NEWS: Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics

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How can it be that countries still kill/abuse animals due to "health/medicinal" beliefs in this day and age?

 

I almost wish they would keep dog meat on the menu so the world could watch, be appalled, and do something to stop it for good.

 

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Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics

Restaurant staff told to 'patiently' suggest other options for diners

BEIJING - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month’s Beijing Olympic Games.

Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

Waiters and waitresses should “patiently” suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei.

'Fragrant meat'Dog, known in Chinese as “xiangrou,” or “fragrant meat,” is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities.

Beijing isn’t the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.

South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of “foods deemed unsightly.” After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced.

Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.