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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: vegetarian pets
Message-ID: <527@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 19:56:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: sphinx.527
Posted: Mon Aug 25 19:56:19 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Aug-86 05:54:25 EDT
References: <4929@decwrl.DEC.COM> <525@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
Organization: University of Chicago Consternation Center
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Keywords: _Vegetarian Vice_, possible stupidity

In article <525@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>, see1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Ellen Seebacher) writes:
>   o Given that the anatomy and physiology of cats are most definitely
>     carnivorous, how many of you think that vegetarian cat food would
>     be a good idea for your own cats?
> 
I used to know some veggie animals, a number of which were blind.  I
was a strict vegetarian at the time, but I never seriously considered
imposing my feeding habits on my cats.  My feeling is that I've taken
responsibility for feeding and maintaining these animals and part of
that responsibility is making sure that they're fed properly/
healthily.  Sometimes this means doing things that are inconvenient or
unpleasant.

Part of the reason I stopped eating meat was my disgust with the way
meat animals (beef cattle and hogs in particular) are raised.  A
related question is this:  Where does the meat in pet food come from,
and to what extent does purchasing canned food support the meat
industry?
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Melinda Shore                               ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor
University of Chicago Computation Center    XASSHOR@UCHIMVS1.Bitnet