Most of us are strongly opposed to animal cruelty. Some are more in a grey area where it's okay to hit your animal as punishment to get them to behave how you want them to behave. I find this cruel, but I understand we're not all on the same page on that. But I think we generally agree that it's not okay to just be cruel to animals, especially without a clear purpose. Dog fighting is banned in the U.S. and people go to prison for it. When a mistreated dog makes local news, there is outrage on Facebook. People want to punish those who harm animals. But that line stops hard for most people at pet-animals or other non-food animals. I remember the outrage around the "horse meat at burger king" rumor (which I think was partially true from one meat supplier), and there was (manufactured) national outrage when (false) accusations of cat-consumption were widely spread. But why horses and not chickens or cows? Why your dog or cat, but not pigs or fish? For me, it's really just comes down to…
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