I've been running this through my mind for some time now. And I can't help but wonder, is keeping carnivorous pets ethical?
It's not ethical to kill animals for human consumption, so why would it be for animal consumption.
I myself am a Fruitarian/Raw Vegan, and I keep carnivorous animals. I have two cats which are fed their natural diet, raw meat. I also keep reptiles, which are fed their natural diet, whole mice and rats.
I see all the time people converting say a dog to a vegan diet, I don't support that being dogs really do need meat, and aren't designed to eat a whole lot of plant matter. Yes they are omnivorous, but are primarily carnivores. Cats on the other hand, are obligate carnivores and cannot eat plant matter. Same with my snakes.
It isn't okay to kill animals for humans to eat, and if we lived in a world where all humans became what they should be, Vegan, what would we do to care for our pets?
Converting them to vegans isn't an option. And if we only kept herbivores pipe bunnies as pets, what would happen to all the domestic dogs, cats, reptiles and other exotics?
Any thought or ideas about this will help, I can't help but wonder about this. As most of the pet food comes from farm leftovers, and mice and rats in the reptile world are bred in the same way as industrial farms for cattle and ect.
It's not ethical to kill animals for human consumption, so why would it be for animal consumption.
I myself am a Fruitarian/Raw Vegan, and I keep carnivorous animals. I have two cats which are fed their natural diet, raw meat. I also keep reptiles, which are fed their natural diet, whole mice and rats.
I see all the time people converting say a dog to a vegan diet, I don't support that being dogs really do need meat, and aren't designed to eat a whole lot of plant matter. Yes they are omnivorous, but are primarily carnivores. Cats on the other hand, are obligate carnivores and cannot eat plant matter. Same with my snakes.
It isn't okay to kill animals for humans to eat, and if we lived in a world where all humans became what they should be, Vegan, what would we do to care for our pets?
Converting them to vegans isn't an option. And if we only kept herbivores pipe bunnies as pets, what would happen to all the domestic dogs, cats, reptiles and other exotics?
Any thought or ideas about this will help, I can't help but wonder about this. As most of the pet food comes from farm leftovers, and mice and rats in the reptile world are bred in the same way as industrial farms for cattle and ect.