Eating dogs in China...

[Minimalist]

And yes, dogs are cute.  Pigs?  Not so much.

Guess god should have made them (the pigs) cuter.

One of his many fuck ups.

[Amarok]

Pigs are adorable

 
And smart as hell

[Joods]

Guess god should have made them (the pigs) cuter.

One of his many fuck ups.

Not really considering he doesn't exist. It's one of science's fuck ups. They really could have tried to evolve into some sort of cuteness.

[Little lunch]

I love kangaroos.  Evidently they are a delicacy in other countries. To each their own.

I've eaten plenty of kangaroo, although I wouldn't call it a delicacy.
The meat can be tough and there's not much fat.
The tail is good for soup, just like oxtail.

When I was in Vietnam I searched high and low for cooked dog but never found it.
I did eat spider, snake, squirrel, grasshopper, maggot, bull frog and scorpion.
There's no creature on earth that I find so cute that I wouldn't try eating.
I also have no qualms with eating a friend if I find myself starving and shipwrecked on a deserted Island.
To each their own. :-)

[Joods]

You'd eat a person? I'd have to draw a line at cannibalism.

[zebo-the-fat]

No problem eating any animal provided it well cared for in life and given a quick death, not sure if it's true, but I have been told that the dogs are dropped alive into vats of boiling water, that sounds like needless cruelty to me.

[paulpablo]

I think it's the way they're killed and how intelligent of an animal they are that is a cause for concern.

I've seen videos of them being crudely beaten to death and transported in a cage stacked on top of one another still alive.

[Joods]

Yet people are okay with seeing cows and pigs transported by tractor trailers, stacked nose to tail, ALIVE, on their way to some slaughterhouse.

Interesting how ones views seem to change when talking about specific types of animals.

Funnily enough but I don't see the SPCA championing for livestock in any of their commercials. Just poor little dogs and cats. I guess livestock just doesn't have the cuteness factor that dogs and cats have.

[Brian37]

The Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China is coming up soon (21 June - 30 June).

The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, commonly referred to as Yulin Dog Meat Festival, is an annual celebration held in Yulin, Guangxi, China, during the summer solstice in which festival goers eat dog meat and lychees. The festival began in 2009 and spans about ten days during which it is estimated that 10,000–15,000 dogs are consumed. The festival has been criticised by animal welfare and  supporters.

Being a non-vegetarian myself, I find that I have no grounds to criticize the festival. But I wonder why the animal rights supporters (last line from the Wikipedia quote) don't criticize the killing of pigs, fowl or fish. It's probably because those animals aren't as "cute" as dogs. 

I don't think a war with China is worth it. The truth is what one society considers pets, another considers food. I'd only be for better treatment, just like any other food source.

The only other place I'd put my foot down is when the species is endangered. Humans have always eaten other animals. I wont eat dog myself, but then again, I wasn't raised in a society where people do.

[Little lunch]

You'd eat a person?  I'd have to draw a line at cannibalism.

That's good.
If we get shipwrecked together I won't have to go through the bothersome task of drawing straws. :-)