Double Standard

A radio talk show had an animal rights advocate on their show. This lady was relaying a story of how she saved a dog from mistreatment. She said that the dog was tied to a pole with a leash that was only two feet long. The lady called the authorities and complained that this dog was being abused because of the short length of his leash. The police came and fined the owner of the dog and requested that the leash be extended to at least seven feet. The talk show host congratulated her for her efforts and then proceeded to ask the audience if there were any questions.

One man called in and said that he had a question for this lady. He asked " What did you have for lunch?" Startled by the seemingly irrelevant question she replied that she had eaten a hamburger for lunch. The man replied by saying that this is hypocritical because cows are also animals. Why should the dog be protected while large numbers of cows are systematically slaughtered for human consumption?

She said that dogs were meant to be pets while cows were meant for human consumption. The man asking the question told here that in some countries dogs are eaten while cows are protected! So why do you have this concocted standard where some animals are to be protected while others are allowed to be ruthlessly slaughtered?