The most disturbing information reported here is that there are only 100 guide dogs for the blind in a country of 1.376 billion.
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We are less stressed by North Korea, where cannibalism is not rare or unheard of.
I am so happy that there is a happy ending to this story!
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Great!!!!!
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In Asia they eat dogs, in the US they are pets, but we eat cows. In India cows are sacred, strange animals these humans.
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Thank goodness! The dog is all the way in Hong Kong but I was upset about the whole affair. Thankful that the thieves returned the dog.
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The dog isn't in Hong Kong, it was returned to Mr Tian and his family in Beijing.
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This is really good news about the pooches return to it's owner. Hooray for some good news from the People's Republic of China! As an owner of a small dog here in Tianjin, I can't I can't fathom the absolute cruelty of people who steal dogs, torture them and then kill them to eat! What God forsaken barbarians. Why isn't this commie govt spoending money on educating it's citizens instead of building fake piles of sand in the middle of nowhere?
I'm with another commenter, common sense from Seattle. How do we pursue the almighty $$ in doing business with China, knowing their corruption and now so clearly their cruelty to animals. eating household pets!!
Points off on them!
I'm with another commenter, common sense from Seattle. How do we pursue the almighty $$ in doing business with China, knowing their corruption and now so clearly their cruelty to animals. eating household pets!!
Points off on them!
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The request for forgiveness was noteworthy because its so hard for us humans to do.
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Glad the story had a happy ending. Some of the details don't quite add up; I suspect there is more to the story than we know. Still, glad Qiaoqiao is back where he belongs.
I was surprised to learn (from a PBS documentary) that when Lewis and Clark arrived at the Columbia River, they traded goods for dog meat, rather than the readily available salmon. The local native Americans thought they were strange, indeed. It helped me to be more accepting of Chinese culture, and to question why I find it acceptable to eat a good pot roast and yet I would never consider eating dog meat. Maybe neither is acceptable? Food for thought.
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Neither is acceptable.
Who said the world was hopelessly lost?
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The most disgusting part in this story is the thought that some Chinese still eat dog meat. The best part is that even those dog-eating Chinese have a soul and returned this beautiful animal to its rightful owner and asked for forgiveness. Now if they only stopped eating dog, it would be a happily ever after story.
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Such a happy ending story...thank you.
Animals are so much better than humans; not because we're stupid, but because we're intelligent.
Animals are so much better than humans; not because we're stupid, but because we're intelligent.
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Most cows, chickens, pigs, sheep, turkeys etc. in the United States (and other countries) have a horrible life as well. They have nothing to play with, get no hugs, get beaten or kicked, lots of them never see the sun or grass! They are in a prison, fed hormones and dead animal corpes too, go on scary hour- or dailylong transports - and are treaten very badly in the slaughterhouse (some kicked, eyes stabed out, hit), and then... they bleed out. They bleed out! What a horrible death. Lonely and so undeserved!
There are enough wonderful, feeling, thinking animals in the world who need help and support - the meat industry does not have to *produce* more horror, torture and death - only for hamburgers and such.
When you buy meat or eggs or milk, leather or wool, you never now how the animal was treated. You give money for a "product" to a person that might have done the horrible things i described.
That is why i am vegan. Vegan food is delicious and can be very healthy. Read the book of Dr. Greger: "How Not To Die". There are also many vegan cookbooks as it is going more populair every day!
Nowadays there are so many vegan alternatives. Please go vegan if this animal abuse hurts you so much!
There are enough wonderful, feeling, thinking animals in the world who need help and support - the meat industry does not have to *produce* more horror, torture and death - only for hamburgers and such.
When you buy meat or eggs or milk, leather or wool, you never now how the animal was treated. You give money for a "product" to a person that might have done the horrible things i described.
That is why i am vegan. Vegan food is delicious and can be very healthy. Read the book of Dr. Greger: "How Not To Die". There are also many vegan cookbooks as it is going more populair every day!
Nowadays there are so many vegan alternatives. Please go vegan if this animal abuse hurts you so much!
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I agree with you, 98% Astrid. But I buy eggs from a neighbor and I know and visit their hens. They are happy, free to roam in a very large landscaped lot, have shelter in a barn, and very friendly to humans.
High five, vegan! This is exactly why I'm vegan. Knowing animals are suffering at the hands of man hurts my heart, and it always has.
~ Another vegan
~ Another vegan
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There is no evidence that turkeys want to be hugged or have toys. Those are not good reasons for being a vegan.
This is really good news for a change, coming out of the PRC.
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I would have liked to taste a Labrador, paired with a nice Bordeaux. Not this one of course, it'd be illegal to consume stolen property, only the owner has the right to eat it.
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Eating them beats shelters throwing them in the dump after they are euthanized.
I saw a picture on the internet of a dog being boiled alive, trying to climb out of the cauldron. It haunts me to this day. May the thought of that image haunt you as you eat your "hot dog" and Bordeaux.
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Why has the owner the right to eat it? Explain, please.
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Guide dogs are trained to such a degree of obedience and servitude that they are thoroughly broken in will. So for a dog like that to be taken and tortured for meat (in China and other places where dog is eaten, the dogs are purposely stressed and made to suffer, and then beaten to death, because this is said to tenderize the meat) would be particularly horrifying. I am happy to see that the dog survived.
The original reporting on this said that the dog was left at the business overnight, by the blind owner, and was being looked after by an employee. That is very strange, since guide dogs are supposed to accompany their partners 24/7. It made me suspicious about whether this is a true guide dog.
The original reporting on this said that the dog was left at the business overnight, by the blind owner, and was being looked after by an employee. That is very strange, since guide dogs are supposed to accompany their partners 24/7. It made me suspicious about whether this is a true guide dog.
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This is utter nonsense. Guide dogs are working breeds. They are smart, capable animals, whose best qualities are on display when they are at work. And they decide when the street gets crossed.
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I've known several people with guide dogs and I've known people who fostered the pups on the way to becoming guide dogs. "thoroughly broken in will" is in no way what I've seen. Watching a guide dog relax with their human when they are not working is a real example of mutual love. I also grew up in White Plains, Guiding Eyes from Yorktown will conduct training there. That is not a training that breaks a dog. I would suggest that if you want to see "spirit", then try to physically threaten that dog's human.
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"Broken in will"?
Really?
Really?
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I bet it was the assistant who walked the dog and she was in cahoots with the men in the van.
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I'm glad there was a happy ending to this story with the dog being returned to her owner unharmed. Hopefully the owner will forgive the thief.
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It is difficult to imagine doing business, deliberately, with a country that considers dog meat human food.
In my experience, there is no dog more human than a Labrador retriever. I'm sure each of you have your own favorites.
In my experience, there is no dog more human than a Labrador retriever. I'm sure each of you have your own favorites.
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China is a big country. Just because there are some ethnicities in China that traditionally consider dogs as food does not mean everyone eats dog. As a Chinese I've never known anyone that consider dog as food. Most Chinese love their dog just as much as Americans, and they are just as scared to think that their best friend might be sold as meat.
And there are also people in China who genuinely see pigs and cows as sacred. But I haven't heard that they refuse to do business, deliberately, with Americans.
And there are also people in China who genuinely see pigs and cows as sacred. But I haven't heard that they refuse to do business, deliberately, with Americans.
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@guoxin, I have many Chinese, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese and Korean friends and acquaintances. Among all of them, only two have admitted to eating dog meat. And those who say they have never done so also claim they know of no one who does. I have traveled in Asia and seen the horribly tortured dogs in meat markets. I know they end up in hot pot and other dishes in restaurants and in homes. I know that they are eaten by a wide range of people -- people who do not readily admit to it when a dog-loving westerner asks about it. It is disingenuous to say that only "some ethnicities" eat dog (not really true, that) and at the same time defend the practice.
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I see many pet dogs being walked by their Chinese speaking families in our Elmhurst, Queens, neighborhood. (And they clean up after their pets. Much more than, say, the neighborhood around the UN where I worked for a while a couple years ago.)
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Glad such a precious gift as a guide dog wasn't slaughtered for meat.
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Every animal is a precious gift.
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