In most Western countries there is a taboo concerning the eating of animals regarded as 'pets' for example - horses, donkeys, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles, large insects etcetera that does not exist in Asia or other parts of the world. In China, dog-breeding farms supply the food markets and restaurant business although officially banned in mainland China in 2010. Asians also consume animals on the 'at risk' of extinction register for example pangolins, blue fin tuna, sharks, whales, tiger parts - there is very little that cannot be considered gastronomically either partially or whole. During the second world war the taboo on eating almost any animal was temporarily lifted in Europe. In the UK thousands of unwanted pet animals are killed every year either on the roads or by animal rescue centres, because they cannot re-home them. The Dogs Home Battersea, London has a particularly challenging problem of re-homing an excess of temperamental Pit Bull terriers. These animals could be recycled as dog, or human, food. The recycling of healthy animal flesh for other animals' consumption in zoos exploits the natural cannibalism of all animals. As demands on global food supply rise is it now time to reconsider conventional eating practices for more sustainable ones? My project idea is a discussion forum, sited in a dog kennel within Dogs Home Battersea or one of the enclosures at London Zoo, which would look at the taboos surrounding the consumption of pets in western, secular culture. An international panel of zoologists, anthropologists, ecologists, philosophers and chefs, who would also give cookery demonstrations, could discuss the potential for such developments with the public - amidst the noise and activities of the animals.