Originally posted by Gunthr:
Just wondering. If you can legally raise or buy a turkey or chicken or pig, slaughter it (humanely) and cook it on a BBQ grill, why couldn't you do the same with a dog or a cat if you wanted to?
And what would the Peta people have to say about it?
I am not sure if the people campaigning for those issues are members of PETA. Several organisations were involved but I did not write down their names. I am sure search on the net will let you see everything about those two campaigns.
What they say is that dogs and horses are
noble animals and companions, not livestock.
What it means is that they are ignorant or could not care less about other people's customs and cultures and the discomfort they feel at just knowing that someone may consider eating the animals of the same species as their beloved pets are enough to start them on a crusade (and they have lots of spare time of course).
Hangtime: Frankly, I don't give a damn what PETA or the government sez about it... You will give a damn once there is a law and police shows up at your door. And they will show up because some animal-rights freak will tell them what you are doing.
Remember the case of a guy from NY who cought a rat with a trap and clumsily beat it to death with a broomstick. He got jailed and dragged through the courts for animal cruelty. While the cruelty undoubtedly took place - he could have killed the rat in a more humane way - he was obviously not prepared for that and scared of the rat and did not think straight. It's not like he was doing that every day.
A short talk to him on the anumal lovers part would have made sure that he was not a cruel men and did not intend to torture the rat and taught him some more humane way to dispose of one. But they did not care about the rats - they wanted someone in jail.
What about Korea? Under the international pressure and threat of boycoytt of the Olympics, they outlawed eating dogs - in order to try to seem more "civilized". Despite numerous population protests they do not repeal that law because of this year football (soccer) championship.
I could say that the whole population is gravely offended by western interference in their tradition and angry at their government, but that would only be partially true. They just ignore the law and eat as many dogs as they used to before.
The only difference is that since eating dogs is illegal, slaughtering and treatment of them is not regulated anymore - like treating of cattle and pigs is. So the dogs get killed in much less humane ways in illegal shops instead of in superwised and regulated facilities.
So the animal nazis solution is actually hurting both dogs and koreans but greatly comforts their sense of accomplishments.
miko
