Dogs, like humans, are designed by nature to be omnivores. Now, people can make an informed choice about eating meat, our pets can't. Do we have any right to force a vegetarian diet onto an animal that has no choice?
Consider the quote below.
Pet care professionals who warn against vegetarian diets for dogs and cats empathize with pet owners’ concerns that lead to these decisions. But there are options other than species-inappropriate diets for dogs or cats.
“People do this to make themselves happy,” says Olson, who worked in psychotherapy before changing careers in the early 1990s. “It’s not about the animal. When people tell me they want to feed a vegan diet, I say, ‘Get a goat, get a rabbit.’” |