Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoBenefits for environmental sustainability of vegan diets for dogs, cats and peoplelemmy.caimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down12
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minus-squarecardboardchris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAren’t the meat products used for pets by-products of the meat (for humans) industry? That is, isn’t it the case that no additional livestock animals are slaughtered to feed pets, beyond those that are already being slaughtered to feed humans?
minus-squareSquirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoIt probably depends on the source, but here (france) you can ask your butcher for byproducts to feed to your cats/dogs and they give it for free.
Aren’t the meat products used for pets by-products of the meat (for humans) industry? That is, isn’t it the case that no additional livestock animals are slaughtered to feed pets, beyond those that are already being slaughtered to feed humans?
It probably depends on the source, but here (france) you can ask your butcher for byproducts to feed to your cats/dogs and they give it for free.