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t2contra said:

No way! Holding innocent people to ransom is the more plausible reason. There is no animal rights law other than the trafficking and eating of rare wildlife. It has nothing to do with starvation anymore, but the only way for China to abandon eating of pet animals is for their quality of life to go up when they can appreciate the finer things in life and not use the "Plants and pigs also have life" argument. Only then will their govt make eating of pet animals a felony. That's how I see it.

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Not saying it is staged, but I think it is possible. After reading some stories circulating on the Chinese web about these activists, I have to say some of them are more 'activist' than they are simple animal lovers. I won't assume that they must have high moral integrity just because they claim to love dogs. There were also people raising questions that those pictured didn't look like typical dog vendors in Yulin. But again, nothing is conclusive yet.

In the Chinese internet world, with hundreds of millions of users, all kinds of rumors are percolating. I'm not holding my breath for it. Look at the way the dog is being held up in the two pictures.

I wish Chinese netizens could petition their govt to ban dog eating entirely. After all, they have been effective in bringing down corrupt officials. All kinds of cruelty to animals, like buffalo and horse fighting, should be a thing of the past if they want a gracious society where people are kind and helpful to one another. That is an important step.

t2contra said:

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To add to my earlier comment, there are more dog & cat lovers than eaters. As the standard of living goes up, their rank will swell even more and animal compassion will become more vocal. They will not be different from Chinese communities elsewhere as they become more modern and appreciate the finer things in life. They will identify more with pet animals and not associate them as food, but rather accept widely farmed animals like cattle and pigs, unless dogs and cats are farmed worldwide as food.

There is no question of dog eating becoming an entrenched industry like Japanese whaling partly because it is not a significant industry in China. Shutting it down is not going to start a big riot with agitated people overturning police cars when the majority of the people are against it. I sure the tradition will die out with the help of government intervention because they want to show they have moved on.

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I do believe one can be a dog lover/pet owner and also occasionally enjoy a dog dish, I personally know people in China who was like that, it's not that rare. It's not like one must oppose dog eating or he/she must be a dog hater. Secondly, I doubt that "there are more dog & cat lovers than eaters". You may see more people complaining on the Internet about dog eating than those who support it, but that hardly represent the actual amount of people who will support or against a national ban on dog eating. You think banning it will not agitate and put people on the streets? Well they're already on the streets even though a ban was nowhere in sight. Here are a few pictures showing just that:





This happened after a dog restaurant customer was beat up by some dog-loving activists, then the activists quickly finds themselves surrounded by locals and being shoved around. Lots of police showed up and lined up in walls to prevent more fights. Some restaurant owners were forced to cover signs that mentioned dog, but they also reported that their business got better than previous years after the recent conflict made national news. Some locals said they changed their plan to visit the restaurants because they didn't like how the activists attacked the city and its culture.

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t2contra said:

In the Chinese internet world, with hundreds of millions of users, all kinds of rumors are percolating. I'm not holding my breath for it. Look at the way the dog is being held up in the two pictures.

I wish Chinese netizens could petition their govt to ban dog eating entirely. After all, they have been effective in bringing down corrupt officials. All kinds of cruelty to animals, like buffalo and horse fighting, should be a thing of the past if they want a gracious society where people are kind and helpful to one another. That is an important step.

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To add to my earlier comment, I see this as a subjective value, not a universal ethic, because there is hardly any objective reasoning to support it. Therefore one can feel free to practice it themselves, or even preach it to others in peaceful ways, but I don't agree with forcing a ban on everyone, or aggressive actions to harass legit businesses and customers. If we really embrace multiculturalism, we have to respect the existence of things we may not agree with, as long as it do not bring harm to society as a whole. If in the future this dog eating culture become history and people willingly choose not to eat dogs, then it's good for them, but this should be by choice and not by force.

Well, I appreciate your information. I don't visit the Chinese websites since I don't read Chinese. But I'm sure the dog eating culture will gradually decline as the country becomes more modernized. We have already witnessed shark's fin dining on the wane in China and the diaspora and no dog on the menu in Shanghai, Beijing and other big cities.

bd popeye said:

Could these photos be staged by animal rights activist to draw attention to the slaughter of dogs in Guizhou province? Never the less the situation is real . I saw some very graphic photos on sina of the slaughter of dogs.

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I just found some picture analysis put together by Chinese netizens showing why this could actually be staged by some "dog-loving" activist.

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In the first picture you can see an activist with his "henchman" (the one holding a billboard) protesting dog eating by "apologizing" to butchered dogs. The board says "do not eat dogs, have an easy conscience". The remaining pictures pretty much explains themselves.

In these days people will do anything to profit from hot topics.

So, it was staged. Good grief! Now, I can rest easy.

Superdog,

Are the netizens clamoring the govt for a ban on dog eating? What is happening?

t2contra said:

So, it was staged. Good grief! Now, I can rest easy.

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In fact I find it more disturbing. If "dog-loving" activists (not all of them, of course) would themselves abuse dogs to get media attention, or ram a car into a restaurant, what would they not do? I don't see that as a good sign for the welfare of dogs in China.

Ok, firstly, let me come out and say that I don't eat dogs. I am a dog lover. I myself can't imagine why people would eat such lovely animal. With that said, i do have also some opinion.

One, I don't think the guys in those two photos are the same guy. The guy holding the posters is clearly heavier than the guy holding the dog up.

Secondly, eating dogs is NOT about standard of living. It's not like the people who are spending the bucks to eat dogs in China are the poor ones. Quite the contrary, they are the ones with the money. So why do they eat dogs? It's more about the different culture. The Chinese have been eating dogs for centuries when the Chinese had been the wealthiest in the world. The Westerners didnt not eat dogs even in the dark ages when the Europeans were poor and had nothing to eat. So it's not about the standard of living or the quality of life. More people in China demand a ban on eating dogs because of the Western influence on pets and things. As China and the Chinese people are more and more influenced by the West, their view on things also begins to change.

Every culture eats things that other cultures feel awkward about. It should not be held against them. The Canadians and the French eat horses. I am a horse lover. I think horses are majestic. And from a military junky's point if view, horses are absolutely amazing animals instrumental to our civilization. Should I hate the Canadians and the French for eating horses? Should I think they are barbarians because they eat something that I don't? No! Why? It's the different cultures.