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Originally Posted by
mjfromga
I have heard that China often uses dogs as food items. I see it as no worse than us eating cows and other animals for nourishment. Different culture is all. I'd never eat a dog because I consider them pets.
I also understand and know for a fact that animals butchered for food are not usually treated kindly (for they are commodities) and their throats are often slit while they are still alive etc. in America and other "refined" cultures, as well.
I hate seeing animals treated cruelly, but I refuse to judge these people without judging the meat market as a whole. I also see people judging Asians and being racist in these "signatures".
I'm quite suprised to see a reply like this on a website for dog and animal lovers(?) I'll try to explain though the best I can.
Originally Posted by
mjfromga
"I have heard that China often uses dogs as food items. I see it as no worse than us eating cows and other animals for nourishment. Different culture is all. I'd never eat a dog because I consider them pets."
One of the main differences that set this cruel slaughter apart from farming ect, is that many of these dogs are actually
people's pets who have been
stolen to be killed for meat. Many people in China are actually dog lovers, who also consider dogs to be companions (not food) and are heartbroken to find that their pet and loved family member has been loaded into a truck to be kidnapped and slaughtered for meat.
These dogs are crammed into tiny cages so small they can not move their bodies, thrown around like objects and experience conditions that are inconceivable.
Along with this, dogs are naturally a predator species (not a prey species) therefore are extremely dangerous for humans to eat, and people (including children) often die as a result of contracting rabies through dog meat consumption.
I do not see how campaigning to end this extreme cruelty and suffering is in any way racist - animal cruelty is animal cruelty wherever it takes place .... not all Chinese people take part in this slaughter, only a majority - therefore insinuating that it is "judging asian people" to sign a petition like this is the same as saying that a petition to end bullfighting is racist towards Spanish people, or a petition to end cruel factory farming in the UK is racist towards English people.
In my books, like many people, I do not consider culture/ethnic origin to be a shield for animal cruelty.