Tsk. They probably did the same with cats and dogs, too.
First it was cats & dogs.
Then baby duckies.
Then rabbits.
Little Lambies will be next.
They start with the 'cute' ones.
Slowly, they will incrementalize us to meatlessness, at which time we'll all be calling our local steak-legger.
And don't forget Arnold Ziffle, and 'pot bellied pigs'.
If they can't 'endangerize' it off the market, or regulate it to oblivion, they cutsie it off the table.