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Animal sacrifice does seem to exist in Haitian culture, but not in the way racists are portraying it. I see no evidence that cats and dogs have ever been used. From what I understand, more common in some pockets of their culture would be sacrificing a chicken, and then cooking it and eating it. Which is the same thing anyone can do, just with extra religious steps...
I don't know about Haitian Voodoo, but Santeria, which comes from nearby Cuba and was similarly inspired by traditional African religions, definitely involves sacrificing a chicken for some rituals.
Santeria is practiced by many Cubans in Florida. Trump's Florida. DeSantis' Florida.
I don't hear anyone screaming about immigrants killing the chickens.
What I think is funny about this is that food is most often (or probably always) used, and then you're still allowed to cook and eat it. Basically anyone that eats meat complaining about animal sacrifice is completely lacking in self awareness.
I'm also guessing that a chicken raised by someone for a religious sacrifice is probably going to be treated a lot better while it's alive than a factory farmed chicken.