very disturbing trend

[Catherine]

Quote:Tarantula's are a delicacy in Cambodia. They fry them and eat the whole thing. Ew!

When you look at the picture of my new pet Oscar, you will understand why this upsets me.

The whole meat industry has problems. We need to do a lot in that area to make it less cruel. What is disturbing about the guinea pig thing is that people who grew up seeing guinea pigs as pets are now starting to eat them. It is moving things in the wrong direction.

We hope people will start to treat animals better, but if they are now starting to eat what they think of as pets, then things are worse. If you add to that the fact that the pets as food industry is really unregulated, then things are much worse. People at home can kill and eat a pet animal and there is no one to monitor how it is done. It is as if we are importing the worst animal practices instead of exporting better ones.