Cultural Animal Taboos
In many societies there are strong cultural (but non-religious) taboos about eating or having contact with certain animals. For example, in most Western countries there is a strong cultural taboo against eating dog, cat, or monkey meat.
Read more about this topic: Unclean Animals
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