If we're going to get worked-up over meat, there's no reason to jump straight to dogs. Over 100 million hogs a year are slaughtered in the US [1], compared to about 25 million dogs worldwide [2].

1] http://www.thefarmsite.com/reports/contents/liveanapril12.pd...

2] https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?actio...