In the future, cultured meat will replace all animal-based flesh in any pet food and human food. Cultured mouse and chicken flesh, and an infinite assortment of other fish proteins, are set to appear on pet food shelves very soon.
Ethical feeding friction will become a thing of the past.
@astro_ray@animalsonlywantkindness@mastodonindians@algorithm "vegan meat" is too broad a concept, I would not know.
There are many attempts at culturing cells for meat, and I don't think we know how well they scale up. Check #meatable for instance.
Personally I dropped all the meat alternatives because pretty much all of them are #ultraprocessed. Good for the environment but bad for your health.
@polentabianca@astro_ray@mastodonindians@algorithm Plantbased cruelty-free dairy and flesh replacements are doing well in the retail market because of those who want palate pleasure. A whole-foods plantbased diet is the healthy option for those who care about their health. Veganism is not a diet, it's not about you or me. It's not about human health or convenience, or even the environment. Vegans reject the commodity status of nonhumans. It's a social justice movement for the most vulnerable
Across the EU, animal welfare standards for professional breeding, keeping and selling #dogs and #cats vary widely – resulting in sub-standard practices, sometimes even abuse.
We are introducing uniform rules:
✔ Setting minimum standards
✔ Tightening traceability for online sales to curb illegal trade
✔ Training for handlers and educating buyers on responsible ownership
✔ Import standards to match #EU welfare criteria
This is Mila. She is 17 years old. We got her exactly 5 years ago just before Thanksgiving. She’s our thanksgiving baby kitty. For her adoption anniversary, I am going to give her a tiny piece of sashimi. Seeing her little heart-shaped nose every day has been a blessing.
He's been following me around the house yelling all morning because he's now decided he won't eat anything at all unless it has sardine oil drizzled over it.
I noticed that he was tilting his head to one side and kept walking in circles to that direction. I also noticed he seemed to have a tremor to his head and was doing a strange thing with his back leg on that side as well.
I was wondering if he was perhaps having a neurological event (he's 17 years old now, and has hyperthyroidism, and I'm pretty sure he may have dementia), and was assessing whether I needed to take him to a vet today or if it could wait for his monthly vet visit on Monday.
Then I noticed that he tried to sit and scratch his ear, but got distracted by Lilith... so I grabbed his brush and gave him a good brushing on the side of his head and ear - and he's fine now.
He was itchy and kept getting too distracted to scratch his ear.
I'm now also wondering if he's been yelling at me all morning because he had an itch.. because he's settled right down now.