<p><pre><code>    &gt; how irrational people are

    &gt; the public wouldn&#x27;t have cared if there was no safety
    &gt; issue
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But there <i>was</i> a safety issue, so it wasn&#x27;t irrational.<p>Also people do seem pretty clear on not eating animals which are also widely kept as pets, with the exception perhaps of rabbit.