SEE IT: Man rescues 1,000 dogs from China’s controversial dog meat festival

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | June 22, 2016 | Kate Feldman

[stocksthatgoup]

Cornering the market fir Fido Treats Festval to be held next weekend. /s

[EinNYC]

So the dogs will end up starving in the streets.

No, they would in many, if not most cases, be returned to their grieving owners from whom they were stolen.

[Bogie]

A note from my son:

Yeah, I heard about this. There are two main thoughts I have, 1. All biological, archaeological, and anthropological knowledge agrees that domestic dogs are genetically distinct from wild dogs; that they are a species which has basically been genetically engineered, by humans, to be companions, and throughout the history of human civilization have lived alongside humans as companions. Unlike, say, chickens, which have been genetically engineered to be livestock, raised for the purpose of eating. So, I think no cultural relativism is acceptable in this case - they are not a source of food, not according to how we've bred them over the generations - humans have made dogs into what they are, animals that are dependent on humans and loyal to humans, and we have a particular responsibility to honor that. 2. My impression is that dog meat eating is generally unpopular in Asia, in the countries where it exists(I've never heard of it in Japan, though, but that's one of many reasons why I respect that culture.) The majority of people, in any part of the world, can recognize the loyalty that dogs have for humans, and are upset by this sort of thing. For example, the Vietnamese I've talked to have pet dogs. Eating dogs is looked down upon, and it's mostly homeless drunks who capture wild dogs or try to steal pet dogs to eat them. So, I think the behavior exists only as a consequence of extreme poverty and desperation, and will become more rare and eventually eliminated over time.

[Bogie]

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
- Mark Twain