If a vegetarian feeds his cats on a vegetarian diet, is this an animal cruelty?

What if he simply rejects buying meat no matter what because he knows that the relevant animal suffered too much in the process?

So a should vegetarian with that mindset have pets which are herbivores such as rabbits or iguanas? What about dogs? Thanks!

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  • Cats are carnivores; vets never recommend vegetarian diets for cats. Vegetarian diets for cats exist, but they put the animal at risk for heart problems due to lack of taurine, and other conditions because they are missing lysine, vitamin a, and trytophan.
    Dogs, who unlike cats are omnivores, can be fed a vegetarian diet, but they usually don’t like it.
    House pets, much like animals in the wild, need to eat the food that their bodies have evolved over millenia to eat. A person’s moral objection to food should not prevent a beloved animal from eating the food that keeps it healthy. If an individuals personal beliefs make them willing to risk an animals health they need to re-examine what they believe. If a person objects to having meat in their home then get and herbovire, or just keep fish. I don’t think it’s animal cruelty, per se, but it isn’t good, either.
  • Yes. Cats are carnivores. Vegetarian diets are unnatural and unhealthy for cats. It’s also cruelty to feed them that canned crap. It gives them cancer.

    Being an animal lover means providing the absolute best standard of care for your pets possible, and that includes feeding them a healthy diet.

    Source(s):
    Vegan who feeds her cat and dogs Prey Model Raw diets.

  • well, it’s animal abuse because you’re depriving the cat of the meat it’s supposed to have, just like when a vegetarian doesn’t eat meat, but it’s a choice. really though, not eating meat won’t help anything, it just makes us sensible meat-eaters have more meat to ourselves

    Source(s):
    Logic

  • Of course not- it’s far less cruel than funding the deaths of dozens more animals.
    Ethical vegetarians don’t fund those industries by definition.
    Besides, there are a number of vegan pet foods, so not only is it ethically unjustifiable,
    it’s simply not necessary.

  • they should feed there cat meat. dogs i think are omnivores and can do well on a vegetarian diet. if the vegetarian is unwilling to provide the carnivoruous pet it’s natrua diet then they shoud get a herbivore pet. ( so they can both share food on the couch) lol

    Source(s):
    vegan

  • Yes, because only we humans can pick what to put into our mouths. Dogs and cats can’t get the vitamins and nutrients they need without meat, so they must be omnivores.

  • Apparently cats and even lions and other wild big cats can live very well on a vegetarian diet.

  • Cats are tough; the don’t die when you sodomize them (usually).

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    google translate

  • it is not animal cruelty so long as the dog or cat likes it and it keeps them sustained and healthy 😛

  • A cat should be feed a diet of mostly meat. Ask any vet

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