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| Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il ordered a takeaway dog meat meal from Sunshine Fragrant Meat during his stay in Guangzhou in January 2006. Image in the public domain. |
He stayed in that part of China (the south) where dog and cat meat is popular. It is unsurprising that the little dictator who liked to murder high ranking officials with whom he disagreed, liked to eat dog meat even if it might have been someone's pet.
Animal welfare law being prepared for 24 years
On this topic, by the way, I have just read online that a social law researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has been drafting an animal welfare law specifically to protect domestic animals including pets in China for the past 24 years! Nothing has come of it. This mythical, proposed law would ban the selling and eating of dog and cat meat. Fat chance!
The draft law contains 181 clauses and the final draft of this law was available in 2010! Nothing has happened. Clearly there are too many objectors to it such as restaurant owners who would have to close down their business because they rely on dogs - I should say dead dogs - for the supply of meat.
It's rather strange that in 2010 this mythical document was out for consultation! It was clearly buried comprehensively. There is no appetite (please excuse the crude pun) in China to enact any kind of animal welfare law to protect dogs and cats and other domestic animals in that country.
The draft law contains 181 clauses and the final draft of this law was available in 2010! Nothing has happened. Clearly there are too many objectors to it such as restaurant owners who would have to close down their business because they rely on dogs - I should say dead dogs - for the supply of meat.
It's rather strange that in 2010 this mythical document was out for consultation! It was clearly buried comprehensively. There is no appetite (please excuse the crude pun) in China to enact any kind of animal welfare law to protect dogs and cats and other domestic animals in that country.
This is a reflection on their attitude and their attitude is rooted in 1000–2000-year-old traditions; a time when humans were even more cruel towards animals than they are today.
Source: Me and scmp.com
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