DOGS FOR DINNER

These are some pictures that have been posted from the dog rescue in China at the beginning of March. They rescued 900 dogs from being sold to China`s slaughter houses, as most of you probably know by now. There is no denying that these pictures are heart wrenchingly sad. There is no need to treat animals like this. There is a lot of inhumanity happening with this issue but there are also a lot of double standards.

In the North American culture we consider dogs and cats to be pets and even a part of our own families. On the other hand; pigs, cows, chickens and other farm animals are deemed to be our source of food. This is the where the double standard comes into play. We get mad at places like China who do not have the capability to support these `farm animals` for their food source. However, they have an over population of dogs and cats which they use as their source of protein. Some places, like China, see dogs and cats the same way we see a cow or a chicken.  As food.

We call it inhumane, but how are we doing anything any different here in North America? We can try to reason for animal rights in China all we want but maybe we should start by looking out our own back door. 

We cannot expect other cultures to give up their protein source nor should they expect the same from us. I have never pushed my lifestyle choice on anyone else. It has affected the people around me but I do not expect them to change who they are for me. But, in all honesty, the only way to stop all of the animal cruelty is to stop supporting the meat industry. Unfortunately, this will never happen.

If you are looking for a brief overview of the story you can check out this post from the Huffington Post or a more in depth story with pictures from animalrights.com.