Heartbreaking....please help!

[TanyaLovesPooh]

I stumbled across an article this morning about the treatment of dogs in countries like Korea. They raise dogs for the purpose of food. While that may be bad, the horrible part is the way the dogs are treated and killed. It is nothing short of torture.

http://www.uniteddogs.com/stopkillingdogs/

Please sign the petition, it may help ensure these countries follow animal protection laws and make the torture illegal.

Even if you aren't an animal person, the cruelty factor alone is horrible.

Thanks guys,

Tanya

 

[Sparx]

people in glass houses.

imagine how the hindu people who view cows as sacred look at our hamburgers. and let me tell you, our slaughterhouses aren't any better than that.

what someone views as food, another views as a pet. and neither is authorized to police the other one.

i don't understand why we in america think our culture is the only right one, and the rest of the world is wrong.

 

[wvjules]

I stumbled across an article this morning about the treatment of dogs in countries like Korea. They raise dogs for the purpose of food. While that may be bad, the horrible part is the way the dogs are treated and killed. It is nothing short of torture.

http://www.uniteddogs.com/stopkillingdogs/

Please sign the petition, it may help ensure these countries follow animal protection laws and make the torture illegal.

Even if you aren't an animal person, the cruelty factor alone is horrible.

Thanks guys,

Tanya

The same way we treat cows, pigs and chickens here...we are no better than the Koreans or any other country when it comes to animal torture.

 

[TanyaLovesPooh]

The same way we treat cows, pigs and chickens here...we are no better than the Koreans or any other country when it comes to animal torture.

ITA It isn't the eating of the animal that bothers me so much. It is the way the animal is treated and then killed that is horrible.

 

[wvjules]

ITA It isn't the eating of the animal that bothers me so much. It is the way the animal is treated and then killed that is horrible.

 

[RitaE]

While I do admire your compassion, the US can't even get Korea to follow nuclear proliferation treaty laws. Do you honestly think a bunch of Americans signing an internet petition that says "quit eating dogs" will have any effect at all?

 

[DawnCt1]

people in glass houses.

imagine how the hindu people who view cows as sacred look at our hamburgers. and let me tell you, our slaughterhouses aren't any better than that.

what someone views as food, another views as a pet. and neither is authorized to police the other one.

i don't understand why we in america think our culture is the only right one, and the rest of the world is wrong.

Frankly I do happen to think that Western Culture is superior to many cultures through out the world that show no compassion to animals, women or children. Note that I am not saying just "American" culture, but one just needs to study Western Civilization to understand its contribution to social structure, science, horticulture, and government to the rest of the world.

 

[Stitchfans]

ITA It isn't the eating of the animal that bothers me so much. It is the way the animal is treated and then killed that is horrible.

Totally agree. Didn't even read the article, don't think I could handle it.

 

[TanyaLovesPooh]

While I do admire your compassion, the US can't even get Korea to follow nuclear proliferation treaty laws. Do you honestly think a bunch of Americans signing an internet petition that says "quit eating dogs" will have any effect at all?

Maybe not, but taking 20 seconds to sign it didn't really hurt me one bit. I just felt the need to do something, however small or insignificant it may be.

Totally agree. Didn't even read the article, don't think I could handle it.

You really don't have to read the article, you can scroll down and find the petition on the right.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I didn't read the article, but didn't have to, really, as I've been reading similar ones for decades now. I also find them deeply disturbing - some of the stories of horror I've read I've never forgotten.

I do not like to see any living being suffer. And yes, what we're talking about is a lifetime of extreme cruelty, prolonged pain and suffering, and a horrifying death.

The one thing I can tell you is that I believe there are people out there who are devoting thier lives to making conditions of suffering better for the animals who have to endure them. I've made it a point to contribute financially to these efforts if I believe they are legit and worthwhile. Unfortunately, that's what it really takes.

I also believe we have conditions right here at home in the US of A that are also appalling and worthy of my contributions.

People who believe the same can also do the same.

Good luck with this thread. Similar ones in the past have gone downhill fast.

 

[sbell111]

Is it the cruelty or the dog eating that I should be enraged about?

While the website does discuss inhumane practices, the petition keys on the 'dogs as meat' issue.

As much as I consider our dogs to be a part of our family, I can't fault other cultures for viewing them as food. Therefore, I will not be signing this petition.

 

[hucifer]

Is it the cruelty or the dog eating that I should be enraged about?

While the website does discuss inhumane practices, the petition keys on the 'dogs as meat' issue.

As much as I consider our dogs to be a part of our family, I can't fault other cultures for viewing them as food. Therefore, I will not be signing this petition.

Exactly.

Actually, the conditions were better than what conventionally grown chickens have.

 

[DianeV]

To me, cats and dogs are domesticated and 'pets'. People can have a cow or chicken as a 'pet' but they arent domesticated like cats and dogs are

 

[Mommy2three]

We currently have a girl from South Korea as our exchange student this year living with me in our home. I brought up the eating dogs thing shortly after she arrived. She said yes, Koreans do eat dogs. But not pet dogs, dogs that are raised just for eating. Just as cows and chickens etc are raised here for us to eat. Certain dogs there are raised just for eating, not as pets. My lovely english mastiff that is a part of my family here is one of the breeds of dogs over there that is raised to be consumed. That is their culture. I can not fault them for that. Can they fault us for eating cows, pigs, etc? No. Our culture is that dogs and cats are our pets, part of our family, and what American family doesn't have some type of pet as part of their family? Most people I know do. When she first came into my home she was terrified of the dogs, didn't like them, etc. would scream when they came towards her. Now she doesn't scream any more and will pet them with her foot. Yes, she has had dog before, but was tricked into eating it. Her mom didn't tell her it was dog, and when she ate it she did not like it, and hasn't ate it since. Are all animals that are meant for us here to eat treated nice? No. Are they all killed in a humane way? No.

 

[sbell111]

To me, cats and dogs are domesticated and 'pets'. People can have a cow or chicken as a 'pet' but they arent domesticated like cats and dogs are

How do you feel about bunnies?

 

[bumbershoot]

imagine how the hindu people who view cows as sacred look at our hamburgers. and let me tell you, our slaughterhouses aren't any better than that.

what someone views as food, another views as a pet. and neither is authorized to police the other one.

i don't understand why we in america think our culture is the only right one, and the rest of the world is wrong.

Exactly.

I've been vegetarian since I was 20. A cow is the same as a dog in my eyes. If you're going to eat one, eat the other too.

I looked at one link, saw pictures. Looks like a combo pig and chicken farm. Veal, too. Er, baby male cow.

I'm NOT going to go to another country and tell them "you can't eat that". Absolutely not. If I'm going to start doing that, I'll join PETA and start here in America with the gross things my friends and family eat.

ITA It isn't the eating of the animal that bothers me so much. It is the way the animal is treated and then killed that is horrible.

They need to focus on THAT. I'm not signing something that gets in to all of the other stuff that is absolutely not something I'm interested in preventing.


MIL is Korean. When the Japanese occupied her country, they barely had meat at all. I'm sure she ate a dog or two during that time, just to survive. Since then, she views dog as being for poor people *who have no other meat*.

That said, hubby ate dog soup in Taiwan once, didn't much like it. When they lived in Taiwan, they saved a poodle by buying it as a pet/watchdog from a restaurant after seeing it in the back.

The places that raise dogs for meat keep them in the same way that America keeps their "food" animals...cruddy conditions that end in death.

If those conditions bother you, change the conditions. But don't go tell a culture that they aren't allowed to eat something because YOU think it's a pet.

The petition is useless. They should focus on the conditions of what I'm sure are the FEW farms that they happened to notice...from what hubby says, most restaurants that serve dog keep their dogs right there nearby, they don't buy them from a farm.

 

[Stacerita]

Im not about to tell another country what they can and can not eat.

Two things bother me on that petition........

Dogs are people's companions and helpers, not livestock for meat.

Who says? I love and adore my dogs and consider them a part of the family. But because someone else doesn't, we should dictate that they do. Some people keep pigs as pets. Sorry, I love bacon. Cows in some parts are considered special and holy.....I love a good steak. If someone wants to eat dog, so be it. Thats their choice.

Dog farms, raising dogs for food and killing them for meat should be made illegal.

Why? Just because they are dogs? Sorry, if they want to eat dog, they can eat dog. I won't, but I refuse to tell them that they can't.


I don't want to see any animal mistreated or tortured, but killing an animal for meat, I have no issue with.

If you are concerned about protecting dogs, focus on puppy mills, and shelters.

 

[manning]

When I was in the service in the 60's I was talking with a sgt who told us how dogs were treated in korea. They had several unit mascots that kept disappearing. It was figured out what was happening. When they got another mascot it was paraded around the village with the message that if it disappeared some unpleasant things would happened.

The dog didn't disappear.

 

[scrapquitler]

How do you feel about guinea pigs? In Ecuador, they eat roasted guinea pig. They raise them for slaughter and food. While culturally we say YUCK, guinea pig is a pet, not a food! Just like we'd say "dog is not a food", its really no different than chickens, sheep, pigs, fish or cows being raised to be food.

This whole petition thing is just silly...do you really think that an internet petition is going to change the way a whole country eats now (and has eaten for hundreds or maybe thousands of years?)