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Originally posted by jEDIkIRBY
Seriously, I find it sad that such beautiful animals are killed, but it's NOT at ALL inhumane.
Seriously, I find it sad that such beautiful animals are killed, but it's NOT at ALL inhumane.
Since nobody's reading the article, let me quote something specific:
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Dogs bred for the meat trade may spend their entire lives in wire cages - usually in filthy cramped conditions. Many are packed so tightly into cages on their way to the markets that injuries are common. In addition, the dogs are often killed in horrendous ways, or beaten severely prior to being slaughtered in order to stimulate the animal to produce adrenalin, as many believe that eating such meat boosts men’s virility. For example video footage shows dogs being killed by methods such as:
• Pouring boiling water over the live animal to increase the adrenaline production. Their throat is cut and the meat left to dry.
• Holes are cut in the paws. The animal is then left to bleed to death. This takes 10 minutes or so but makes the meat taste better.
• Legs broken the night before slaughter then the dog is skinned alive the next morning.
• Beating with sticks and slow strangulation/blow torching.
Many Asian countries have relatively poor animal welfare standards by comparison with New Zealand, and even where laws aimed to prevent such suffering do exist, enforcement and policing may be inadequate. The South Korean government in particular has come under fire for failing to enforce its 1991 Animal Protection Law, which bans cruelty to all animals, in relation to the dog meat market.
• Pouring boiling water over the live animal to increase the adrenaline production. Their throat is cut and the meat left to dry.
• Holes are cut in the paws. The animal is then left to bleed to death. This takes 10 minutes or so but makes the meat taste better.
• Legs broken the night before slaughter then the dog is skinned alive the next morning.
• Beating with sticks and slow strangulation/blow torching.
Many Asian countries have relatively poor animal welfare standards by comparison with New Zealand, and even where laws aimed to prevent such suffering do exist, enforcement and policing may be inadequate. The South Korean government in particular has come under fire for failing to enforce its 1991 Animal Protection Law, which bans cruelty to all animals, in relation to the dog meat market.
![[http://www.arlan.org.nz/images/caged%20dogs.gif]](http://www.arlan.org.nz/images/caged%20dogs.gif "http://www.arlan.org.nz/images/caged%20dogs.gif")
Please... Don't hurt me! I like you, really! *runs, panicky, from the scene* :p
