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Vegan is the future… for dogs and cats too! (plantbasedtreaty.org)
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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Taurine and arginine are amino acids, building blocks for proteins, not proteins themselves. Animo acids are quite ubiquitous across life, not specific to any one type of life. eg Plants contain both taurine and arginine.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

thanks for the additional information

i remember reading that plants can't supply enough taurin. Luckily it seems easy to synthesize (that's how we have redbull &c