@janbb Hi, good to see you too
@canidmajor, @kritiper, @Mimishu1995 Well, of course other animals have different dietary needs. That’s part of my point, that some of the pets we keep are carnivores.
@canidmajor Well, then why would it not also not violate these peoples’ ethics to source & eat meat themselves with conscience & sustainability, if they are already making this choice in the course of owning meat-eating animals? Buying meat is buying meat, and thus supporting the meat industry, regardless of who in the household eats it.
100% agreed that vegan food is grown using animal inputs, though.
@JLeslie Humans can live by consuming all vegetable products, agreed – but those things are grown using animal inputs (manure, feather meal, fish meal, etc) – so whether a human could sustain their life without using animal products seems very debatable, ultimately. And animals are absolutely killed specifically for pet food – check out the horse kill pen rescue groups on FB; lots don’t “make bail.” And I know many farmers & small homesteaders who raise rabbits specifically to feed their dogs. It’s also very common for reptile & large fish hobbyists to breed their own mice and goldfish.
@Kropotkin Why is that better?