Cats and dogs, the new dinner menu?

So, this weeks blog is going to be very hard for some to read, it was a bit disturbing for me at first, but then started to toss the idea around. In China, they have cats on dogs for sale, not for pets, but to be sold as food. They are trying to get the laws passed to get this illegal. Alot of chinese are very upset with the eating of cats and dogs, but others are ok with it and prefer the taste. I started to think about the reasons for why this is acceptable and decided that in the whole scheme of things, this is really not all that bad. Cats are dogs are animals just as horses and pigs are, and yes, these are some peoples pets too. In many countries and our own, we eat them. So what makes cats and dogs different, because they become domesticated? They are still animals, and when we put them to sleep in animal shelters, we just waste them and do nothing with the bodies. Seems like a waste to me. Now I know I sound horrible and as if I do not own pets or care about them, but I do. I have a cat and a dog and used to have horses and love them very much. I could never imagine eating them, but if they died, it is still meat to some and if you were dying and had to eat, would you not eat that meat? I know that the people in China are not dying and have other choices, but again, it is meat. Here is the link to the story, and what are your thoughts on this. And don't just yell at me and say how disgusting I am, think about it logically.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.animals/index.html?hpt=C2