Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia

Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by nine_k on Friday January 05, 2018 @10:28AM (#16079144)

Widely eaten animals are those easy to farm. This limits them mostly to land herbivores, like cows, and water herbi/omnivores, like shrimp or tilapia.

The level of intelligence plays little role, as long as the animals don't use it to actively try to fight back or escape. E.g. pigs are no less smart than dogs.

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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by dorfsmay on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:20PM (#16079927)

I'll argue it is more complicated. Horse meat for example is eaten in continental Europe and Asia but taboo in the UK and U.S.

And on your point about pig vs dogs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by nine_k on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:33PM (#16080042)

Indeed!

I just think thad dog meat can't be anything but an expensive delicacy, because to produce one unit of dog meat you already need many more units of other meat, to feed the dog.

This helps dogs and cats stay pets, largely protected from eating by human emotional attachment, while cows or pigs get pushed to the cattle sector, emotionally detached for food purposes.

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