and it was part of the street food, why not try it?

Woof