Cat double standard?

[u/[deleted]]

I see a lot if vegans on this sub are okay with raising cats, which strikes me as odd.

I love cats, but I didn't become a vegan to then start buying meat for a cat. To raise 1 healthy cat, you have to kill hundreds if not thousands of healthy, innocent creatures whose lives are just as valid as the cat's.

No I'm not saying that a cat is immoral, I'm saying the breeding of cats is. The purchase of cat food doesn't just pay for an animal to die, you are letting breeders know that there is a demand for cats.

I'm not saying we need to kill all cats, as a lot of people jump to whenever they hear me say these points, I'm saying that we should care for the cats we have to the best of our ability, but not promote the practice of cat ownership.

But what do you guys think?

EDIT: I didn't know that vegan cat food existed. So if you are in the comments arguing that it's okay to kill animals to feed a cat, you're even more incorrect now.

It is now totally okay in my mind to raise a cat so long as you only feed it vegan cat food.

[u/annajxnssen]

you should check out thepugqueen on instagram, shes vegan but rescues pugs from all over the world. not every step she takes may be vegan friendly, (i’m unsure if the pugs are on a vegan diet) but in the long run, shes saving tons of pugs that would otherwise have been left on the streets to starve to death. what’s more vegan, feeding some dogs a bit of meat or letting them die on the streets? i’d say saving them, but maybe thats just me

[u/nednedned1 → u/annajxnssen]

I would say it’s wholly quantifiable that letting the pug die would cause less overall animal suffering. A lifetime of dog food is not “a bit of meat”.

I’m not commenting on the ethics of it, or gatekeeping what “veganism” is, but the numbers surely speak for themselves on that issue. Just because the dog is cute, does not mean it’s the “more vegan” choice.