• Thorned_Rose@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Some people still do raise them for food 🙂

    When you’ve got not fridge and the environment isn’t always condusive to curing and preserving meat, it’s very handy to raise an animal that’s a smaller amount of meat (say one meal) than something like a goat, pig, chicken or cow.

    They breed easily and rapidly, eat scraps and vegetation that humans normally don’t. So folks keep a herd of Guinea pigs and just slaughter whatever they need for a meal.

    It’s very clever and much more environmentally friendly than clearing forest for larger animals.