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Originally posted by Rick Latona
I've always heard that pigs are smarter than dogs. We eat pigs but not dogs. Why would intelligence be a criteria for murder?
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Pigs are smarter than most people think. Almost smart enough to make me feel bad about eating them. But they are not smarter than dogs. (however a lot of PETA-type groups like to suggest that)
Dogs have been bred for intelligence for thousands of years. We (humans) did that to them, so that (at least partially) makes us responsible for their higher conciousness. They can understand another species (human) language and excercise good judgement under difficult stressful situations. They care enough about their adopted familys to alert them to / guard them from danger. That makes me respect them enough not to eat them.
Also, there's just not much meat on dogs. Versus a pig whch averages 400+lbs. That seperates them on the food chain in a practical sense.