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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Since something new came up:
They are in teh family Canidae (which mostly lives on meat but not exclusively). However, this family and several others are in the order Carnivora (meaning flesh or devour). One of these families contains pandas which are almost entirely herbivores. So you can be in the order carnivora and not be a carnivore. I'm not saying dogs aren't, but that they can and do survive very well being omnivores and most if not all wolves are to a certain extent. They aren't obligate carnivores like cats and their feeding behavior in the wild is somewhat omnivorous... |
Cats don't require animal protein to survive ... what they need is taurine, which is found in meat, to survive. Most animals manufacture taurine internally but not cats. Cats must ingest it in their diet. Just because a dog doesn't require taurine to be ingested doesn't make him any less of a carnivore. A carnivore is a carnivore and they eat meat, bones, and organs. There is no scientific evidence that a dog is not a true carnivore. Dogs will, in times of necessity, eat whatever it has to in order to survive.