# Is eating a kitten immoral or just bad manners? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957 "2002-08-15T03:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/41 "2002-08-16T06:56:15Z")
Ya know…when it comes to eating our fellow mammals, humans eat a lot of herbavors, some omnivores (pigs, dogs…other humans occasionally) but though they otherwise seem to be willing to eat anything, seem never have to made a practice of eating carnavors. Even ones, like kitties, that they can catch. Maybe they’re just not very tasty. In which case it would be bad manners to serve a kitty to you’re guests. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/42 "2002-08-16T07:48:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I would say that in our society, yes it immoral. We have cats as pets A lot of people have rabbits as pets. And some people have ducks, or even pigs. > [@](#): > > and they are dependent upon us. Cows too are dependent upon us > [@](#): > > We don’t need them to survive, we have plenty of options at the supermarket Yes. And we don’t need cow meat to survive, either, we have plenty of other options at the supermarket. > [@](#): > > already prepared for us. Why would it change a thing whether is it prepared for us or not? Isn’t the animal killed for our comsumption in both cases? Would eating cats be acceptable if they were killed and prepared by your neighbor, or if they were sold at the supermarket? Would it be unacceptable to eat a chicken if you had to kill and prepare it yourself? ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/43 "2002-08-16T07:51:28Z")
> [@](#): > > For someone starving in the middle of nowhere, or in a very poor country or whatever, Koreans aren’t starving in the middle of nowhere, still some of them like dog’s meat. Why would you have to starve for eating a dog to be morally acceptable, while eating a pig is fine in all situations? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/44 "2002-08-16T07:53:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchiveGuy \* > **Kittens? Too scrawny…** Yeah, but you can fit a few on a skewer. Kitten-kebabs! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/45 "2002-08-16T11:52:02Z")
Why would you bother? You’ll just find yourself coughing up hairballs. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/46 "2002-08-16T11:54:49Z")
Well, Bryan, there are more than 101 ways to skin a cat, you know. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/47 "2002-08-16T12:05:52Z")
I accidently ran over a cat and it became wedged between the muffler of my car and the floor board. When I arrived at my destination, I could smell cooked meat and was able to extract the now dead pussy. The smell of cooked cat is not pleasant, it would require some serious marinating or seasoning. I have eaten some strange meats but I will not eat cat. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/48 "2002-08-16T12:21:47Z")
If you want to kill wild cats and eat them, I don’t see why not. Killing someone’s pet would be very bad manners. In Susan Kay’s book \*\* Phantom \*\*, she mentions people eating “boiled cat with pistachio nuts.” ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/49 "2002-08-16T12:37:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*You’re one to talk! You eat the entire **world**! \*\* Not any worlds with kittens on 'em 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/50 "2002-08-16T14:58:34Z")
I didn’t know that’s where pistachios came from. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957/51 "2002-08-16T15:10:48Z")
“Mrs. Mooney has a pie shop Does her business, but I’ve noticed something weird Lately all her neighbors cats have disappeared Have to hand it to her What I calls enterprise Popping pussies into pies Wouldn’t do in my shop Just the thought of it’s enough to make you sick And I’m telling you them pussycats is quick” –Mrs Lovett, “Worst Pies in London,” **Sweeny Todd** Wow, I was able to do that from memory. It helps that my stepmother introduced me to that musical when I was in 3rd grade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-kitten-immoral-or-just-bad-manners/123957.md?page=2)