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human
CMV: I don't think we should care more about pet species than other animals.

Let me start off by saying I don't have any dogs or cats and that I don't agree with burning dogs alive. But I also think that pigs shouldn't be burned alive.


It seems like most people are against eating dogs while they are fine with eating pigs and cows. I feel like just because people have dogs in their house instead of pigs is no reason to view their entire species as more important than pigs. I'm fine with people saying we shouldn't eat any animals or that you shouldn't eat other peoples dogs.

I do think that some animals should be held to a higher regard than other animals but not because some look cute but because some animals are smarter/endangered but dogs, cats and horses aren't anywhere near extinction or smarter than some farm animals. There are also other good reason to not eat something like their environmental impact or stuff like that e.g.  I try to minimize my consumption of cow products because they are terrible for the environment.
gpt
If others give us moral consideration, we are obliged to return it. As a pet dog might well give it’s life for me, that ought to increase its moral status. Not only for the owner (though especially for the owner) but also for humanity in general. 

Domesticated animals are more likely to have moral regard for humans, to see them as part of their social world, to look to humans for help. We’ve conditioned them this way. We altered the course of their evolution, through eugenics, to make them dependent on us. That ought to come with some responsibility on our part.