Re: Eating cats in China (not a joke).
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:35 pm
Has Bambi ever been screened in China? Or Lady and the Tramp? 99 Dalmations? Do they give their kids teddy bears?
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If dog bit someone and is going to be euthanized, then why not make the best of this bad situation?lowlydog wrote:Exactly what the duck is a bad dog. Bad cats well thats another story.
What are you talking about Alex? Dog and cat meat is a delicacy (mainly) in (Southern) China. It's not like they gathered up some strays, were going to euthanise them, and decided to serve them up on a dish instead.Alex123 wrote:If dog bit someone and is going to be euthanized, then why not make the best of this bad situation?lowlydog wrote:Exactly what the duck is a bad dog. Bad cats well thats another story.
Also if some homeless dog is put into overcrowded shelter and is going to be euthanized, why not make the best of this bad situation?
If it is possible it could be used to feed the homeless.
As the article points out people get paid a few dollars to catch the cats and then middle men arrange for their transportation down south.gregkavarnos wrote: What are you talking about Alex? Dog and cat meat is a delicacy (mainly) in (Southern) China. It's not like they gathered up some strays, were going to euthanise them, and decided to serve them up on a dish instead.
Yeah, I think that many westerners assume that eating cats and dogs is common in Asian countries, even though it is uncommon. It may happen, yet not as often as westerners would like to think (I say 'would like to think', because I've seen many rednecks who get a kick out of thinking that most Chinese eat cats and dogs).pueraeternus wrote:This is disturbing and depressing. As one of comment posters in the Telegraph article wrote, eating dogs and cats are not common among the Chinese, and certainly most overseas Chinese consider that barbaric. In many of the large cities in China, the people treat pets the same way as most Westerners do.