Please read this, help stop this wickedness

[Pierush]

I am deeply sorry to share this, but we can do something about it. :'(I had the misfortune to read a newspaper my husband picked up on the train home. It shows pictures of a beautiful pet dog sold by its owner for food. >:(That same dog is then pictured, in a tiny crate, looking terrified straight at the camera: that dog clearly knew something terrible was about to happen. It is then hung, whilst still alive, onto a meat hook through its mouth and nose. It's throat is then slit. It's fur singed off. Finally it is cut up and sold to restaurants for meat. This is happening in the Philippines even though it was outlawed in 1998. I hugged the newspaper. I wanted to take the dogs fear and pain away.I would have given anything to stop this. These images are burned into my mind. I hope never to see this again because we have helped stop it. You can help by writing, stating you protest to the fact they are not enforcing this illegal treatment and consumption of dogs, to: The Embassy of the Philippines, 9a Palace Green, London W8 4QE. I have already written, so has my husband and members of my family. Please write. Protest. Please help stop this.

[rozzie]

this is awful and has really disturbed me and made me feel ill
will definatley write and share my views
so glad that I didn't see the pictures as the ones that I now have in my mind are bad enough

[Deanne]

I remember seeing a leaflet (RSPCA, NDCL? Can't remember) many years ago, must have been before it was made illegal because that's what it was campaigning for. It showed a beautiful dog just like the one we had at the time, trussed up with her front legs behind her back, and then hanging from a tree. Apparently they hang them because they think that dying in fear makes the meat sweeter. The images have never left me.

I have to confess I was unaware it had now been made illegal.

[nomoredogs]

I will write and i will get as many people as i can to as well it has got to stop, the trade in all animals is so wrong. And unless we all make a stand nothing is going to change.

[Pierush]

 :clap: :clap: Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write... it means that although we see bad things, you and I see them for a reason... because we are in a position to do something because we actually do care.

[Hollysmum]

Just caught up with this, just usually browse on here and don't post, but for things like this....

I will write today, this has got to stop.

[DillsDad]

I too will be sending a letter off, perhaps a generic letter could be posted on the forum making it easy for people to use & respond with.

[Peter Shea]

When I lived in Hong Kong (about 25 years ago) the HKSPCA was actually campaigning for the slaughter of dogs for food to be made legal. Their argument was that if it was legal, and under the same laws that governed the slaughter of "traditional" (to western eyes) meat animals, then it would be carried out humanely, in controlled environments, rather than in back streets in the horrific manner described by "pierush".

[Alisa Bee]

Mankind has domesticated dogs for thousands of years so the thought of eating them for food, certainly for us in this country, is horrific. For many reasons I chose to become a Vegan in my very early twenties and, as you will understand, the thought of eating any animal, or wearing it, is an abhorence to me. But I do think if we are going to be horrified at what goes on in this and other countries, if we eat meat that comes via the abattoir we are just as guilty as those with other 'tastes'.

[shellie3]

Good point, Alisa (nice to see another vegan here, too!)...another example would be the eating of horsemeat in France which most Britons would think barbaric! But is it any different to a cow??

Edited to say, in case it reads differently, that what I mean is that, IMO, both the horse and the cow have equal right to life....or to be eaten....you can't have it both ways! (Like a friend of mine whose little boy didn't want to eat animals....she told him there were two sorts of animals ie. pretty cows and eating cows, pretty fish and eating fish. Honestly!!)

[DillsDad]

I think most people understand that we are a species of omnivores, meat is a normal part of that diet (although I am a vegitarian).
What is so upsetting is the unnecessary suffering & seemingly blatant torture in the rearing, transportation & 'processing' of that food. Each nation has its own culture & customs, some of which will be deeply offensive & abhorrent to other people.
So what?
Well I for one care diddly squat about customs, Torture is Torture in whatever language & I will speak out against it, its not necessary.
Its a big, heavy subject .... just do what you think is right.

'A civilisations worth may be judged by the way it treats its animals'

[Peter Shea]

Just in case anyone gets the wrong idea, in my earlier post, I was not necessarily sharing the views of the HKSPCA, just pointing out what their argument was at that time (I have no idea what their current stance is regarding the humane slaughter of dogs for consumption).

In actual fact, I'm not entirely sure what my views are.

I keep both dogs and horses, and love them dearly, but I don't necessarily condemn those who would eat dogs and horses, provided their treatment is humane. I think this is the situation that the HKSPCA were striving for.

[Peter Shea]

Not to get sidetracked from the original post, I have also written to the embassy at the address given, protesting the apparent lack of policing of their laws in this respect.

[ZoeBean]

I will be writing ASAP. I'm also going to print copies of the letter and take them to work to see if people there will sign them too.
I find it so horrendous because of the way these poor dogs are treated. I've seen articles about these practices in Korea and they say the meat is more tender when the animal has suffered due to the chemicals released by the extreme fear they feel.
I know everyone has a right to choice - but I would never eat any animal meat if I felt it had been tortured. Personally I'm not a big meat eater anyway.
Articles like these really make me want to cry and make me so angry too.

[Pierush]

It is interesting to read what people think and feel about this. It's good to read also that even if someone does not condemn those who eat domestic animals, they would still campaign for humane treatment. I am not a vegan, I eat fish! I also wear leather shoes. I feel ashamed about this and I have no excuse but my own ignorance but I am changing that. With all the World troubles, I want to help stop suffering: animals come first in my life. The wickedness of man, the so called humane, leaves me deeply sorrowful. Thank you to those, thank you genuinely for taking time to write. It does make a difference.