• oscar
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    3 years ago

    Yeah gotta agree with you here. Pets are a debatable topic among vegans. The only example that comes to mind is Lewis Hamilton who is vegan and has a pet-dietitian who has helped him put his pet dog on a vegan diet. I’m not really 100% sure I agree with that but I’m sure it beats people randomly giving their pets vegan alternative foods without realizing how it’s affecting the pets.

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      3 years ago

      Caniforms (dogs, foxes, bears, etc) are omnivores, so they can easily be vegans. Cats are a little more complicated, since they do are almost completely carnivorous, where they can digest some vegetal food, but need taurine to survive. I think that synthetic taurine may fulfill the need for meet.

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      3 years ago

      Well, that’s different though because dogs can eat some vegetables since they are not 100% carnivores, whereas cats are.

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      3 years ago

      Dogs actually can have a fully vegan diet, cats can’t, at all. Under no circumstances whatsoever, at least with current technology, should a cat be ever fed a vegan diet, their digestive system is not built for that.