
  Hi all! In response to the piggie eating subject, I think what we need to understand is that in some 3rd world countries guinea pigs are not seen as pets, they are livestock. Some of these people have nothing else to eat & piggies are seen as a source of valuable protein to feed their growing children, somewhat like chickens, cows, etc. in our culture. Do I agree with this...no, but the things people in this country eat, like cows for example,  would be offensive to people in other countries like India where cows are considered to be sacred. These people are probably not bad people, they just don't know any different. In their native land, piggies were first raised as a source of meat before the time when they started keeping them as pets. If I was starving & had no choice but to eat a piggie, I don't think I could do it, but one never knows what one would do if faced with a decision like this. My point is that while we find eating piggies to be very offensive, in other cultures they just don't know any better. I'm not really sure why a magazine would put a picture like that in there, unless it had to do with a particular article or something.  As a piggie lover I find the eating of piggies to be very sad & upsetting, but unfortunately there is alot of other sad things happening to piggies in our country everyday too. Just my opinion.
 Take care to all piggies & their people!

***JAIME***
http://www.piggiepages1.blinkz.com/ 




