Ever notice how the animal rights people only seem to be truly concerned about saving the cute, friendly animals? They have restraunts that serve rats in China. We eat lambs and sheep and cows and ducks and pigs and chickens. What's the big deal about eating dogs? As long as you aren't treating an animal as a pet, and are raising it like you raise livestock, where's the problem? Pigs test higher in intelligence than dogs in many cases. Why does no one champion the noble pig? Because they aren't nearly as cute, that's why.