I would not choose to eat dog meat, but it has been eaten in many countries before now. If they wish to continue eating it, that should be their choice.
Some cultures hold the cow to be a sacred animal, I'm sure they don't want us eating them.
Houston, We Have An Animal Rights Problem: Should Astronauts Eat Dog Meat?
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2010/05/14 17:34:29
In his autobiography “The Nine Levels Between Heaven and Earth,” Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei has revealed that he and his fellow astronauts ate dog meat while in space.
In the book, the 44 year-old Liwei listed a menu that included braised chicken, steamed fish and dog meat, from Huajiang county in Gaundong, which is known for its nutritional benefits in China. The menu was carefully designed for the astronauts by Chinese nutritionists. A proverb in Southern China is that “Huajiang dog is better for you than ginseng.” Dog is widely eaten in China, where its nutritional and medicinal value is held in high regard.
This revelation has drawn an angry reaction from animal rights’ activists. Jill Robinson, the founder of Animals Asia states, “Yang Liwei is a role model for so many young people and he is one of China’s greatest heroes. We hope that he might recognize dogs as the heroes they are too: they found survivors after the Sichuan earthquake and protected people from potential terrorists during the Olympic games. Surely they deserve more.”
This same menu, including dog meat, was still in use last year.
In the book, the 44 year-old Liwei listed a menu that included braised chicken, steamed fish and dog meat, from Huajiang county in Gaundong, which is known for its nutritional benefits in China. The menu was carefully designed for the astronauts by Chinese nutritionists. A proverb in Southern China is that “Huajiang dog is better for you than ginseng.” Dog is widely eaten in China, where its nutritional and medicinal value is held in high regard.
This revelation has drawn an angry reaction from animal rights’ activists. Jill Robinson, the founder of Animals Asia states, “Yang Liwei is a role model for so many young people and he is one of China’s greatest heroes. We hope that he might recognize dogs as the heroes they are too: they found survivors after the Sichuan earthquake and protected people from potential terrorists during the Olympic games. Surely they deserve more.”
This same menu, including dog meat, was still in use last year.
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Leah 2010/05/14 18:22:47
If China wants to eat dogs let them, at least thats less dogs on the street starving to death.
With so much HUMAN misery in the world, I can't believe how these animal-rights nutjobs put their effort into working for animals. Maybe they should learn to Google the word "Darfur" or something.....they need to get a REAL cause to get behind.
Mmm..mmm
I don't care as long as they are not eating humans.
But I would rather not eat that.
The cannibals also referred to European missionaries as 'longpigs', as human is said to taste like pork.
People eating infants.This is just gross.
In university, I did my thesis on human cannibalism and throughout my detailed research, I could never find any evidence on cannibalism practiced in China today. Mostly in polynesian islands.
And like Master said, those pictures are from an exhibit and not real. So stop trying to spread misinformation just because there is this false stereotype about Asians.
Animal rights groups like the Humane Society of the US and PETA do NOTHING to help animals, they just want to control and make money.