Young animal activists challenge Chinese culture

Animal welfare activists Wen Zhenyu and Luo Xinmei are trying to halt the illegal sale of endangered animals for food and medicines in the markets of Guangzhou in China

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[daisy90409]

That IS a Chinese accent.



[ghostie108]

They're not chinese, they're spies from other countries poses as chinese.

[4helpinganimals]

Dog bless these animal advocates! It's a hard fight everywhere but China seems particularly difficult to crack. The animal markets remind me of Jakarta's live animal markets which i witnessed and will be haunted by forever. Keep educating and changing people's perceptions & their appetites. How many endangered species will we lose because of superstitions?!

[HCCARTA]

Diamonds in a cesspit of animal cruelty....God bless them they have a hard job on their hands...x

[HueterderTraenen]

Chinese people have feelings? Jep it is and yes we can, we protect the voiceless together. Respect from switzerland!!!

[1hutchcat]

Good people. I know that people have to eat, and as a vegetarian, I still understand that meat will be preferred by the majority. But it's essential that animals are treated with dignity and respect - they are after all losing their life just to fill someone's belly. So cruel practices everywhere need to be policed and revised.

[Graymoths]

@ChineseinCanada I like how you try to justify the stereotype. If you would had read kanatapaw's comment, you would know that I am referring to his stereotype of the Chinese eating "everything." It implies barbarism. As a Chinese individual that does not eat "everything" does this mean I am a fallacy to the stereotype? Your explanations might be true or false, but really, in this context, they are irrelevant.

[ducrozet74]

@ChineseinCanada also boiling cats alive is just so unnecessary really. And as in korea where if you beat the dog and torture it before killing it, again unnecessary. I think if you are going to eat meat, any meat at all, at least try to kill the animal as fast and humanely as possible. Try to keep the animals in a "proper" condition, no need to further torture. This goes to chicken, goats, cat whatever. Torturing an animal because it makes the meat taste better is just ridiculous.

[ducrozet74]

@ChineseinCanada PT2 . I just don't understand the eating of dog i mean do they don't understand how smart,useful, and loyal dogs are? dogs are used as seeing eye dogs (to help blind people), in the army, sniffing out bombs/drugs etc, used in the police force, as guard dogs, rescue dogs (to help find people after an earth quake etc), and as companion, they are so useful and so damned smart. You really can't compare a dog to a say chicken....I just don't get it..

[ducrozet74]

@ChineseinCanada PT 1 LOL haha , everything in china is to boost the rocket LOL dried tiger penis for stamina etc, well i heard a lot of older people eat it and women but they dont need it for stamina. I hear dog meat is really yummy and sweet tasting meat, and cat is more sour and not as favored, CONTINUE next post........