Guest guest Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 No no, they make nutritionally balanced vegetarian dog and cat food. It's not about the animal having ethical qualms, it's about their owners not supporting a sick industry. It's about enlightened lifestyle and enlightened consumer awareness. On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 03:26 AM, wrote: > Message: 15 > Thu, 29 May 2003 21:15:58 -0700 (PDT) > Raven Peters <starfrog1969 > Veggie Pets > > Someone wrote- > > >> Have you been able to put your kitten/cat on >a veggie diet? > > I don't understand the need for people to assume that cats/dogs have the > moral quandries we have about eating other critters. > > We are omnivores. Therefore, we can safely eat veggie diets. BUT CATS > ARE NOT!!!!! Cats are carnivores. Even dogs, who are omnivores, are > designed to eat meat. In my not so humble opinion, it is a very cruel > thing to try to veggie-ize cats, or even dogs. They are built to process/ > eat meat and should do so. Just because your cat doesn't keel over on a > veggie diet doesn't mean that he or she will get all the needed nutrients. > > So, I will step off my soap box and prepare for the barrage of tomatoes. > > Peace. > Russell Baker, 1987: " We honor ambition, we reward greed, we celebrate materialism, we worship acquisitiveness, we commercialize art, we cherish success and then we bark at the young about the gentle arts of the spirit. The kids know that if we really valued learning, we would pay our teachers what we pay our lawyers and stockbrokers. If we valued art, we would not measure it by its capacity to produce profits. If we regarded literature as important, we would remove it from the celebrity sweepstakes and spend a little money on our libraries. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Yes, yes, and yes again (she said, sounding far too like Molly Bloom for comfort) - exactly ;=) Thank you. Best, Pat > > No no, they make nutritionally balanced vegetarian dog and cat food. > > It's not about the animal having ethical qualms, it's about their owners > not supporting a sick industry. It's about enlightened lifestyle and > enlightened consumer awareness. > -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. " - Immanuel Kant * " I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. " - Abraham Lincoln * " There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it. " - Franz Fanon ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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