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[–] gon@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

IDK about the US, but I think this wouldn't actually be legal anywhere. In Portugal, for example, there's some rules about this, even for personal consumption. I didn't read anything about gerbils in particular but it's not necessarily as straight-forward as just buying some animals, killing, and cooking them. It's because of public health laws.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

In the US, the PACT law seems to apply. Unless they're eaten.

Most animal cruelty laws are at a state level, so you're going to have a lot of variance.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I don't know about the buying from a pet shop and grilling in the parking lot part, but in Peru for example they eat Guinea pigs, which aren't that far off gerbils, so in that respect it might not be illegal everywhere

[–] Ruben@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, is it legal for everyone to just buy a pet and kill/slaughter it? Wouldn't that be animal abuse?

[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

not if its a big enough industry to control the legislation. animal agriculture is a nightmare