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by HKH2 1402 days ago
> why not eat a dog, why not eat a monkey…

Eating carnivores is not a good idea because they have higher concentrations of poison etc.

> if you eat a cow why not eat a horse?

Sure, that's a valid point. Where can I buy it?

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> Eating carnivores is not a good idea because they have higher concentrations of poison etc.

Presumably you would control their diet to avoid food chain toxin accumulation if you were to farm them. Tuna is carnivorous but that doesn't stop us from farming it much less catching it in the wild.

I would wager dog meat/slaughter is almost exclusively banned in the places it's banned due to cultural "ick" factors and nothing more.

horse meat IS eaten in many parts of the world but AFAIK is banned in the USA
Yeah I know. I was just being facetious.