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An environmental perspective...
Many of the posters have mentioned that China's growing affluence will push them towards more Western tastes in food (i.e. beef, pork and chicken). Isn't this very trend one of the drivers behind increasing food prices and global demand for grain and dairy? Have you seen the reports from Haiti, where people are eating mudcakes because they can no longer afford flour?
Indeed, if our foolhardy policies on biofuels continue, China wouldn't (and I assure you, isn't currently) the only country using cats and dogs as a protein source.
Furthermore, with the general overpopulation of cats and dogs all over the world, isn't consumption a rather green way of thinning the herd, rather than using harsh drugs, incineration, and the landfill?