Factory Farmed Dogs

This past weekend I was talking to my mom about why it is good to be a vegetarian. I brought up that animals are smart and feel pain just as much as humans. We have had this conversation before and it has gone nowhere. So I took a new approach. I asked her if she would ever eat a dog or a cat and of course she said “No”. What is so appalling about eating a dog or cat that isn’t equally appalling about eating a pig or cow? All of these animals are smart. They can be trained as pets. They have feelings. When I asked my mom this, she didn’t have a response. If dogs and cats were raised in factory farms they would be shut down right away because no one would ever think that is acceptable. This is something I always think about when I have a craving for meat. I would never eat a dog or cat so it is equally unacceptable to eat factory farmed meat.