Some time ago, a man in Zhuhai was walking his Shiba Inu without a leash and was snatched by a dog dealer. When the dog owner found it, the poor Shiba Inu had been cooked and served.
The dog owner’s experience is worthy of sympathy. This is not only a dog stealing, but also a robbery in nature. But in addition to sympathy, I still want to remind all dog owners to leash their dogs. This Zhuhai dog owner let go of the dog leash when it was convenient for the dog to give the culprit a chance. Leashing a dog is a matter of quality and civilization, and it is also to protect the dog from losing or getting hurt.
The dog must be tied to a rope. I know the reason why walking the dog without tethering the rope, but it is convenience. Not only does it save the effort of holding it, but more importantly, it can blatantly not clean up the shit. Instinctively, the dog tends to run into the grass to defecate. It is actually very tiring to clean up the stool from the grass. So if it is not tied, the owner can basically ignore the stool.
Another controversy is eating dog meat. There has always been a rumor on the Internet, "There is no large-scale meat dog breeding in China, and there are stolen pet dogs on the table." The meaty taste of pet dogs is actually not as good as meat dogs. In addition, catching and stealing pet dogs is actually very economically uneconomical.
In the era when the Internet was not so developed, this rumor could survive, but it is a bit unreasonable to spread now. You don't even need to go to or Baidu , just open the short video app, you can see countless rural meat dog farms.
Search the Internet, the source of the so-called "no large-scale meat dog" mostly points to an independent investigation report in 2015, with the title: "The Sins and Lies of Being Put on the Table-Asian Animal Foundation China Dog Meat Industry "Chain Depth Investigation Series Report".
This title is worthy, and at first glance it is a high EQ NGO. If you are interested in this foundation, you can check the source of funding and the nature of the organization. In 2012,I've been picked up, and there are still articles on the Internet.
This report claims that the Chinese eat 10 million dogs every year, and large meat dog breeding farms do not exist. Then the rumors spread through various media: 10 million dogs are eaten a year, and there are no breeds. If you continue, you will be: the dog meat on the Chinese table is stolen, and the Chinese eat 10 million pet dogs every year. There have been many versions of similar rumors, and they all seem to be true. In short, it is getting more and more outrageous. The
NGO report also implies that dog meat from normal channels cannot be so cheap. An expert was also quoted: Dog breeding requires superb technology, and the price of a pound of dog meat should normally exceed 100 yuan. You take a look at how there are meat dogs now, these are all pet dogs in the house. You are too expensive for me.
To put it better, this expert has been in the ivory tower for too long. The cognition in the mind and the actual society are completely parallel worlds. Does China have a dog meat industry? In fact, China has already had large-scale meat dog farms. Jilin, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places have it. Searching for dog meat on an enterprise information APP, there are more than 52,000 relevant results. I just looked at dozens of companies that specialize in dog meat business and have been registered for 20 years.
Although the central government has not issued a macro report on the dog meat industry, local government data is available every year. The "2019 Guangdong Rural Statistical Yearbook" mentioned that 3.14 million meat dogs were sold and self-slaughtered in Guangdong Province. Guangdong is still not a big province of meat dog breeding in the traditional perception. The statistics in one province is 3 million. The total consumption of meat dogs in the country should be very large. The output problem of
has been solved. There is still another problem, that is, how much is the meat dog worth. Many media have quoted the foundation report first, and some reporters are also very conscientious and personally investigated the actual price of dog meat: the purchase of live dogs in the downstream costs three to five yuan per catty, and the peak season is more than five yuan per catty. The slaughterhouse transfer purchase price is RMB 78 yuan per catty, and the final market wholesale price is RMB 11 yuan. The restaurant terminal, ranging from a dozen yuan to tens of yuan per catty. The price of
is relatively transparent, but the conclusions of many articles are still at the stage of "dogs stealing food". The way of committing the crime: long-term stalking; the tools of the crime: infrared crossbow, poisonous dog needle, machetes, and finally escaping in a deck car.In this article, a crime case is also cited, which is very funny. I will give you a list.
Three men from Liuzhou, Guangxi, formed a "professional" dog-stealing gang. They used anesthetic crossbow guns to target domestic dogs. I spent 4,000 yuan a month to rent a car and drove more than 400 kilometers to and fro every day. It took just over two months to "stole almost" the surrounding area of Liuzhou City. In order to open up new markets, it is necessary to cross provinces to Guizhou to commit crimes. Later arrested by the police. Let's not talk about anything else, let's help these guys calculate the money first.
Rent a car at 4000 yuan per month. We can consider it cheaper for oil: 200 yuan for 400 kilometers, which is 6000 yuan a month. Brothers who stole the dogs must make some money every month. Still lower: the average salary of Liuzhou employees is about 3,300 yuan. Three brothers' monthly salary, we add up to about 10,000. In other words, this three-person team "sweeping Liuzhou" has a monthly turnover of 20,000. This does not count the cost of weapons and ammunition.
The most common medium-sized dog, weighing about 20 or 30 kg, can only produce half of its body weight. For 20,000 catties of running water, there must be 4,000 catties of dog meat. Even if you work 16 hours a day, you must catch one every hour. When I open my eyes every day, I think that today I still owe more than a dozen dogs, more than 100 catties of dog meat, and I feel anxious.
What spirit is this? I can only think that economic gains are no longer their real motives. Their hunting interest group under the cover of crime is still very fanatical. In Liuzhou, an industrial steel jungle with 4 million people, every day is not for fame or profit, just to pursue the happiness on the African savannah and the pleasure of primitive hunting.
So, when we see some sensational reports, do the math first to know that the report is unreasonable. Dog biting is not news, but dog biting is. It is because stealing dog food in the city is rare and bad, and it rushes to hot searches after the incident.
Many people think that as long as the eating of dog meat is prohibited, no one will steal the dog. No profit leads to no extinction. This truth is summed up by simple cognition, and it is applicable to the protection of animals. However, meat dogs are a major agricultural and sideline product and are to be included in the rural statistical yearbook. The prohibition of buying and selling will not only eliminate demand, but will also promote black market transactions. Because in modern society,To "ban" anything, a huge policy cost is required.
In the 1920s, the United States promulgated the prohibition . Prohibition did not succeed in prohibiting alcohol, on the contrary, it made the bootleg dealers make a fortune. " The Great Gatsby " made a fortune by selling alcohol. Originally, the American gangs were in a mess. They used the bootleg business to strengthen their organization and systematization. In the end, the United States had to amend the constitution and lift the prohibition of alcohol, leaving an embarrassing historical mark.
Dog meat consumption is not as large as alcohol consumption, but it is also very high. If meat dogs are banned across the board, it will inevitably encourage the black market for dog meat. In the future, more pet dogs will be brutally attacked.
There is a tax issue with fasting dog meat. If a one-size-fits-all approach leads to a thriving black market, is it to be cracked down? Fighting means squeezing law enforcement resources. Then it's not too much to increase the wages of the police officers? It's fair to whoever spends the money and who enjoys it. If one size fits all, it is recommended to introduce a ban on dog taxes, and relevant members of the society can pay more taxes to the country to form a professional team to combat the black market of dog meat.
Let's talk about history and humanities. It is not only the Chinese who eat dogs in the world. East Asian Cultural Circle has a tradition of eating dog meat in most countries. North America loves dogs, but in many areas it is forbidden to sell and eat them. Europe has a history of eating dog meat, and this tradition has been preserved in Switzerland to this day.
Indians also eat dog meat, a traditional rural project. As "the world's largest democracy", India has often advocated "advancedness" in the past. Surely this advancedness should also include eating dog meat, right? Besides, Indians still don’t eat sacred cows. Why do other countries in the world eat them? Niu Niu are not as simple as pets, they are divine beings.
Someone always puts whether to eat dog meat on the moral level. This is to project the feelings for pet dogs onto meat dogs. First stand on the highest point of morality, and then make some "civilized" and "barbaric" judgments.
In short, when talking about dogs, don't do moral kidnapping. Morality is for self-restraint, not to judge others. The lower limit of social morality is the law, and only the public prosecutors and the law can judge others.Then there is no need to step on different cultural circles, we have to face the problem head-on.
First of all, should animals be protected? There is no doubt that it must be protected. From a legal point of view, both the Animal Protection Law and the Property Protection Law can protect dogs. From a moral point of view, protecting animals is also a kind of humanity and respect for life.
But animal protection is universal, and should dogs receive special protection? Prohibition of eating is a special kind of protection. In many cases, only endangered organisms are given this protection, and dogs are not endangered. Some people think that a dog is a companion animal and should not be eaten. Some people also think that dogs are good helpers for human beings, and there are heroic dog breeds such as police dogs and drug-sniffing dogs, which are not suitable for consumption.
Yes, pet dogs, police dogs, fire dogs, etc., are not raised for food. But there are specially bred meat dogs for eating. You can't make a partial generalization, or you will fall into endless doubts. There are more pet chickens, ducks and fish, and production tools of pigs, cattle and sheep. For example, kel duck is a very cute pet duck, but does it prevent us from eating roast duck? Therefore, for animals, the nature of the protection and the food that should be cultivated and eaten must be clearly distinguished.
" Book of Rites " has records: There are three kinds of dogs, guard dogs, which are guardians; field dogs, help hunting, and food dogs, specially raised for food. Moreover, cultural relics unearthed in different periods can prove that dogs were used for food very early. Pets are pets, and food is food, and the ancients had already clearly distinguished them.
Eating dog meat is cruel. Is it not cruel to keep a pet dog? BBC has made a documentary called " " (Pedigree Dog Exposed). In order to serve the deformed aesthetics, humans selectively breed dogs and cultivate a diseased rare dog.
A long time ago, Bull Head Terrier has not had a face-to-face collision with Sun Honglei .It is selective breeding, so that the bull's head stem grows into what it is now, and at the same time, he suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, and often bites his own tail. pug used to have no wrinkles on the face, but selective breeding has made the current pug wrinkled. It looks cute, but the price is pressure of breathing.
The deformed aesthetic of the current society has caused the fundamental rights of animals to be oppressed. Who has the power to define this "cute"? It is a country that holds cultural hegemony. What's more sad is that deformed dogs bred from close relatives are sought after. The healthy dogs that are naturally bred, called native dogs, are very cold-hearted. This phenomenon is more obvious in animal charities. The so-called fine purebreds are more likely to be adopted, and the rest are mostly so-called rural dogs.
So one size fits all, it is definitely unreasonable. What we should do is to standardize the Chinese dog meat industry. At present, my country does not have a set of national-level legal standards to restrict and manage the dog meat industry. Many regulations are issued locally and are only used in a small area. This has caused the entire industry to be in a gray area, and there is no way to talk about quality control. Dogs that die or are stolen may be on the dining table.
The feasible solution is to continue to promote industrialized breeding, completely separate pet dogs and meat dogs, strictly control the source of meat, and establish quarantine standards. From the source, put an end to meat with suspicious sources and block the channels for illegal profit. If the industrialization is successful, it can also develop a new category of special farming for rural and increase economic benefits. Taxes generated by the dog meat industry can also be used to treat urban stray dogs, or to provide funds for animal protection units. Therefore, formalization of the industry is far more reasonable than one size fits all.
