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We have all heard stories about pets becoming food. It’s pretty true that ” food” is also a subjective term the same as ” pet”.  Little girls can lovingly pet giant rats, and eat iguana soup.

Once, when I was living in Ecuador I was told I would be treated to an amazing and expensive dish. They told me it the healthiest kind of meat as it was purely fed on herbs People gave such a great spin that I agreed to eat this expensive twenty dollar dish.  In came people with a spit and tied claws with what looked like a huge rat with enormous teeth protruding out.  I was incredibly horrified until they showed me what they really were : Guinea pigs.   Because everyone was watching , I had to take a bite. However , the whole time I was thinking : This is someone’s pet poor little thing should be spinning in a wheel somewhere.

What makes a pet and what makes dinner? The answer, as cheesy as it sounds is whether we love them or not. Loving an animal humanizes them in ways that they would never be otherwise. It gives them eyes and personality, and you care when and how they die.  It’s reflections like these which makes me want to become a vegetarian.