subject: Shall We Respect Dogs Rights [print this page] With a strong tradition in the consumption of dog meat, animal rescue groups are now banding together to save roadside dogs from the butcher"s knife. Recently, a truckload of more than five hundred dogs were rescued by about animal activists in China"s southwest Yunnan province after a plea for help went viral on the internet. A police investigation carried out after the incident found the truck drivers had all necessary papers and permits and were transporting the dogs legally. In the end, a local businessman paid just under ten thousand dollars to buy all the dogs from the shipper, originally worth nearly twice the price. Events like this have sparked a heated debate among people on dogs as pets or as meat. The online community also seems to have gone barking mad over the subject so lets see what they"re howling about: Song Jinzhang from the China Small Animal Protection Association, says on china.org.cn; "These dogs are lucky to have been saved from being slaughtered, but many more have been killed and served as food. We hope the government can hasten the legislation of small-animal protection laws. We don"t want to see such tragedies happening any more. But Er Shou Che doubts the system can take so much on informationtimes.dayoo.com; Saving 500 dogs at one time? How can people take good care of so many dogs? It"s true some of them will be adopted, but as far as I know, the vast majority of them are farm dogs; not particularly liked in China. The majority of these dogs can only survive on the donations of individuals and animal welfare organizations. But are such donations really sustainable? And Xu Silong, a Beijing lawyer gives the legal side of things on Kunming.cn saying; No matter what people think about dogs, eating dog meat is legal in China. In a civilized society, people should respect the law. There is nothing wrong with the campaign for animal rights, but it should be conducted within the legitimate sphere. Intercepting a legitimate truckload of dogs at will or making a forced deal with the dog shipper is illegal. And Zhu Jiuyin thinks on weibo.com, activists can be a bit hypocritical; If these people really care about animal rights, why don"t they intercept a truckload of pigs, cows or ducks? How can these "animal lovers" save only one species of animal and eat others at the same time? While Ai Mao writes on qq.com, Some people are willing to spend 60 thousand yuan on 500 dogs and some are willing to spend one million yuan for a Tibetan mastiff. Meanwhile other people are dropping out of school because they cannot afford tuition or on the verge of death because they cannot afford medical care. I understand the love these volunteers want to give these dogs, but human beings should come first. After all, we at least belong to the same species! With its high quality products such as stone crusher,classifier, dryer machine, rotary kiln, Henan Hongxing mining machinery Co.Ltd has ascended in the front rank of the world in the exporting of mining equipments.
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