(06-04-2015, 06:22 PM)Tobi Wrote: Dog meat is a delicacy in China, and for many, a tradition. I suppose that realistically, that is no worse than the thousands of Turkeys slaughtered each year in Western countries at Thanksgiving and Christmas, or all the lambs at Easter. And they all pass unnoticed.Yes, Tobi, you are quite right. If we eat turkeys, lambs, etc. (which are also often killed in inhumane ways in abattoirs or otherwise) then we have no right to sound "superior". However, I share your concern about these poor dogs, who will no doubt face painful and horrifying deaths. Live skinning and being cooked alive are the worst practices which go on there - although not in every case. I signed the petition. I also will not sleep well.
We are no better in the West.
But those dogs don't deserve to die, and don't deserve to be caged and treated in the way that they are. It is horrendous.
I hope the petition can get it stopped.
I couldn't sleep much last night for thinking of those dogs. I just wanted to get them all out of there.
Dog slaughter seems distressingly common in China. Even a cull because of a rabies risk was carried out extremely brutally: https://www.change.org/p/a-new-appeal-fo...lang=en-GB Dogs on that occasion were thrown still alive (after clubbing and stoning) into a giant pit and burnt alive. The fear and suffering can hardly be imagined. Dogs in China desperately need our support.
