Quote from: GreenBits on June 19, 2017, 05:06:23 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 19, 2017, 04:49:05 PM

Quote from: Kemarit on June 19, 2017, 03:10:21 PM

Considering how big the Chinese population, they will eat anything they see fit like dogs and other animals. Also, their culture of eating dogs is not new as well. They even have a dog festival, which is the practice of dog eating. But the problem lies here is that they are eating dogs the whole year round, not just during this festival. Sadly, the cruelty is an inherent part of the dog meat trade: there's a traditional belief that the meat tastes better if the animal suffers as it dies, with adrenaline coursing through the body. So its inherent in their tradition that animal cruelty is accepted.

I can see a lot of hatred directed at the Chinese in this thread. I admit that the Chinese are not angels. Some of their culinary practices needs to be either banned or modified. But what about the others? For example, shark fin soup is available in most of the American states. Do you know how painful is the practice of cutting off the fins from the sharks? And the less we talk about Foie gras, that better.

Let's expand that to the current state of corporate farming. If you saw the condition of the animals (specifically chickens and pigs, cows aren't much better) you wouldn't eat that shit. I live rurally, there are literally like 10 chicken producers in a 5 mile radius. When you drive by the trucks, you understand. The birds are like a giant wound on the bottom. No feathers, irrirated skin, and they don't move. They just kinda sit there and stare ahead. I don't think they can stand Sad

Thats effectivity right there.

Eventually people have to decide, if lowest price per pound is what they seek or if they have other priorities.

This goes for vegetables and fruit just aswell. Tens of thousands of animals every years are killed during farming of said "vegan" products.