one time i sold my non-vegan friend's pet behind their back. i just said they ran away. it seemed like the right thing to do-- if they can't even expend the energy to care for 'animals okay to slaughter', what would make them a good pet owner then? it tells me they think all animals are expendable and therefore they'd abuse that poor animal just like how they participate in needless animal cruelty. they didn't really care about that pet.
This is not what I was talking about in my post, and I do not endorse this.
This was not an emotional reaction to the frustration of being vegan in a non-vegan world. It was a decision that you made based on conclusions that you leapt to.
Your friend could very well have been an unfit pet guardian in other ways, but based solely on the evidence you cited it sounds like you removed their pet from their care solely because they were nonvegan.
That's not sensible or helpful. Most pets are cared for by nonvegans. It's valid to feel whatever way in this situation, but that doesn't mean that stealing your friend's pet is the right thing to do. Feelings are data about what you need, not instructions on how to act.
If anything, I would draw on their empathy for their pet when trying to convince them that agricultural animals are worth moral consideration. That's how a lot of vegans made the switch.
If they were actually neglecting or abusing the pet, then that's a separate issue from having a pet as a nonvegan.
