Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 I totally agree Yoon - maybe you can publish your response on aapn to help other activists to verbalise our beliefs that dogs and cats are ultimate in our affection and should under no circumstances be eaten. Regards Nikki - " yoons_choi " <yoons_choi <nikgreen Sunday, January 18, 2004 7:06 PM my reply to Jonathan > Dear Nicki > > perhaps we read different aspects from his message. I wasn't happy > about his implication that dogs and cat eating is no worse than > eating other animals and we shouln't be even appalled by it any more > than we would by meat consumption in general. I am also a vegetarian > but I don't think this kind of view helps at all. Here is my private > message to him. > > Kind wishes, > Yoon > > Please do not complicate our animal protection efforts in Asia. > Comments like yours have encouraged the Korean government to seek to > legalise dog meat. The move, if successful, will lead to more deaths > to dogs and cats and will encourage more meat eating. The Westners > should know what Asians who love animals want and support them. > > Also the below is my own opinion on those who think being more > appalled by dog and cat meat are hypocrites. > > >> > The dogs would risk their own lives to save their human pack members > and are regarded by the Chinese themselves as a loyal and faithful > animal .It is very expensive to keep pets in China and yet there are > many Chinese who are willing to pay for the companionship. Even in > China, dogs and cats are companion animals to many people. Even in > China butchering dogs is a dirty job. In Korea, calling someone as a > dog butcher was the worst kind of insult anyone can give. When > animals who are regarded by many of its own population as > affectionate and loyal are slaughtered for meat, it shows how little > life in general has been valued. Those who can kill and eat animals > which they themselves know to be most faithful and loyalhave very > little sympathy for any animal. No wonder health myth will tempt > them so easy to use deliberate torture. > > Those who believe killing dogs and cats afor food is no different > than killing otherother animals for food do so either because they > believe humans are just so superior to all other animals that we can > eat any of them (holier than thouin its extreme) or because they > believe that placing them in different categories is an act of > betraying other animals). To the first category, the reasons dogs > and cats are treated with more affection are not that different from > the reasons humans are treated with more respect and affection by > its own kind. And by trying to attack the special affection people > have for these animals, they are actually attacking the grounds for > people caring for one another. > > To the second category, the reason other animals are killed for food > is not because people think these animals are less worthy than dogs > and cats but because they believe humans are far and above every > other animal. What these people are doing is not raising the status > of animals in human esteem but lowering down the respect fot the > whole animal kingdom. > > The second group , despite its holier than thou appearance, puts the > apperance of their integrity before the interests of animals. > > Those who attack others for being hypocrite funnily enough never > seem to look at themselves and see whether they themselves are > indeed the hypocrites. Can you justify you being better than anyone > else? So your human weakness, that you put yourself before others, > according to your own logic, is a hypocrite's stand? > > Consistency will only be morally desirable when it is used to save > life but there are so many who repeat what they hear like parrots > and yet think themselves occupy morally higher ground because they > don't think dogs and cats more special. These holier than thous > never fail to call others hypocrite. > << > > The below article and many other support the fact that Asian animal > activists want dog and cat meat banned. > http://www.geocities.com/yoons_choi/Koreansoppose.html > > A statement against dog meat > from Korea Vegetarian Union, Korea Vegetarian Group Union and > Korea Association for Animal Protection > > > Dogs are mankind's best friends. > > The dog is a companion animal. Dogs love and trust humans just as > human babies love and trust their mothers. They are friendly animals > with a remarkable ability to communicate feelings with humans. > Consequently, these devoted and loving creatures are dear to a great > many people's hearts and treated like family members in many > households in Korea and around the world. To eat these animals is > clearly an act of betraying their trust in us and cannot be > justified. Dogs are also the close companions of many children. > Therefore, to eat dogs is an act of encouraging animosity among > children and young people. > > Culture is a product of the times and situation. People have eaten > dogs in extreme situations such as times of war and famine. In some > areas of the world, this practice has survived due to ignorance. > Eating dogs however can never be a respectful tradition or value > that is worth inheriting. Many people talk of cultural relativism. > However what we all really need is ethical universality. Culture > only shows facts. Ethics, rather than culture, provides value > judgements. > > In Korea, eating dogs is still a serious problem. In fact it is > getting worse everyday. Some politicians even advocate the > legalisation of dog meat so that they can eat it without any stigma > attached to it. This is shameful behaviour, which goes against the > trend of compassion toward all animals in modern times. Never in > human history, have dogs been classified as livestock. Animal lovers > are grievously concerned with this dog meat legalisation movement, > as legalising dog meat will lead to a great deal of increased animal > abuse and even greater suffering for all animals. Legalising dog > meat contradicts the universal human value of compassion for animals. > > Animal protection groups in Korea realises how dog meat is > fundamentally related to all animal abuse in Korea. We believe we > desperately need voluntary and active opposition against dog meat > within Korea. We do not believe in using any animal for consumption. > We clearly oppose using animals for entertainment, fur, scientific > experiments, or food. However, the problem of eating dogs is the > very source of disregarding the interests of all animals. It also > causes great pain and suffering to many Koreans who love animals. It > is time to rid Korea of this social evil. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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