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By: Crunchynut

Crunchynut — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:26:25 +0000

The difference is, pigs etc are reared to be eaten, which is not nice to say. As a meat lover, I try to buy good quality meat from good sources, and buy free-range/organic whenever I can. Dogs eaten in China were not reared. Lots of them were kidnapped to be eaten.(OK you may argue that game meat is wild, however most game meat is still farmed to some extent.) In my parents’ estate, several neighbours lost their pet dogs because some labour workers from the rural took them. In the old days when there aren’t much food around, people were desperate to find meat. My father told me when he was 17, working as Zhi Qing in the countryside that the gang of them once ate a dog because they were so hungry. But time chage, so should the society. Some dog-eaters claim that it’s Chinese medicine for arthritis. I think it’s just an excuse. The bottom line is animal cruelty. In the day and age when we are champaigning against battery-chicken, why should there be dogs kidnapped and eaten? The same goes to bear farming, not sure if you’ve seen it, it’s disgraceful. I believe you need to respect what you eat, do the meat justice for the poor animal that died for the meal. Dog eaters don’t respect life.

By: keith

keith — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:53:27 +0000

regarding Michael Zehrer post on 28th Jan, his comment about the human right in Tibet, does he know anything about Tibet, or he just get it from CNN, or westernised news.

We should stick with culture and food here….

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:17:23 +0000

CNN also has the story

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.animals/index.html?hpt=C1

By: Michael Zehrer

Michael Zehrer — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:59:45 +0000

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:12:17 +0000

Much of the objection to dog meat consumption concerns how the dogs are slaughtered. Yes, pig/cow/chicken slaughter in the US is pretty awful but surely you must know, Fucshia, that some Chs consumers of dog meat believe the meat to be more tender and ‘invigorating’ (to men) if the animal has suffered before death and thus released a lot of adrenilene.

There are by now a fair number of substantiated reports, with photographs (and video), showing dogs being knocked over the head but not killed before being sliced up. Or held by head and tail, throat cut, and left to bleed out slowly as they kick in agony. There are reports of dogs being drenched with boiling water right before slaughter, or having their legs broken and left overnight before slaughter, or having holes cut out of their paws and being left to bleed overnight. All in the name of more tender, tastier meat.

I’d never eat dog but I do agree that it’s hard to argue for killing a pig for food but not a dog; I totally see the lack of logic in a blanket ‘Chinese shouldn’t eat dog’ sort of statement.

But I think we can all agree that purposefully causing an animal to suffer before slaughter just so the meat is more tender or more likely to help you in the bedroom is, I’m sorry – barbaric. There really should be no cultural relativity when it comes to inflicting excessive pain on purpose.

There are animal rights groups that recognize the right of Chinese to eat dog, but are campaigning to end these practices. I don’t see anything culturally imperialistic about that.

BTW — dog meat is all over Chongqing, a fairly populous city by any standards, at this time of the year. Not all Chinese eat dog meat, but it’s not a tiny minority either.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:05:31 +0000

New York Times has an op-ed on this very subject:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/opinion/05iht-edcohen.html

By: Mart

Mart — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:19:10 +0000

I also fail to understand why you can eat beef, pork goat and horse but not dog. Vegetarians should wake up to the fact that eating cheese, yoghurt etc. kills cows as well. Vegans I can understand, eating little meat is good, vegetarians to incosistent for me.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:08:02 +0000

Jody: Not only you have heard about this but many other overseas borned chinese. With my parents they had no choice back in the day because they were poor. You should understand.
The west have globalised the world but failed to globalise themselves. They should read up on the book clash of the civilisations, as it would educate them more living in a planet with other human races..even though many of them would choose to be ignorant of other countries culture and religion anywayz… We are all victims of westernisation. The west seems to have monopolised on correcting what is right or wrong. I really feel sorry for “jook sings”.

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:05:52 +0000

I agree, people of China now see how the west views them, I was back there in the 80′s and back then, American cigarettes and jeans was the choice of the young generaton. I have heard of my dad growing up in China and he can remember when his dad and uncles killing the family pet, he would stay away from home for days. It would take great famine for me to even think of eating a dog or cat.

By: Michael Zehrer

Michael Zehrer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:11:41 +0000

“The other explanation, of course, is that the Chinese are growing increasingly sensitive to Western pressure on the subject.”

Maybe they should first care about human rights or Tibet. There is also a lot of pressure from the west. The dog thing is just overrated.