Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

Recently, a barrage of comments stormed through our recent post about how there is no ethical justification for eating meat.  These meat lovers defended their animal eating, often angrily, with several pontificating about how delicious they find cooked flesh.  That’s why, today, we are pleased to highlight this website, with several graphic photos (yes, we include them here!) about the food dog industry in Asia.

That’s a recently slaughtered dog, on its way to someone’s plate.  Can you imagine all those delicious dog body parts, with barbecue sauce?  Do you have a pet dog?  Do you want to eat it?  Why not?  Why are dogs any more precious than pigs?  If all pigs were house trained, and could do tricks, would you feel different about bacon?

Think of all the products we could make from dog hide:

Why is this different from leather, or pig skin, or anything else of the sort?  Why not keep chickens as pets in the backyard—maybe in a chicken tractor—while eating fried dog?

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