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Comment Re:Its not about intelligence (Score 1) 481

If you're growing what you need to survive, rabbits are nasty pests and threaten your livelihood. So, you trap/kill them - and why not use what you can?

For larger "farm" animals, consider their use as a beast of burden. Horses, mules, oxen, and such are all extraordinarily useful - so they tend not to be eaten. Cows, pigs, chickens, goats, and so on have their uses, but they cannot be directed like beast of burden - hence their raising almost exclusively for foodstuff.

It all comes down to utility - nothing to do with appearances or intelligence.

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