It seems nothing is sacred for some people, and certain sections of the world’s society constantly use and abuse animals who have no means of protecting themselves or fighting back. Some of the worst animal abuses are to be found in the Far East, in the dog meat trade for human consumption. Every year, an estimated 25 million dogs are killed for people to eat. Those animals suffer horrendous pain fear and deliberate torture throughout the whole of their short lives. Every year in Thailand, tens of thousands of dogs are inhumanely transported to neighbouring countries where they are butchered by cruel and barbaric methods. The Soi Dog Foundation charity is working with the Thai government, trying to end this vile and cruel practice, but despite their best efforts, the trade in animal misery goes on. Many of the animals illegally transported from Thailand die before they reach their destination, yet it is arguable that those poor creatures are the lucky ones, as those that are still alive at the journey’s end are not humanely killed. Many are tortured, often for hours before being skinned alive. The reason for this is that people believe that the pain inflicted leads to the tenderising of the meat. Most shocking of all, is that some dogs are still alive when their fur is removed. Soi Dog, with other animal welfare groups, has presented draft legislation to the Thai Parliament for strong animal welfare laws to be enacted, but until the Government actually make the laws, the suffering goes on and on largely unchecked. Towards the end of 2011 some arrests were made in the north-eastern province of Nakhom Phanom and 1,000 lucky dogs were rescued en route from Thailand to Vietnam for slaughter. Four trucks laden with dogs crammed into tiny cages were intercepted and the smugglers arrested as they attempted to smuggle the dogs out of the country. Some of the dogs, stacked high in metal cages, were found to have died of suffocation during the journey. All of the animals were being transported without food or water. Since this arrest the Royal Thai Police and Royal Thai Navy aided by Soi Dog's undercover investigators have made over 25 more arrests and their work goes on. It’s not just Thailand however, in South Korea, thousands of dogs are intensively farmed for the meat trade. Puppies as young as a year old are kept in cramped filthy cages, living in their own waste. The stench and squalor in which the animals are forced to live, and misery of those poor creatures is as unimaginable as it is heart breaking. Most of the farmed dogs live for less than a year.
We MUST act together and support the brave Chinese activists, and others, who are working so hard and at such great risk to themselves.
Please write to your MP and your MEP and let him or her know in no uncertain terms that if they want your vote they must speak up for suffering animals, no matter where in the world those suffering animals may be. It’s also important to support the local groups fighting to end the dog meat trade and the charities who are working so hard to bring this insane cruelty into the public arena. Sources and resources: http://www.dogheirs.com/lucybrucey/posts/2886-animal-rights-activisits-in-china-are-fighting-for-the-lives-of-927-dogs http://www.soidog.org/en/dogmeat/ TEK Note: There many images online but most are too gruesome to post
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Patricia Betty
4/23/2014 06:25:03 pm
Heartbreaking. I look at my own loving loyal dog and I can't bear the thought of what these other poor dogs have to suffer. What a vile species we are. I'm ashamed to be human most of the time
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B. McPherson
4/24/2014 08:53:00 am
Please look carefully at any winter coat made in China that has "fake" fur trim. The trim is often made from raccoon dogs' skins. Their lives are as horrendous as what you outlined above. You cannot expect the lives of animals in China to be better than that of the people living there. When they are so brutal to their fellow citizens they simply transfer that to animals in their power.
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Patricia Betty
4/24/2014 10:09:22 pm
I agree with you totally. M&Co were caught out a few years ago selling real fur labelled as fake. It was all handed over to PETA and M&Co ended up sacking their supplier which was Cutie of London. Why anyone wants to buy fur real or fake is beyond me. The former pollutes the planet and tortures animals and the latter whist is also polluting gives others the idea that owning real fur might be a good idea.
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eileen
4/25/2014 12:58:15 am
As a dog owner, and lover, I find it just too heartbreaking. I know what Barbara says is right. However surely by now people should be moving on from barbarism? If you buy the goods you are as bad as the killers. You may as well brutally kill the poor creatures personally. Thanks for writing this post on a terrible fact of life for too many animals. Leave a Reply. |
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