The bottom line, then is that some animals are tabooed, or eaten, purely because human groups make arbitrary agreements in these matters. If a person wants to fit in, they must follow the taboo.

Calling dogs an "unclean animal," Montazeri said they "should not be part of Muslims' lives." In 2007, Tehran clamped down on dogs by placing animals in pounds even in cases where they were ...

Leviticus 11:6 states that the hare is an unclean animal: “ The hare, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you” “, but in Christian art, it is ...