Inside look at China's vile dog meat markets(Graphic Photos)

Bronx Bombers
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Horrific photos show the fate of hundreds of dogs in China that are brought to restaurants to be killed and eaten.

The graphic images show caged live dogs awaiting slaughter and canHuine carcasses piled on top of each other in a dog meat market in Yulin City, Guangxi Province, located in southern China.

China has a long tradition of eating dogs in emergency situations where food is scarce.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

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A dog to be killed is caged at a free market in Yulin city.

It is one of only 11 countries left in the world where it is both legal and socially acceptable to eat dogs.

Anti-animal cruelty campaigns, however, are expanding as more members of China’s middle class begin to keep dogs as pets.

In particular, many people object to the manner in which dogs are killed to be eaten. The canines are often beaten to death in order to release blood into the meat.

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A Chinese vendor cooks a stew made out of dog meat.

In January, an animal-loving blogger in Chongqing rescued over 1,100 dogs destined for the slaughterhouse, according to China Daily.

The dogs, which were later found to be in poor health from the terrible conditions, were founds crammed into cages stacked on top of each other on a flatbed truck.

Cai Chunhong, a Beijing lawyer who focuses on animal protection, told the newspaper that it is difficult to stop the slaughtering of animals due to the lack of legal protections.

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Chinese vendors transport cages of dogs to be killed and eaten.

“But as the country lacks regulation on the slaughter of cats and dogs, dealers will not be punished when they ship dead or sick animals for dinner tables,” Chunhong said. “Therefore, such cruel business cannot be easily banned in the near future.”

But China may be slowly changing its view on dog-eating.

In September 2011, the government banned a dog-eating festival that had been celebrated for over 600 years in response to a national online outcry over the manner in which the dogs are slaughtered, the Xinhua news agency reports.

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A Chinese vendor rides a motor scooter to transport canine carcasses.

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Animals being prepared for a meal next to a living dog


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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Hope you don't eat anything from a pig, cow or chicken. In most cases, same deal.
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    dignin wrote:
    Hope you don't eat anything from a pig, cow or chicken. In most cases, same deal.

    I don't :D
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    dignin wrote:
    Hope you don't eat anything from a pig, cow or chicken. In most cases, same deal.

    I don't :D

    well then....I will move along :lol:
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Would you mind putting one of those graphic content warning things in the title, please?
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    hedonist wrote:
    Would you mind putting one of those graphic content warning things in the title, please?

    Done sorry about that
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    Animal rights campaigners have released a video which show dogs in China clubbed to death and kept in small cages as part of the country's meat and fur trade.

    Investigators working for Animal Equality managed to secretly record the killing process at slaughterhouses in the cities of Jiangmen and Zhanjiang.

    http://youtu.be/J_qCbZVdUhY

    The shocking footage shows dogs kept in tiny cages stacked on top of each other before they are clubbed and their throats slit while still conscious on filthy floors.

    Bernard Rollin, professor of animal sciences and biomedical sciences at Colorado University, described the footage as "The worst, the most evil and horrific [thing] I have seen in my life."

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/45457 ... uality.htm

    "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies."

    Morrissey
  • MotoDC
    MotoDC Posts: 947
    Makes me sick to think of dogs being mistreated, but I'm honest enough with myself to admit to hypocrisy in light of my own meat eating habits. Cow, chicken, pig, duck, fish (it's okay to eat fish cuz they don't have any feeeeelin's....<ahem> wait wrong website)...

    That said, I didn't watch the video (can't do it, not when it's dogs) nor know enough about animal processing in the US to really make a comparison.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I watched a slaughterhouse in action. It is not something you forget.

    I get madder about mistreatment while the animals are alive though. Cramped cages, abuse by farm workers, not free range, maddening. We have switched to grass fed pastured chickens and beef. It costs more but at least the animals are treated well.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    can you imagine living in a country with so many people and many so poor that they eat what ever they have to to survive ? or some people concider dog,cat,rat or other critters good food :shock: maybe best not to judge unless you've lived along side these folks, the thought of eating dog meat and killing a dog for food is waaaaay beyound me for sure but.....if thats how I grew up or was forced to eat it to survive I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem, and there is nothing like a nasty graphic photo to judge someones need to survive.

    Godfather.
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
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    An annual Chinese dog meat festival will go ahead on Friday, despite animal cruelty protests.

    The festival, held in Guangxi province, sees dogs packed into cages before being killed, skinned and cooked.

    The protests were led by members of the Boai Small Animal Protection Centre, who are calling for the local government to cancel it, AFP reports.

    Around 10,000 dogs are due to be slaughtered.

    The group is hailing a small victory in that the local government has agreed to provide a special team to monitor the festival.

    “I think the team will reduce the cruelty somewhat, but mostly on the surface,” said group founder Du Yufeng.

    She added: “We have seen animals beaten just before being cooked… the more we inspect, the more cruelty we discover.”

    http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/3470777

    Fucking savages
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
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    ZHANJIANG, CHINA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/30/13 -- Last Chance for Animals (LCA) and Animal Equality have joined forces to infiltrate the dog meat trade in China and expose the cruelty behind the slaughter of dogs for food. Undercover investigators, pretending to be part of the dog meat industry, entered several slaughterhouses and markets. Shocking footage and photos were taken of workers dragging terrified dogs across blood stained floors, bashing their skulls with metal poles and slitting their throats with knives. Other dogs, in paralyzing fear, are forced to watch while awaiting their turn to be tortured to death. Millions of people believe that cat and dog slaughter for human consumption is absolutely unacceptable.

    At one slaughterhouse in Zhanjiang, the investigators noticed one trembling dog (later named Vita) trying to get their attention by scratching a metal door with her paw and staring with pleading eyes. The investigator explained, "We gained the trust of the workers, we then tricked them and managed to take Vita out." Shortly after her rescue, Vita was taken to Europe and adopted by a caring family.

    Vita, like millions of dogs every year in China, was probably stolen from a family before being butchered and sold for meat. It is estimated that approximately 50,000 dogs are killed each day in China for their meat or fur.

    LCA and Animal Equality have launched an international campaign against the China Dog Meat trade and are working with several organizations in China, such as Guangzhou Volunteer Center, to close down dog slaughterhouses and markets in China. More than 190,000 people have already signed the petition at http://www.VoicelessFriends.org asking Chinese officials to end the cruel dog meat trade.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_qCbZVdUhY

    http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/8/ ... animal.htm

    "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies."

    Morrissey
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    Godfather. wrote:
    can you imagine living in a country with so many people and many so poor that they eat what ever they have to to survive ?

    Fuck the Chinese let them starve to death
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    can you imagine living in a country with so many people and many so poor that they eat what ever they have to to survive ?

    Fuck the Chinese let them starve to death
    I don't know about that, BB.

    Much as this thread turns my stomach, GF's question up there is pretty profound.

    Not sure I could give an absolute answer to it - likely not from my relatively comfortable position.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    can you imagine living in a country with so many people and many so poor that they eat what ever they have to to survive ?

    Fuck the Chinese let them starve to death


    Ignorance and bigotry alive and well on the Moving Train. How are the factory farms doing in the U.S these days? The animals there being treated well?

    And Godfather, people don't eat dog, and rat, and whatever else in China because they're poor. China's not a poor country anymore. It's the 2nd biggest economy in the World, and expected to overtake the U.S by the year 2020. The reasons some people here eat that type of food is purely cultural.

    By the way, do you eat meat?
  • Pingfah
    Pingfah Posts: 350
    I tend to agree that the opposition to dog meat is just cultural, I can't see any reason why dogs should be treated differently to other animals, it's not like they are endangered, or hard to breed.

    Cruelty to animals is wrong though, livestock should never be beaten or injured, and many mass farming techniques we have developed are deplorable. Consumers are used to cheap meat now though, poor families rely on it in fact, and outlawing some of these practices would push meat prices up sharply, so they will remain.
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    Byrnzie wrote:
    How are the factory farms doing in the U.S these days? The animals there being treated well?

    Of course they're not treated well and I've offered my opinion in these threads among others

    viewtopic.php?f=13&t=123797&hilit=factory+farm

    viewtopic.php?f=13&t=205814&hilit=gag
    Byrnzie wrote:
    And Godfather, people don't eat dog, and rat, and whatever else in China because they're poor. China's not a poor country anymore. It's the 2nd biggest economy in the World, and expected to overtake the U.S by the year 2020. The reasons some people here eat that type of food is purely cultural.

    How are we to view a culture that is threatening to wipe out endangered species such as Tigers, Elephants and Rhinos among others all in the name of "traditional" chinese medicine which has been proven to be a crock of shit.
    Byrnzie wrote:
    By the way, do you eat meat?

    No
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    I wonder how much of China's economic growth is based on extremely cheap labour? I wonder if workers are allowed to organize and demand better wages, benefits, etc.. Just judging by the amount of crap that is dumped into our stores that come from China, I would guess cheap labour plays a role, just like when the made in Mexico was far more prevalent than it is today. I suspect China will have a better chance of hanging onto their manufacturing because than can probably keep wages lower.
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  • grooveme
    grooveme Posts: 353
    Oh, it breaks my heart looking at those poor dogs. :( Of course I believe that the pigs, cows, chickens, etc also suffer terribly right here in the US, so I don't judge the Chinese more harshly than those in the US.

    And no, I don't eat any of the creatures listed above or any animal, for that matter. Seems horrible to make a living, feeling creature suffer and die because I like the taste of meat
  • grooveme
    grooveme Posts: 353
    Pingfah wrote:
    I tend to agree that the opposition to dog meat is just cultural, I can't see any reason why dogs should be treated differently to other animals, it's not like they are endangered, or hard to breed.

    Cruelty to animals is wrong though, livestock should never be beaten or injured, and many mass farming techniques we have developed are deplorable. Consumers are used to cheap meat now though, poor families rely on it in fact, and outlawing some of these practices would push meat prices up sharply, so they will remain.

    If poor families need cheap meat, why is obesity so high amongst the poor? Maybe they should be eating less meat and less of everything
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    "traditional" chinese medicine which has been proven to be a crock of shit.

    No it hasn't.


    http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/80729 ... iaKYLxV5A0
    '..TCM has been proved effective in treating patients of SARS, bird flu and other infectious diseases hitting China over the past 10 years, said Chen Weiwen, a legislative deputy from Guangdong Province, at the on-going bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

    Statistics showed that when patients suffering the H7N9 virus were treated with a combination of Chinese and western methods, the death rate was 9.1 percent, much lower than the 30 percent when using only western treatments.

    TCM can help shorten the duration of a disease and improve patients' abilities to tolerate pain. The low cost of TCM can also help relieve the burden of treatment fees that patients face, Chen said.
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