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napkinz

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19. yes, I too have come across such videos ... I never watch ... I don't have to

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:33 PM

Mar 2015

I hope threads/discussions like this raise that kind of awareness you talk about.

(in some cases, I would imagine videos might help raise that awareness as well ... it depends on the individual. So I don't think there is anything wrong with posting videos so long as one includes a warning of the graphic content.)

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Dogs rescued from South Korean meat farm brought to S.F. [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP

more. practice of eating dogs is dwindling Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #1

I wish that would happen with the practice of eating pigs and cows in this country. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #2

yes Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #3

Millions of dogs fall victim to the dog meat trade every year in Asia. napkinz Mar 2015 #4

Would you describe, say, pigs in the west as "falling victim"? Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #5

pigs, cows, chickens ... you name it napkinz Mar 2015 #8

I would melman Mar 2015 #49

They believe the meat tastes better if the animal is tortured first. Quantess Mar 2015 #6

I know ... sickening! napkinz Mar 2015 #9

One of the most horrifying videos I have ever seen Quantess Mar 2015 #10

a few years ago I came across a program on cable TV "involving dogs" in Asia napkinz Mar 2015 #12

I think it's good that people are aware of what is happening Quantess Mar 2015 #18

yes, I too have come across such videos ... I never watch ... I don't have to napkinz Mar 2015 #19

Slaughterhouse workers in the US have a similar belief LeftyMom Mar 2015 #43

END YULIN DOG MEAT EATING FESTIVAL napkinz Mar 2015 #7

This is disgusting and unacceptable. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #28

But it's just a cultural difference! joeybee12 Mar 2015 #35

During the Seoul Olympics in 1988, KamaAina Mar 2015 #11

Different cultures eat different kinds of meat. Lancero Mar 2015 #13

the dogs are TORTURED before they are killed napkinz Mar 2015 #14

Again, this is different to the US ways of treating foodstock how? Lancero Mar 2015 #15

treatment in the US is horrible too in many if not most cases napkinz Mar 2015 #16

Can't you see the difference in animal husbandry practices? Sunlei Mar 2015 #30

Again, the article compares eating them to animal cruelty. Lancero Mar 2015 #31

dogs 'know' they are are companion animals NOT food. It is cruel to 'farm dogs' . Sunlei Mar 2015 #33

No, it isn't. Lancero Mar 2015 #34

no, it's the thought of animals living their LIFETIME in cruel death camp conditions. Sunlei Mar 2015 #39

Again, I agree with you. Lancero Mar 2015 #40

You're on a roll...posting crap everywhere... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #36

Results... Major Nikon Mar 2015 #37

I'd recommend looking up cultural intolerance. Lancero Mar 2015 #38

I'm all for “Cultural evolution” and the slow public extinction of the dog skinners & eaters. Sunlei Mar 2015 #41

Support cultural evolution if you wish - Just be sure not to practice cultural intolerance... Lancero Mar 2015 #42

nothing in this thread is cultural intolerance. Sunlei Mar 2015 #45

We put animals in zoos to somehow save them The2ndWheel Mar 2015 #17

kick napkinz Mar 2015 #20

I did this once Telcontar Mar 2015 #21

glad u saved one Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #22

thank you for sharing with us napkinz Mar 2015 #25

You did a great and good thing for the red dog. Sunlei Mar 2015 #29

wow, that's cool of you treestar Mar 2015 #32

Maj. Eric Fincham: I once told you Ryan, if only one gets out, it's a victory Omaha Steve Mar 2015 #23

They all look so traumatized. What horrors they've seen... They remember. Good luck in SF. freshwest Mar 2015 #24

Heros in my heart->The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International Sunlei Mar 2015 #26

Oh, man. How depressing. nt scrubthedata Mar 2015 #27

dont be depressed. dog farms are dwindling due to action of this group Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #46

That's good news. (no text) Quantess Mar 2015 #48

That was not a fond memory, running by the 'dog farms'. Rex Mar 2015 #44

Camp Hovey/Casey? Telcontar Mar 2015 #47