Did you know dog meat is served in restaurants in South Korea? I didn't. In the United States and most western countries, Fido is a family companion and while it's not ethical to judge another culture by our standards, anyone who doesn't at least (humanely) butcher the animal first is acting without proper care. South Korea relies on western consumerism for their economy and needs to be aware that we do not accept the practice of skinning and boiling dogs alive. Originally shared by April Benney Over 6,000 restaurants in South Korea are still serving dog meat even though it is now illegal. In many Asian countries dogs are boiled alive or skinned alive when slaughtered. It's an unbelievably horrendous & torturous way to die. I know a lot of you hate seeing this kind of posts on G+, but the Asian industry slaughtering dogs & cats is how I first got involved in animal rights & it will always be my main animal welfare concern. It's intolerable what is happen...
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Have you ever trailed behind a semi trailer full of chickens in cages? Just as nasty.
I am not disagreeing that it is horrific, I am only saying it is not unusual nor confined to other countries.
Agreed, Jeffrey McAnarney, but there are a lot of cultural differences we disagree with:
$0.50/hr wages for factory workers in China
Child labor in China and India
Child rape, er, I mean pre-teen marriage in Islamic countries
Wholesale rape and slaughter of people in Africa
Murder of unwanted children in China and India
Those are just cultural differences, too.
I don't belief that morality is completely relative, but I do believe that some beliefs are just beliefs, and their basis in morality is purely cultural.