Dogs are omnivores and can tolerate a meat-free diet. Cats on the other
hand are obligate carnivores. I believe they have lost the ability to
synthesize carnitine and will die of heart failure if deprived of meat in
their diet.
Charlie
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Chris Crawford <
chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> LOL! Peta is crazy. I had a teacher in high school who was a Peta member
> and
> he tried to get us to feed our cats and dogs a vegetarian diet. My cat says
> that a food bowl without meat is cruelty to cats. I think that dogs would
> agree with him.
>
> Check out this picture I took in Louisville, Kentucky a few yrs ago.
> Louisville was the birthplace of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken, a fast food
> chain in the USA), and the company is still headquartered there. Peta
> protests KFC locations in Louisville frequently. You have to see the car
> the
> Peta members drove!
>
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/louisville/photopages/l
> ouisville-53.htm
>
> For the non-USA members of the list, the old man depicted on the car is
> Colonel Harlan Sanders, the founder of KFC. His face is famous here because
> he appeared in the company's TV ads wearing a white suit and carrying a
> cane, as shown on the Peta car. LOL He did not, however, kill chickens in
> the ads. Hehe
>
>
>
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> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-747-5101
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
>
> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>
>
>
> On 8/15/09 7:24 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > When you see the following T-Shirts at the Iowa State Fair:
> > "Meat is Murder. Tasty Tasty Murder"
> >
> > "PETA - The Other White Meat"
> >
> >
> > There were others that I can't type without going to confession
> afterwards.
> > Herbivores tend to keep a low profile here.
> >
> > AG
>
>
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