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[+] [email protected] -17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Those aren't scientific studies. The vegans have scientific studies. You expect me to believe you know better than them, but you can't show me sources of equal quality?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

One of those is a Wikipedia link which gives you primary sources. 🤔

[+] [email protected] -6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cat food is food specifically formulated and designed for consumption by cats. As obligate carnivores, cats have specific requirements for their dietary nutrients, namely nutrients found only in meat or synthesised, such as taurine and Vitamin A.

Hey look, your Wikipedia link says the nutrients cats need from meat can be synthesised in literally the second sentence.

Vegetarian or vegan cat food has been available for many years, and is targeted primarily at vegan and vegetarian pet owners. While a small percentage of owners choose such a diet based on its perceived health benefits, the majority do so due to ethical concerns, such as about the large environmental impacts of animal agriculture.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Sure, Vitamin A and Taurine can easily be manufactured, but that's not all a cat needs, and there are several necessary proteins that are just too expensive to manufacture at the scale needed for animal feed. but go ahead with your wikipedia scholarship, I'm sure you'll go far in life on that I'm sure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You also put have the thing where it says they are obligate carnivores in the second sentence of the first paragraph that is cited. I did NOT make those claims just provided you with links for further reading.

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