A semi carrying a payload of hundreds of cats crashed on a
Chinese highway. These cats, worth a dollar or two a piece, were on their way
to the slaughterhouse. Because, even though it’s taboo to eat cats in China,
millions of cats end up being served for human consumption annually. This
certainly brings a whole new meaning to “eating Chinese,” doesn’t it?
In the U.S., most of us are pretty boring when it comes to
the meat we will eat. Most of us stick to chicken and beef and pork. Maybe a few
of us restrict our pork intake for religious reasons, and a few of us don’t eat
meat at all for personal or ethical reasons. But for those of us that do eat
meat, the idea of eating cat probably never crosses our minds. When is the last
time you thought, “Man, I’d really like some barbeque cat for dinner tonight?”
What we consider proper to eat is, at least to a great
extent, a matter of tradition and culture. Is there anything wrong with eating
cats? Although the cats might not like it, there is not anything “wrong” from
the meat-eaters’ point of view. After all, cats are meat, and if we are
meat-eaters, why shouldn’t we eat a cat now and then?
And who knows? Cat might be very tasty. How do we know if we
never try a sample? After all, don’t we tell our kids, “Try it, you might like
it”?
Would you be willing to at least try
a sample of cat-meat stew? Why or why not?
“I love cats” – Dick Van Patten
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