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Why eat beef, pork, chicken etc but not dogs, cats etc

Why some animals are eaten and others not

Why Some Animals Are Eaten and Others Are Not: A Short and Then Longer Explanati...

Practical and Ecological Factors

Domestication potential

Efficiency and diet

Disease and food safety

Utility beyond meat: why some animals are kept alive

Cultural and Symbolic Factors

Social Meaning of Food Choices

Religious injunctions and sacredness

Pollution, purity, and food taboos

Aesthetic and emotional factors

Historical contingency and path dependence

Why dietary patterns persist

How Colonialism and Globalization Rewrote Food Taboos

Moral and ethical reasons

Moral Status: Why Some Animals Are Treated Differently

Speciesism and the Puzzle of Inconsistent Food Practices

Cultural Moral Frameworks and Food Choices

Legal, economic, and institutional reinforcement

Laws and food choice

Markets and infrastructure

Change and variation across cultures

Why Which Animals Are Taboo Varies

Why Meat Choices Are Changing — Global Trends and Their Effects