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Originally posted by LessinSF
3. Companionship as a distinction is purely cultural. Dogs and horses are companions in other parts of the world, but eaten there too. Plus, many animals that are not companions (or domesticated) are disfavored as food here - see e.g. rats, which are widely eaten in Vietnam.
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I think that the reason most cultures don't eat rats or any other carrion animal unless absolutely necessary goes back to the health issues that dominate a lot of the dietary laws.
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