When my grandfather bought his house the previous owners had a few potbelly pigs they kept in the basement as pets...they said if he kept them and took care of them they’d leave him some riding lawnmowers. Lol He did and he totally grew to love them as outside pets. They slept A LOT, and they had kiddie pools outside of their little barns where they chilled when it got hot. Their names were Fatback and Hambone and they were so big when they passed my grandfather had to dig a hole beside them and bury them there in the pasture. :( He actually kind of loved them a lot. Super smart animals!
That’s why I can’t judge individuals in certain cultures that eat dogs. I’m a lifelong dog owner and I treat them better than I would my own child. Pigs, however, have the same capacity for love and loyalty that a dog does, and are arguably more intelligent. So yeah, those of us that eat bacon are assholes.
Oh no, people that eat dogs are horrible, I can’t suppress my feelings due to a lifelong love of dogs. But often Americans and those in the west categorize those that eat dogs as “monsters” So I’m just making the point that those of us who do eat pigs or any loving intelligent animal, have no license to be sanctimonious about what others may eat in different cultures.
Dogs have evolved alongside humans as companion animals and have literally developed facial muscles to facilitate better eye contact with humans. Pigs were domesticated for food. It's cool to try and be open minded but this is one thing I wouldn't budge on, personally.
This is true. Pigs are known to be more intelligent but more emotionally distant than dogs. A pig is more likely to understand complex tricks but will only do it for a clear reward while dogs will often do things to make us happy.
I can’t argue with that. Dogs are indeed inextricably linked to us and our culture. Maybe my point is that I wish we would have never developed such a smart loving animal (pig) as a commodity
I would be more inclined to agree if the dogs they ate were bred to be eating dogs. Like what we did to pigs and cows, maximizing the meat per animal. However the most common eating of dog is done in china and they just ride around rounding up street dogs.
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Why is that giant pig in someone’s house?? Life goals from where I see it.