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thanks. well, people in towns here have pets (my daughter has a beautiful cat), but the animals and birds raised in the villages have a certain purpose: they feed us, they protect us ((the dogs) or help us as they can (the cat has to hunt mouses). i belong to both these environments, town and village, and i understand both mentalities.
I'm from Mexico and my mom and her side of the family are actually fro ma very small rural town in Jalisco. My grandparents used to raise chickens and pigs for their own consumption, and my mom learned to process poultry. I grew up in the city and I'm a huge sucker for animals, and while I wish I could dare to raise my own livestock for my personal use, I can't help but give the animals under my care a name, and once they have a name, I can't bring myself to dispatch them XD.
That doesn't make me less fond of meat, and I've even given my pet chickens some leftover chicken because they are hardcore like that! *swings ax and plays some death metal music*