Vegans Called Fake Because They Feed Their Cat Meat

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Eric Lund
May 16, 2020 9:00 PM EDT

This one seems pretty cut and dried. Their friends seem a bit extreme and have a hard time understanding what cats eat. The decision to eat meat is one that causes bacon drama between fathers and daughters, and poor dietary information can lead to some really awkward situations like this woman who learned mayonnaise wasn't vegan.

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    Text - r/AmItheAsshole - Posted by u/edenflicka 16 hours ago 3 AITA for calling ourselves vegan? So we're both vegan and have been for years. Last year we got a beautiful cat who is the grand baby neither of our parents will ever have. She's obviously an obligate carnivore and we've been feeding her kibble and wet food. Unfortunately, where she came from wasn't a very good situation and she had horrible teeth when we rescued her. It's not come to a point where if she's painful she doesn't want t
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    Text - We went on a website for rawfeeding animals and bought her some chicken necks and chicken hearts. According to the vet, this should encourage her to use her teeth as it smell "more appetising" than space nuggets. We've obviously been quite uncomfortable with this as it's raw meat in our otherwise vegan home but we'd do anything for our little gremlin so it's worth it. We've since had some friends over who were horrified when we got raw meat out and asked us if we weren't vegan and we said
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    Text - They're now saying we're fake vegans and that we don't care about animal welfare if we're feeding her raw meat. We don't see the issue, as these are part of a chicken that humans wouldn't eat and we are following what our vet told us to keep our baby at optimal health. In our minds, these parts of already slaughtered animals would otherwise just be thrown away. This has created quite a bit of drama in our friend group as some people are now accusing us of being hypocrites while the other
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    Text - Femalamalamaloid 17.4k points · 19 hours ago NTA NTA NTA! Cats are obligate carnivores as you rightly stated. Good for you, don't listen to your vegan friends, you are doing the best for your kitty
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    Text - roseprincessbri Partassipant [1] 5.3k points 19 hours ago NTA And your "friends" are the type of people that make me hate most vegans. That's what she'd eat in the wild. Or mice or rabbits. You're amazing pet owners. BaddestPatsy Asshole Enthusiast [6] 1.7k points · 14 hours ago ISYK, this issue comes up in vegan communities from time to time and the vast majority of vegans support feeding cats meat. We don't tend to support breeding cats or any animals for profit and instead advocate res
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    Text - Imightbemarzipan Partassipant [3] 2.4k points· 16 hours ago NTA. You do care about animal welfare. That's why you're taking care of your animal with food that she will actually eat that otherwise would've just been thrown away.
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    Text - MarsNirgal Professor Emeritass [78] 1.7k points · 16 hours ago NTA. You're vegan because you can, your cat is not because she can't. Seems stupidly simply for me.
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