Guest guest Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 "It's Their Destiny" News items on Asian animal abuse November, 17th, 2009 "Urban Hoax" Excuse Shot to Pieces By Facts Dear Friends We at ITD are frustrated when we read claims that the selling of dog and cat meat in Asian restaurants in the West is an "urban legend". Snopes (the supposed myth-busting site that claimed ITD was a hoax and we are just bigots) is one of several "expert" sites that exist to put our minds at rest. Unfortunately these sites are staffed by well-meaning amateurs who know little about the subjects that they are "investigating". The following is from a Californian website that provides Brazilian immigrants with news of their homeland. http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/11419/1/ The item has also been reported on other reputable sources on the net. Sadly, this is no hoax. Brazilian Police Shut Down Slaughterhouse Selling Dog and Cat Meat Written by José Wilson Miranda Thursday, 12 November 2009 Roberto Moraes, 46, and Roseli Nascimento, 39, have been arrested in Brazil accused of killing dogs and cats and selling their meat to restaurants catering to mostly oriental customers. The couple lives in Suzano, a city in the Greater São Paulo, in the Brazilian Southeast. According to the police, the dog and cat slaughterhouse was set in a room in the back of the couple's house. They had been doing business for three years in the Miguel Badra neighborhood. The animals were picked up from the streets and after being killed each one was sold for about 200 reais (US$ 116). The animals' parts not sold were incinerated. When the police arrived this Thursday, November 12, at the place they found a dog that was about to be killed. The location had two tables, axes, hooks and a freezer with dog and cat meat inside. The frozen bodies of 5 dogs and 2 cats were found in the freezer. The detainees were taken to the 2nd Bureau of Public Health of the DPPC (Department of Police and Citizenry Protection). The police investigation lasted more than a month and the owners of the business were arrested in flagrante delicto. In a note, chief inspector Anderson Pires Giampaoli from the 2nd Bureau of Public Health informed that the animals were picked up from the streets and then maintained inside the place to be fattened while the owners waited for an order. "They killed the animals with an ax and then burned the animals hide with a welding torch," explained Giampaoli. According to him they sold an average of ten animals a week. "They said that they did not know that this was illegal," informed Giampaoli. Commenting on the fact that the animals were found in the streets, the inspector said, "This is a very serious offense, since we don't know where the animals came from." The meat was sold to restaurants in the Bom Retiro neighborhood, close to downtown São Paulo. After closing the slaughterhouse the police paid a visit to the restaurants in the afternoon and arrested the owners of two oriental restaurants suspect of selling the meat. São Paulo state's law 11.977 state tells that, "domestic animals, those living with a human being, who depend on humans and do not reject human submission" cannot be raised for food. The couple and the restaurants owners will be charged for crimes against the fauna, against the environment and for gang formation. The restaurants should be closed by the sanitary surveillance service. Dog food is a millenary tradition in countries like China, Vietnam, South and North Korea and the Philippines, but restaurants that serve the delicacy are mostly found in restaurants far from the bigger population centers. Our continued thanks for your support and for caring enough to want to make a difference. From all the team at ITD If not through another list, you will have received this email because you either have helped with a campaign or requested to receive these emails in the past. We have no wish to send "spam", so if you do not want to hear from us in the future, just send a blank email to itd with subject line "Un". Our updates are meant to be viewed in html - if you receive in simple text through another list and would like to receive in the original format, please email itd with subject line "Subscribe". http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net 1 of 1 Photo(s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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