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To: dawn53
Not that we in the US don't kill lots of dogs and cats that are abandoned at our pounds.

We don't torture them first.

69 posted on 06/30/2002 9:18:06 AM PDT by NC_Libertarian
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To: NC_Libertarian
We don't torture them first.

Are you talking about before or after they get to the pound?

72 posted on 06/30/2002 9:21:14 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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We personally never witnessed animals being cruelly killed. Killing occurred with a blow to the head or a slit of the throat. I felt like the caging of the animals was not humane because of the cramped quarters. My son kept saying he felt like the dogs and cats understood what was happening and that they were about to be killed. That is what disturbed him the most.

Hypocrisy for eating cat and dog never entered my mind. Just because I hadn't eaten them before and had never considered it while in the US, it didn't seem hypocritical to eat what was common in that part of the world. Half the time we had no idea what we were eating. It's not like you can order off a menu you understand.

When submitting expense reports back to my husbands company, we named the one place where we ate alot, "The Don't Ask Cafe", partly because we didn't know the name of the restaurant in English, and partly because my husband's translator had told us it was better not to ask what you were eating.

We found very few restaurants where English was spoken, or you could get a fork (LOL, I'm awful with chopsticks.) Sometimes a Chinese business associate would take us out to eat and order the meal. I wouldn't think of insulting him by quizzing him on what the stringy meat in the dish was. We, as a family, accepted the adage, "Eat what's set before you", at least while on the trip.

In Guangzhou we never saw a dog as a pet. But from what folks in other parts of China have told us, they do keep dogs and cats as pets. They do not eat dog and cat in all parts of China, just certain provinces.

121 posted on 06/30/2002 10:16:09 AM PDT by dawn53
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