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Cows and chickens and sheep can also form emotional bonds with humans...
Pigs, too. As a child, I spent my summers on a farm. I could tell very touching stories about chickens who knew me and would come running up to me when I came out of the house; about little baby calves I got to pet; about cows, and the many different personalities thereof. Does it make me "cruel and inhumane" for eating beef or chicken? Sheesh.
This sounds like cultural insensitivity to me. "We Americans consider dogs to be pets, not food; therefore it's the only right way to live and anyone who thinks otherwise is inhumane!" As long as the dog was well-treated during its lifetime and humanely killed, what's wrong with it?