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
I meet a number of dogs usually when out walking and on the odd occasion that one of them (rightly) puts the 'intact' stumpy bastard in his place with a growl or bark - it's usually older girls - the owner will immediately jump to telling their dog off and apologising.
I'm no dog expert but I'm pretty certain that shouting at a dog for having the gall to vocally enforce it's boundaries results in dogs that bite first and grumble later.
A high-five to everyone who chose to decline an invitation to an office party last Thursday and who opened up slack this morning to dozens of messages from sick people because it turned into a super spreader. Moxxi is proud of you.
A combination of aggressive pet food marketing and manipulative mythologies about "natural" canine behaviour has WRONGLY CONVINCED even the most dedicated vegans that it's unhealthy to take animal flesh out of pet food without a shred of evidence.
This isn't based on nutritional needs, it's rooted in cultural bias.
The assumption might be that dogs and cats need animal flesh. That's not true.
My husband is tired after a long night, but he came in to sit with us during the breakfast prep.
I told Summer that he needed to rest today.
I have to run some errands so she will be in charge, so it's her job to keep him out of trouble.
She says, "I got this." #DogsOfMastodon