No no no no. You're wrong.

I know someone from North Korea and he says the same about animals. There are no pets, everything is food. Birds. Rats. Mice, dogs. Cats, rabbits, you name it.

When he and his gf were dog sitting for a neighbour for a few weeks he saw what it was like to actually have a dog as a companion and he absolutely loved it.

Those savages eat Bad Meat. We civilised types eat Good Meat!