Animals you consider too smart to eat

[Admiral Yi]

Not this one either.

Try the Minnie Mouse thread.

[jimmy olsen]

Jumped on it in a group of about 12-15 at night.  Exhausted it.  Bled it to death.  It tried to run, but they tore and snapped at it's hindquarters while it was on the run.

Provided that it isn't too big, a lone elephant can be taken by a pride.

On BBC Documentary Planet Earth Episode about the Savana. they have a group of about 8 lions jumping an Elephant. the Extra on the dvd explains how they filmed it.

Then National Geographic has misled me, I concede. 

[Korea]

Okay, obviously you weren't paying attention to the beginning of the thread. I would not eat a cat or dog because of cultural reasons. So our cats are fine. I am talking about cows and pigs which are bred for food. Personally I wouldn't eat squid or octopi because I think they have a weird texture.

If you are not gonna eat mammals for personal reasons then you should't eat chicken either. They have feelings too.

Tell Ide to stop being a Pussy.  Your house already has two.  You don't need more.

4

Four pussies? You've missed your call as a porn star

I'm the crazy cat lady. 

[Caliga]

This one's for you, Ide.

Man escapes charges for barbecuing pet dog
Man had roasted his pet dog to enjoy as a meal with his family and friends

By Saeed Ahmed
CNN
     
(CNN) -- A man who roasted his pet dog to enjoy as a meal with his family and friends escaped prosecution after authorities in New Zealand determined the animal was killed humanely.

Auckland SPCA officers found the charred body of a Staffordshire terrier cooking in this barbecue pit.

"We were in a dilemma at seeing something we were fairly upset about -- but being in a position of being able to do absolutely nothing about it," said Garth Halliday, of the Auckland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, on Monday.

The SPCA -- which investigates acts of animal cruelty and presses charges -- responded to the house in Mangere, south of Auckland.

There, officers found the charred body of a Staffordshire terrier cooking in a barbecue pit. 

"They had had the dog for a while, but the man told us his wife was getting tired of the dog. He was becoming a pest," Halliday said.

"They decided to get rid of him. But instead of bringing him to the SPCA -- which we recommend -- they decided to have a meal, and cook and eat him."

The family is from Tonga where eating a dog is not uncommon, Halliday said.

"He didn't think he was doing anything wrong," he said.

The incident occurred in February. For the next few months, the SPCA looked into whether the man ought to be charged for the killing. Over the weekend, the organization decided it couldn't because the animal had been killed humanely.

The man, Halliday said, struck the dog in the head with a hammer, rendering it unconscious. He then slit its throat.

"That is the normal way -- if one can use that word -- that animals are killed all over the world," Halliday said.

And under New Zealand's Animal Welfare Act, it is legal to kill an animal if it is slaughtered swiftly and painlessly.

Dr Malakai Koloamatangi, a Tongan cultural expert from the University of Canterbury, told CNN affiliate TVNZ that dog meat is a delicacy enjoyed mostly by young men in his homeland.

Still, the case infuriated and repulsed many New Zealanders.

"It's appalling," said Gracie Williams of Auckland. "As an animal lover, I am sickened. The law needs to be changed."

Auckland Mayor John Banks, an animal rights activist, told reporters that rather than a new law, what is needed is better education of local customs.

In the end, the SPCA closed the case without charges.

"We talked to the people. We told them that although it's not against the law, it is against the general culture of the country to actually kill and eat your own pet dog," Halliday said.

[Grey Fox]

Dog

[Malthus]

Dr Malakai Koloamatangi, a Tongan cultural expert from the University of Canterbury, told CNN affiliate TVNZ that dog meat is a delicacy enjoyed mostly by young men in his homeland.

Hey, they were from Tonga. It could have been worse. 

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E6D61539E433A2575BC0A9639C946196D6CF