China COULD Ban Dog and Cat Meat -- Oh Really?

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Ever hear the popular saying, " You can't legislate morality " ? Even if such a ban

is passed, the Chinese have proven time and again that they will simply take

their killing trades underground in order to circumvent any law [i.e., CITES].

And if they don't care whether or not their appetites and cultural/medicinal

superstitions are driving thousands of species to extinction, why would they

care about the fates of these poor, tortured domesticated victims?

 

From the Article:

" Cruelty to animals and the raising of cat and dog meat for dinner tables

remains widespread in China, despite growing consciousness over animal welfare. "

 

 

 

CHINA COULD BAN DOG & CAT MEAT

January 26, 2010 - 4:52PM

 

 

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/china-could-ban-dog-and-cat-meat-20100126-mvy5\

..html

 

 

Dog and cat meat - age-old delicacies in China - could be off the menu in the

food-loving nation under its first law against animal abuse.

 

People who eat either animal, both of which are viewed as promoting bodily

warmth, would face fines of up to 5000 yuan ($810) and up to 15 days in jail if

the law is passed, state press - the Chongqing Evening News - said on Tuesday.

 

It said " organisations " involved in the practice would be fined from 10,000 to

500,000 yuan.

 

The report gave no other details.

 

The law has been at the drafting stage over the past year and the report did not

make it clear when the legislation was expected to become law.

 

China's rubber-stamp legislature meets in March but draft legislation can often

take years to be approved.

 

Cruelty to animals and the raising of cat and dog meat for dinner tables remains

widespread in China, despite growing consciousness over animal welfare.

 

Restaurants touting " fragrant meat " - a euphemism for dog - can be seen in

cities throughout the country, where the fondness for dogs as pets co-exists

with a taste for canine meat.

 

Cat meat is most popular in parts of southern China and there are regular

reports of animal lovers attempting to block trucks carrying hundreds or even

thousands of cats to meat markets and eventually dinner tables there.

 

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The concept of 'animal rights' values the simple premise that ALL living

creatures have a " right " to be allowed to live their lives without

victimization--free from brutality. It is a right that EVERY being strives for.

 

~Brennan Browne~