I dissociate individual animals from their species all the time. It's built into working at a zoo that's a working farm and a wildlife sanctuary. I eat sausage from a pig that I've pet (and was named "Mocha Chip"I). Just because one animal is a pet it doesn't mean that you can never eat an animal of that species. I hope to have pet chickens some day.
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Date: 2007-02-12 12:17 am (UTC)