Honeythunder: You can design a vegan diet for a cat that can meet their health needs, but it's both somewhat complicated & will have some inherent platability challenges, so the question really becomes: What's the point?

Google’s generative AI gets “can cats be vegan” right at first…. but THEN decides to throw in a completely wrong opposing opinion, which some people who REALLY want a vegan cat will absolutely cling to.

another awful side effect of Google deciding to become useless: really really dangerous pet care advice

I do think that this is somewhat deeper than a genAI problem, and a situation where there really is a misinformation campaign on the vegan side and it's not adequately matched by good information. Google's old algorithms would also fail.

"some say" is probably understating it, given when reputable news sources will give you: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Cats may get health benefits from vegan diet, study suggestswww.theguardian.com Owners who fed their pet a plant-based diet reported fewer visits to the vet and less medication use

Cats are obligate carnivores. Period. You feed them a vegan diet, you kill them.

You can design a vegan diet for a cat that can meet their health needs, but it's both somewhat complicated & will have some inherent platability challenges, so the question really becomes: What's the point?

Even a vegan like Hannah Shaw, aka The Kitten Lady, is outspoken about cats' need to eat meat. There is zero point except being a self-righteous jerk to trying to get them to eat plants.

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