> If there are degrees of awareness, a pig is much more aware than a rat.

And your source for this preposterous statement is...? Rats are extremely intelligent and social animals.

Then, per argument of previous person, why eat pigs and not dogs (though some countries make exceptions)? Why eat cows, but not horses?

How will you or anyone ever be able to know this… just because you cannot perceive it, you assume it cannot exist?

They're also more intelligent than dogs yet we prefer to eat one.