The ethics of veggie cats and dogs

As National Vegetarian Week gets underway, is it reasonable to expect our pets to forego meat too?o Sustainable fishing move could help your cat reduce its eco pawprinto Britain's problem with pets: they're bad for the planetThis week is National Vegetarian Week, the annual celebration of all things vegetarian. Taking the veggie option has never been easier for people, but what about vegetarian pets?Jonathan Safran Foer's recent polemic Eating Animals makes much of the contrast between our love for our pets and our complacency at the horrors of the factory farm and the abattoir. That contradiction is no more keenly felt than by the vegetarian dog or cat owner, supporting the meat industry they abhor every time they stock up on pet food. Continue reading...