Stop the Farming, Torture and Slaughter of Saint Bernards for Human Consumption in China
Animal Welfare, Petitions — By Heidi Raynowska on January 24, 2012 1:39 pmTarget: The United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Goal: To end the import, farming and slaughter of St. Bernards in China.
Saint Bernards are being imported and raised in farms to be cruelly slaughtered in China. Their meat is then sold for a high price and served as a delicacy. This particular breed of dog is used because they are docile, easy to breed, and large. It is completely devastating that they are being slaughtered, but the way this is happening is almost too horrendous to write and I warn you that it will be difficult to read. The dogs are not killed humanely; instead they are left to bleed to death, skinned or strangled. The terror that is inflicted upon these innocent animals creates an adrenaline rush that supposedly improves the flavor of their meat. Additionally the conditions in which they are raised is completely inhumane; to transport them they are piled on top of each other in small cages and they live in unsanitary enclosures.
Saint Bernards are a self- sacrificing symbol of hope and have saved many human lives. Historically named Saint dogs by monks, these animals have rescued many people from death and cold with their incredible sense of direction and their compassionate nature. They have been known to find people buried beneath the snow and lay over them to share the warmth of their bodies and carry lost children to safety on their backs. Over 200 years they have rescued about 2,000 lost children, travelers, climbers and soldiers. They have displayed so much selfless loyalty to humans; to kill them is an atrocious and horrifying act. It is utterly selfish to consume these beautifully regal animals, this issue needs to be eradicated immediately.
This is a global issue because the dogs are often imported from other countries then bred with Mongolian-Chinese dogs. The lives of not only Saint Bernards, but all dogs in China could be saved by the Food and Agriculture Association simply banning the human consumption of dogs. Currently China lists dogs under the category of livestock; this must be changed by urging the FAO to ban human consumption of dog meat. It is also important that each country bans the exportation of dogs to China. These saintly dogs deserve to be protected as they have been our heros for centuries.
“Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment’s safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life and limb were in peril,” Jack London, Call of the Wild.
PETITION LETTER
Dear Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations,
The raising, importing and slaughtering of Saint Bernards in China is both immoral and inhumane. These heroic dogs have saved thousands of lives and to kill them is unjust. The conditions in which this atrocity is taking place are completely unacceptable; the dogs are ruthlessly tortured to produce more tender and sweeter meat.
Please take the necessary actions to ban the consumption of dog meat in China. It is completely selfish to consume these beautifully regal animals and to treat them with so much disrespect and greed is intolerable. This issue has spread globally with the importation of Saint Bernards from other countries and if the problem is not eradicated many noble lives will be lost.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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There is no ending to the cruelty of the Chinese against animals. The people who export animals to China are as much to blame. I feel so sorry for the handful of Chinese activists who care, but are fighting a terribly lonely battle. What do we have to do to make the Chinese government listen? I’ve sent petition after petition but to no avail it seems. It doesn’t only concern China either. Poachers are slaughtering beautiful animals in Africa and other countries, all for body parts for Chinese traditional medicine. And the cruel bear bile industry, I’ve given this a lot of thought. They just won’t listen to caring people who beg them to stop. So I think the only answer to the bear bile sales, is for someone to sabotage and contaminate the bile. After a few deaths of selfish people who buy it, maybe that will be the end. Drastic I know, but drastic measures are desperately needed. THEY WILL NOT LISTEN.
i agree with u sue on the eating of animals.
Chinese culture? It NEVER existed!
Disgusting and unnecessay!
its sad what they doing with the saint bernards . its a crime. its not necesary.
its so so sickenihng , sad and tortute to all animals.
This rumor is now 16 years old. It has never been confirmed by on-the-ground observation in China, and never made sense in view that native Chinese “meat dogs” are just as large as St. Bernards and much less expensive to obtain and breed. Some St. Bernard dogs were imported into China some years ago and bred for the upscale pet trade, but the venture failed because most Chinese cities forbid keeping large dogs. At this point the Chinese dog meat industry — which is almost entirely in the southern and coastal regions — is supplied largely by strays, who are captured by private animal control contractors and [mostly illegally] trucked to the Guangdong region for sale. The market for dog meat has contracted, and breeding for dog meat, which was a growth industry 10-15 years ago, is now much less profitable than breeding dogs as pets. The Chinese now keep more pet dogs than any other nation, and most of those dogs are very well kept, as integral members of one-child households. I have now visited China three times, inspecting shelters, looking into the dog & cat meat traffic, and looking at routine pet-keeping, & I guarantee I can find worse pet care within a few minutes of looking around in any U.S. city. –Merritt Clifton, editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE.
@ merrit; what are you? spinning for China.. whipping up a nice icing for the cake of Chinese horrors ; Asian in general?..animal abuse IS world wide but we are noot fools here… China and Asia in general take this to another terrible level…
The only solution I see, beside sending petitions etc.
NOT to buy anything from China. When everybody would do it … there would be a big change in China.
And even when a lot of people are doing it …….. it gives a clear sign that we don’t support a country which is cruel to its citizen and animals.
There is definitely no limit to the cruelty of Chinese people. It’s unbelievable.
Any idiots who regularly eat dog meat deserve the parasite infestations from common parasites that have adapted to dogs’ close association with humans. With China’s reticence towards using decent medicine, this should be triply effective as a curse.
no pueden hacer esto… es una locura!!!
AGREE
Those people, if we can call them “people”… Are so disgusting, they deserve the same, or even worse…
In addition to opposing the consumption of dogs and cats, and native wild animals, it is necessary to oppose the consumption of all animals, including sheep, cows, pigs, chickens and fish. No government or other authority should be offering any support or subsidies to any animal killing industry. Individuals can and should spread the message that all meat consumption is unnecessary, cruel, unsustainable and socially unacceptable. I am pleased that an animal rights movement is getting stronger in China. My experience in Croatia indicates that it is actually easier to achieve abolitionist animal rights victories (albeit single issue campaigns) in non-English speaking countries than it is in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Australia (when we consider the billions of dollars and activist hours invested over the past 30 years with little more than welfarist reforms to show).
Is there anything the Chinese won’t eat? Are people off the menu in China? How cruel, and stupid to be so cold hearted.
agree with you. Pity they dont eat themselves.
Stop torturing & eating dogs & cats. These animals are much nicer as pets & companions!
Help move China forward!
Chinese – Will there ever be civilization. The rulers are the cause of the barbarism against these dogs because they can stop this evil people.
Chinese traditions which involve animal cruelty need too be banished!! Their culture exploits so many innocent creatures. May the new generations bring them to their senses…
the Asian people are known for their cruelty and barbaric savage brutality to all animals. they eat anything that moves or breaths.with no concern for the animals suffering. They are a heartless backwoods stupid people.
so so sad. sick and cruel. OMG what is going on with this world and its animals. Im heartbroken and in tears for all these poor poor animals.
China needs to be educated about their outdated and unscientifically based knowledge of so called traditions and practices regarding animal parts and killing methods…skinning live animals for adrenaline and bear bile, tiger bone wine and so on…do nothing for the flavor of the animal or the libido of people and are myths. China cruelty exceeds intelligence now…and the sad part is they don’t care. They are indifferent towards each other…so how can they learn to be humane towards animals.
There seems to be some query as to these beautiful dogs being sent from the United States to that hell hole for dogs -China ,I sincerely hope they aren’t,regardless of what is killed for food,why does it have to die in the most inhumane acts of cruelty that can be imagined -flogged ,skinned and boiled alive ,there has to be retribution for these poor animals -the Asian cultures have no soul.
No más!!!!!!
No mas con este tipo de actos en contra de seres indefensos…!!!
no mas actos de este tipo en contra de actos tan crueles…BASTA YÁAAA!!!!
Es una terrible injusticia que no puede permitirse más…
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