Guest guest Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Dear Merritt, I have to disagree with your " implications " . I believe any inference that can be drawn from the article would only apply to the Western ruled sections of Shanghai and should not be extrapolated to Shanghai as a whole. John. > > aapn [] On > Behalf Of Merritt Clifton > Saturday, May 19, 2007 1:27 PM > aapn > (CN) Shanghai prosecution, 1939 > > From The National Humane Review, September 1939, page 6: > > > A Gruesome Case > > Food for humans, especially for the poor Chinese, is > a problem in the war zone of the Far East. Two Chinese who > did a lucrative business right in the Settlement at Shanghai, > have just been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. > An anonymous letter put the authorities wise to a > nefarious business that had been going on for months. The > men had been collecting dogs and cats, stray and pets, > slaughtered them and told the meat as " rabbit meat " quite > openly from a stall. Hoardes of poor people had been daily > patrons at the stand. Two baskets of meat were part of the > evidence presented at the trial of the men on a charge of fraud. > > > --------- > > > The last word of the item above is the most > significant. The crime was not selling dog and cat meat > (even in the Settlement, which was the foreign-controlled > part of town); it was misrepresenting it. > > I believe this uncredited item was probably authored by R.N. > Swann, the then-director of the Hong Kong SPCA, who > frequently submitted news items to the National Humane > Review, and had a good reputation for getting his facts > straight. (I verified another of his articles by finding a > second source just today.) > > Assuming his facts were correct as stated above, the > implications of the article include: > > 1) Eating dogs and cats was not widely accepted in > Shanghai in 1939; > > 2) Dog meat and cat meat was not considered a luxury item. > > 3) Dog meat and cat meat had to be disguised in > order to be sold. > > 4) The deception was a prosecutable offense. > > 5) Dogs and cats have been eaten in & around > Shanghai for a much shorter time than has been generally believed. > > > Otherwise, the perpetrators had no reason to commit fraud in > order to sell dog and cat meat. > > > -- > Merritt Clifton > Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE > P.O. Box 960 > Clinton, WA 98236 > > Telephone: 360-579-2505 > Fax: 360-579-2575 > E-mail: anmlpepl > Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org > > [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing > original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, > founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the > decision-makers at more than 10,000 animal protection organizations. > We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. $24/year; > for free sample, send address.] > > > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the > search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or > search the list archives at: aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the > list at aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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