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News: Dog Consumption+Rumoured US Trade
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Dog Consumption+Rumoured US Trade
Dog Market Chinese People Eating Dogs, Does China Want to Export it to the US?
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A recent shocking post on Facebook goes into the possibility – unsubstantiated as yet – that China wants to export dog meat into the US. Whether it is true or not, this announcement has released an avalanche of upset and protest about the uncertain possibility that dog meat might be coming to their town – or your town.
China has historically farmed and eaten dogs; it is legal and there are no sanitary or other laws regarding their treatment. Yet, they are crammed into cages and beaten over the head to kill them; the Chinese farmers say this method is not cruel.
Every year, thousands of dogs are stolen in Thailand and smuggled into Vietnam since it is not legal. The demand is very high and a very lucrative black market business, run by Mafia and corrupt officials.
The method of transportation involves cramming about twelve dogs into several poultry cages on long trips without food or water, then sold in fashionable restaurants; they are more expensive than pork.
In Vietnam, up to five million dogs are consumed every year, following a long tradition.
Demand has also spread beyond the country, sparking a multimillion-pound trade that sees 300,000 dogs packed every year into tight metal cages in Thailand.
The dogs are killed brutally, hitting them over the head 10 or 12 times, causing much pain. Some diners prefer the added suffering because they say the dogs are tastier. Other acts of cruelty are force-feeding, burning or stabbing.
Tha Rae is a small town in Thailand where 5000 poor farmers make more money selling or killing dogs to be eaten locally or exported. Even though dog meat is not popular there, sales do well in roadside stands. The mayor of the town, meanwhile, has refused to end the trade, though he can.
Crackdowns are occurring through the use of informants who work with the Royal Thai Navy but the smugglers, after paying a small fine, go right back into business.
A bus driver named Zuong Nguyen says the trucks moving across the border into Vietnam is endless and lately he’s seen cats as well. What makes it so easy is that border officers ask for money in exchange for a passport stamp.
In Vietnam, dog ownership for the purpose of cuddling them as pets is not common; their main interest, besides food, is security. So the animal activists have a hard time appealing to their emotions about killing them to be eaten. Instead, the buttons they push are the outbreaks of disease – cholera. trichinosis and rabies. This is not hard to imagine when many of the dogs end up in horrible conditions like mucus in their eyes, covered in their own feces and vomit and ill with animal diseases like parvo. Under these conditions, it would not be surprising if many in the US protested heavily about China or other countries exporting dog meat – aside from the horror most Americans feel about eating dogs.
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Your thoughts - Dogs, Man’s Best Friend or Next Meal? 
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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It's all meat, and in my opinion it's all wrong. Those pictures are disgusting but not all that different to what we do to other animals in this country. Either way dog meat would never take on, people look at dogs and cats in a different light to other animals just because we're used to seeing them as pets.
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This is really shocking. Many of you might argue we eat chicken, beef, etc but these animals are not our usual pets. The dog is.
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Literally the saddest thing I've ever seen.
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Originally posted by Summertime Love
The dog is.
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Not in China. 
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Originally posted by Goosey
Not in China. |
Did you even read the article, at least the first lines where it clearly mentions that China is seemingly going to start exporting dog meat in the US?
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Member Since: 8/1/2008
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In will never happen in western society. I agree it's not less moral than slaughtering cows or pigs but it's definitely not going to happen in America.
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Why do people want to eat dog meat tho? 
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It really is no worse than killing and eating any other animal. Like, it just isn't.
It's not going to happen in the US, though.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
It really is no worse than killing and eating any other animal. Like, it just isn't.
It's not going to happen in the US, though.
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Pretty much 
I'd love to try it, I hate dogs.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
It really is no worse than killing and eating any other animal. Like, it just isn't.
It's not going to happen in the US, though.
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There are demands though and trust me dear Chinese are very intelligent. My friend who went to a China medical college for higher studies unknowingly ate it there and then the people told him it was dog meat. From that day, he cannot even stand the sight of a dog as it immediately reminds him of what happened there. Terrible.
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Member Since: 12/16/2008
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Disgusting 
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What's the difference between that and Pigs/Cows/Chicken. 
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This is quite common in my country even though it's illegal.
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Originally posted by jonasha
What's the difference between that and Pigs/Cows/Chicken. |
Dogs are loving, cute pets. It ain't fair. 
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I don't agree with it, but I disagree with people putting so much emphasis on this and being blissfully ignorant of the same treatment given to cows, sheep, chickens, pigs, etc.
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Originally posted by DG1
Dogs are loving, cute pets. It ain't fair. |
I think Cows are kewt. Where is the outrage?
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The West will have none of it. China can do it and I'm not gonna be all ethnocentric cause it's their food tradition, but we ain't got time for that here.
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Originally posted by iC0NIC
I don't agree with it, but I disagree with people putting so much emphasis on this and being blissfully ignorant of the same treatment given to cows, sheep, chickens, pigs, etc.
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This made me hug my dog best friend Lulu though
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