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Do vegans force their pets and children to be vegans, too?

I find veganism fascinating, particularly when it is practiced for ethical reasons. The morality behind avoiding meat raises so many interesting questions.
For example: Do ethical vegans force their pets into veganism as well?

Is a vegan’s dog not allowed to eat dog food containing rabbit, chicken or turkey?

Are the cats of vegans discouraged from hunting mice?

Is a boa constrictor owned by a vegan not fed rats?

Why might there be a distinction between the ethics of food when it comes to humans and pets? And is it ethical to alter an animal’s natural diet based upon your personal beliefs?

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Also, is it ethical to impose your vegan beliefs on their children?

Should a person’s eating habits be defined by their parent’s sense of morality and their disregard for the presence of incisors in their child’s mouth?

I guess that if you believe that imposing religious beliefs on children is ethical, vegan beliefs could be viewed in a similar light. Yet there seems something less diabolical in a vegan stuffing green beans down their child’s throat than a parent stuffing the homophobic belief of a 2,000 year old desert-dwelling God into a child’s impressionable mind.