(CN) Art show held in Changchun for pets

[Guest guest]

Art show held in Changchun for pets

by Wu Jin

China.org.cn

September 30, 2007

 

On September 29 masked university students crouched in

one-cubic-meter iron cages on the streets in Changchun

City, the capital of northeastern Jilin Province. They

were representing helpless cats and dogs waiting to be

butchered for food.

 

The art performance, displaying a variety of tortured

expressions and despairing gestures of the caged

animals, was launched to persuade people to give up

eating cats and dogs, according to Hou Haiyang, the

campaign organizer.

 

Hou, a sophomore from Northeast Normal University,

established the Changchun Animal Protection

Association (CAPA) with two of his classmates last

August. They built the CAPA website and passed out

leaflets on the streets to try to persuade people to

reject fur products and to promote birth control for

deserted street pets. But results failed their

expectations.

 

Having been inspired by a Korean protest against

eating dog, the Changchun animal protectors resorted

to an art performance. " I was deeply moved by their

performance, and saw the pain filled eyes of the caged

animals. This scenario can hardly be forgotten when we

eat them as meat, " Zhang Deping, a passer-by, said.

 

An increased number of elderly people and DINK (double

incomes no kids) families are adopting cats and dogs

as companions in China.

 

[Photo: Two students portray a caged cat and dog]

 

http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/226553.htm

=====================================

 

[Poster's note: The Art Performance was a great

success and was covered extensively by the media in

China.]

 

Video:

 

-Jilin TV news clip of the Performance:

 

http://6.cn/watch/2176441.html

=====================================

Changchun Animal Protection Alliance:

 

(In Chinese only)

 

http://www.capa.ngo.cn/web/index.html