Korea loves its dog meat, but Peru has a CAT-EATING FESTIVAL. It’s called Festival Gastronomico del Gato. Am I being a “western cultural imperialist,” as the author of article says, for thinking that cows are okay to eat but not fluffy kittens? Perhaps, although it’s worth noting that until my pregnancy, I was a devoted vegetarian who found the consumption of any kind of meat inhumane, and I only eat meat once or twice a week these days anyway, after MUCH badgering from my mother. (Also, I still don’t eat cows. Or pigs. Or sheep.) The story also notes: “Much of the outrage about dog and cat meat in parts of Asia arises because of the shockingly brutal way many of these animals are kept and killed. It’s not hypocritical to eat pigs that have been slaughtered to British animal welfare standards at the same time as being appalled by the fact that some cats and dogs are beaten to death or boiled alive before being served at the table in countries with no animal welfare legislation at all.”
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