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    Granted. Intense selective breeding creates a dwarf cow to sell as designer pets. The process is excessively cruel and incestuous, and the dwarf cows are in constant pain, as well as stupid and easily angered. Animal rights groups see the creation of dwarf cows as more inhumane than beef production.

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        Yes, that’s exactly what I was getting at. Thank you for stating it in plain text.

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    Granted. They are immediately more endearing than any pet anyone has ever had… But by 3 years of age they are more delicious than any food anyone has ever eaten.

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    Granted. A startup called InGen starts producing them and as an early adopter, you’re invited to their soon to be open island resort.

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    Granted. Now noone can get a decent burger or steak cus there’s not enough beef.

    wow I am late to the party

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    Then buy some cows, breed them, and selectively breed them until they’re really small. But don’t forget about secondary characteristics like aggressiveness, etc. Don’t breed them to be a smash-faced pug with breathing problems.

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      Op accidentally starts a cattle ranch in process of acquiring house pet. Not enough generations of cows pass, and they die as a farmer.

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      Better hurry, though, since culture might change and suddenly domesticated animals like cows are recognized as people with rights and 20th century burger-eating culture becomes taboo.

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    Granted, now cows, along with every other animal on earth, will become the size of cats

    Good luck keeping something the same size of you as a pet and surviving all the insects that are now huge