As far as I know these guinea pigs are farmed, which is the one part that I don't particularly agree with. It would be different to me if these were caught in the wild, but farming usually leads to maltreatment and inhumane killing practices. I personally have no problem with people of that particular culture to eat them, but I would never think of eating a guinea pig. This subject has been brought up many different times and it is usually vegetarians who take the most offence to it (which is completely understandable), but in my opinion, most people in these countries would not really have the opportunity to stop eating meat, because as far as I know, they do not have the variety of vegetarian foods that we have around here and they probably don't have the same level of health care. So basically, they have to eat what is native to their country, just as we eat rabbits up here.
Up to now, most of the pictures that I have seen of these guinea pigs show them as being quite wild and not all that similar to the ones that we keep as pets, however, I recently saw a picture of some that looked just like my little girl and that kinda confused me. From research that I have done, I have mostly read that wild guinea pigs are usually dark in color and for lack of a better term, not as "cuddly" and "cute" as the pets. So I am wondering if I was looking at totally wrong information or if they have just begun to breed guinea pigs and that is why they are looking more and more like the ones that you would see in pet stores all accross the country? Anyone have any ideas?