1,000+ Thai Dogs Rescued From Being Cooked & Eaten
- Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:27am by
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Thai officials have rescued over 1,000 dogs on their way to Vietnam to be cooked and eaten, AFP reports.
Officials said police intercepted four trucks near the Thai-Laos border stacked with tiny cages housing 1,011 dogs. Some had already died due to the conditions:
[A livestock development spokeswoman] said an additional 119 had died either through suffocation in the cramped cages or when they were thrown from the back of the trucks as the alleged traffickers sped away from arresting officers.
According to AFP, traffickers round up stray dogs in Thai villages and also barter for pets. They then turn around and sell them for meat and can get around $33 per animal in Vietnam.
Below, Reuters has video of the rescued animals (Content Warning: some of the images may be disturbing to some):
(H/T: HuffPo)
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Comments (218)
ORSO
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:02amMaybe the folks that are horrified by this need to experience that level of poverty for themselves, I’m sure after a spoonful of just rice everyday the Kun -Pow puppy may sound very appetizing.
As long as they draw the line with–not– eating people I’m good with it, It does give a new meaning to the word doggie bag, the scraps aren’t for the dog it is the dog.
Pass the hot mustard please……….
Report Post »Parkeralan
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:26amPass the shoyu please…
Report Post »NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:46amWho posted this, Fart Levin?
I don’t see any cows being rescued.
Hot dog, anyone?
old white guy
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:50amwhat are these poor people going to eat now???
old white guy
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:52amalso, more than one culture has eaten dogs. the north american indians did, i think the chinese still do.
Report Post »LOLReally
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:01am@ RPA “ignorant low-life”? Is’nt eating live monkey brains a high-brow wealthy thing? the opposite of “low life”. Or possibly is it because only people and dogs have souls? Where is the outrage for our tasy furry foods? In Katrina it was reported that people were eating pets-just not thier own pets. I am against animal abuse BUT I love meat so kill it quick and painless then pass the gravy.
Report Post »robert
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:07amAsian countries treat their little animals like barbarians. In China both cats and dopgs are killed and eaten nearly always in view of one another during the slaughter process.
The civility of a nation can be known by how they treat their little animals. These disgusting retards are knuckle-dragging Neanderthals and have no place in a civilized world.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:09amThere are many cultures that practice this.
When the Olympic games were held in Korea they had the restaurant owners change their menus.
The question I have here is this though.
Report Post »What are they going to do with all of these dogs now?
These are going to be sick and neglected creatures that need a great deal of care besides that fact that they need food, water and shelter.
goofey
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:10amDo you think that being a conservative and a Blaze reading Glenn Beck fan makes you smart? Apparently it doesn’t. You are all dumb as dirt. However, you are very convincing. If fact, after reading your appalling and ignorant comments about the dog rescue, you have convinced me to join and support PETA. Our Democratic friends have consistently been much better than Republicans in protecting the earth and its animals. There is no doubt that this same news story on the Huffington Post would elicit far more humane responses. I would be more tolerant of Asians eating dogs and cats were it not for the most abject and beyond belief cruelty practiced by these societies. I have seen little pigs skinned alive in Asian markets while men, women, and children pass by the skinned shivering creature with no more compunction than as if they were passing by a cabbage cut in half. Children in restaurants first select a beautiful kitten from a cramped filthy cage to eat. The cat is placed in a noose at the end of a pole and hit on the head several times to calm it down. Then it is dipped alive several times in boiling water to make skinning easier. Then while still alive, it is skinned . Many cats and dogs are better than some humans in every conceivable way. They are more kind, loving, noble, and even more intelligent than some Blaze posters. One thing is clear: in future holocausts there will be no lack of prison guards.
rangerp
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:25am@goofey
Bye, do not let the door knob hit you where the good Lord split you.
Report Post »Alky
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:35am@Goofey Maybe you need to read up on your beloved PETA….. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:40amGives a whole new meaning to “Wok the dog!”
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:49amDid anyone break some eggs to make an omelet? Shame on you…lol
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:59am@goofey
You’ve not been to a third world nation have you? Near the Mexican Border you can actually buy gato tacos. And that’s on the American side of the border. Guts on rice and chicken feet are yummy.
During WWII my father cooked up horse meat for the troops (black forest – no food provisions) and no one said boo about squat.
Report Post »tgp42rhr
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:07amGood Bye Goofy we will not miss you. As for your total lack of world knowledge, most asian dog “breeds” were raised as cattle and for eating. They have and still do eat dog. So I suggest you take your main food source and never eat it again and do not find a replacement since that is what will happen to these people.
Report Post »hatemonger
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:24amYou all make me sick. Poor helpless puppies. This kind of behavior would never take place on any politico article. You are all a bunch of savages. At least there are some people on here with some decency, and integrity. Eating dogs is inhumane and vile. On another note abortion is a womans right we should use all of the money that goes into anti-abortion activism and put into something worth the money like protecting dogs in a country like vietnam. You bunch of sick twisted freaks.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:42amAfter reading over much of this blog, all I can say is I find it disturbing. Many idiots are comparing dogs to chickens, cows, sheep.. etc Dogs are damn near as intelligent as many people! They are not to be eaten!
Civilized people do not eat dogs. Goodness gracious where is the humanity!
Report Post »margaret1977
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:52amYou an idiot do you know how they kill them??? Do you people have any heart at all? They have right to live as much as you do! they are LIVE ! Those idiots skinned them live they break their bones they tourture them! What is wrong with you people? where is America on that ? Why they do not try to stop China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan ????? This is why i care more about animals then people, person is the worst animal on this earth ! Animals cannot protect themselves, people can. Instead of sending money to Africa i better help animals all over the world. People should have more heart.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 12:20pm@hatemonger
You have the unmitigated gall to call us savages and in the same rant you place the life of a dog over a human being? You are one sick, deranged excuse for a human being!
Report Post »Kill a baby and save a dog? Your just a dead person walking.
You are the “sick twisted freak”, and so twisted, you don’t even know it………………..
hatemonger
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 12:28pm@ rational man, hey buddy that was sarcasm. I am pointing out the fact that libs will get all tied up in knots in their panties over a dog being used for bbq in Vietnam and rally behind abortion rights here. you gotta pay attention bud. be “rational” man. Tongue in cheek buddy.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 12:56pm@hatemonger
You are exhonorated!
Report Post »You really should let us know in your post since their really are “people” that hold that view. As witnessed by some of the other posts.
People that talk like that really get my goat and therefore I sometimes lash out pretty good.
So with that in mind, I stand by what I said, (albeit not in reference to you), and let the guilty read my tongue lashing.
Thanks for clarifing and have a great day!
Schanweiler
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:00pmThis is a horrible situatin and horrible to see. Let them send rice for the people not dogs or any animals. Animals cannot talk however, I can and will talk for them all. Leave us alone and DO NOT ship us anywhere to be eaten, treated poorly, and abused. Animals of all kinds especially dogs help people all over the wold. Dogs are service for people who are handicapped, they help the police K9, they offer love, kindess to people in nursing homes. That’s what dogs are used for and only to hlep and give unconditional love all the time. I will fight you daily. Leave all the animals alone to be free.
Report Post »Maureen Schankweiler-Florida
Hey Harry Lets Box
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:11pmHA HA! She can’t even spell her own name!
Report Post »Daffodilla
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:20pmI would starve before I would eat a dog, thank you very much. ALSO, I will never eat oriental food again in my life. I’ve of course heard rumors my entire life of what goes on with cats and dogs overseas, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Glad my head isn’t in the sand anymore. This story is both disturbing and enlightening at the same time.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:23pmAgreed, Orso.
I guess if your food is cute and lovable, it’s harder to eat? Too bad for the cow that it can’t cuddle in your lap on the couch, eh?
Those ANIMALS were on their way to feed PEOPLE. I guess someone now feels better that they saved a dog?! Do they even have an emotion for the humans they’ve just starved?
Report Post »marvel
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:59pm“…there is the obvious advantage that dog can be fed on dog. One can reduce one’s pack little by little, slaughtering the feebler ones and feeding the chosen with them. In this way they get fresh meat. Our dogs lived on dog’s flesh and pemmican the whole way, and this enabled them to do splendid work. And if we ourselves wanted a piece of fresh meat we could cut off a delicate little fillet; it tasted to us as good as the best beef. The dogs do not object at all; as long as they get their share they do not mind what part of their comrade’s carcass it comes from. All that was left after one of these canine meals was the teeth of the victim – and if it had been a really hard day, these also disappeared.” (Roald Amundsen. “The South Pole”)
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 2:25pm@Daffodilla
So you would starve before you would eat dog? Well bless your little animal loving heart.
You are one of these ingnorant goofs raised in a world where everything is plastic, can be cooked in a microwave….. One day, reality is going to slap you so hard in the head, your ears will ring for weeks. I would bet you have never spent time in a third world nation, or actualy been hungry. One day the bottom is going to drop out here in the US. and you might be surprised at what you are willing to eat. Until then, enjoy the good life, keep watching Opra, eating the hot pockets, and loving Lasie, Bambie….. You have no clue.
Report Post »LB
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 3:02pmSoylent Green…..just sayin
Report Post »hatemonger
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 3:06pmReply to rational man. Right on brother. God bless you. Stand with courage my friend, my wife says she does not blame you, she can never tell if im joking or not. That sucks now she has some proof that it’s not just her. Dang it.
Report Post »Clubber1
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 3:30pmThe sad truth is that even the poorest of us in the US is wealthy by world standards. Even Homeless in this country have access to at least 2 hots and a cot. No one who has not been to those places of the world has any concept of how lucky we are or by how fragile a thread our luck still hangs. When you are hungry you will eat whatever you can find, even dirt. Too soon many of the privelaged few will find that out for themselves.
Report Post »RavenGlenn
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 4:18pm@ TECHENGINEER
And…pigs are smarter than dogs and actually closer to our own genetic makeup. Yet…we eat those without any issues?
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 5:03pm@hatemonger
You know for guys like us, your post is good sarcasm. It does paint a good picture of some people’s twisted, Godless view of things and the marginalization of a human life.
Report Post »Problem is it’s easy to believe your post because we see it becoming more prevalent in the world today.
I apologize for giving your wife a “gotcha” moment. Hope she doesn’t rub it in too much. I too am guilty of the same thing once in a while, and have been misunderstood for the same reason, even on the forum.
God bless, have a great day and give my regards to your wife!
(forgive me for laughing just a little)
TunaBlue
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 5:48pmThese animals are not food for poor or starving people. Dog meat has been a staple in many parts of the world for millennium and is considered very tasty.
I had burro (donkey) in Mexico in the early 1970s, and it was very good. I didn’t find out about the source of the meat until someone questioned the texture and we started a conversation with owner of the shack where we ate. I guess it was fitting that we had the meat as a burrito, which means “little burro.”
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 6:00pm@SAMIAMTWO
MMMM! Chicken feet. I bought some at our local Mexican market yesterday. Can’t wait to fry them up crisp, like chicharones (fried pork rinds). Very yummy. The best foods in the world come from those parts of a culture that are poorest. They learn to use everything, waste nothing, while making it taste delicious.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 6:48pmI did 2 tours in viet nam with the USA Army.Dogs taste like chicken…
Report Post »NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:34pmLet us not forget the Chinese love for Saint Bernards(sp). They beat them to death with bats, it tenderizes the meat.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:36pmWalk your dog? Or wok your dog? That is the Question
Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 3:37amAlthough I do not recommend consuming an animal you have a relationship with, I was introduced to dog while living in the South Pacific, although not considered a polite food, to my astonishment it was quite good, akin to the dark meat from turkey. Call me crazy but I can think of worse repercussions of allowing the strays and unwanted dogs to live. Do dogs develop edible meat faster and less expensively than cows, as apparently do rabbits? If so, maybe more problems are solved than created in allowing Dog trafficking in Asia. Any outrage over this issue is further evidence of ignorance and myopia in a society long coddled with guaranteed necessities. We are babies here, who have the luxury of being picky eaters. The shame is ours not theirs. “Bone” apetit Vietnam! P.S. I recommend it being baked in an underground oven, salt to taste.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 5:03am@goofey… If fact, after reading your appalling and ignorant comments about the dog rescue, you have convinced me to join and support PETA. Our Democratic friends have consistently been much better than Republicans in protecting the earth and its animals.
Sure. Recently an investigation into a Peta animal rescue showed that Peta was killing about 97% of the animals it took in. Its not about saving animals, its about activism. Democrats are the most viscous and vile people in this country. Glad to know your one of them. Now go stand over there.
Report Post »Tali
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 5:52pmWhile I love dogs but I have no issue with these people eating canines. And it looks like their government has decided which dogs can be eaten. I am sure for example the people of India are sickened by the fact we eat steaks and hamburgers. If we were starving we would most likely eat dogs unless the dog can hunt birds, track anything or was trained police bite work. Call me heartless but I am tired of the seeing post of people moaning about the dogs or moaning about the starving people. Never forget there are alot of evil bad people world wide who can never be trusted.
Report Post »Swancman
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:58amHoly crap! Dogs are just another animal like cows, pigs, and chickens. Why do people get so upset when other people what to eat a dog? Are dogs humans now? Since when are dogs better animals than cows, pigs, and chickens? People like to keep pigs and chickens as pets! The condition these dogs were in was terrible and needed to be rescued but otherwise, why not let these people eat dogs?
rangerp
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:05ambecause we have turned into a nation of animal rights activists that put dog life higher than human life. I am with you, if you want to worry about something, worry about the amount of child molesters running around, and the number that get little to no prison time, and go back and do it again.
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:19amprobably because of Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:29amMy dogs have been a companion to me, they are better than alot of people. Yes, they are special to me and no way would any one eat one of them.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:05amDarla is a prime example of what Ranger is talking about. Freaking nuts who value animal life above human life. Sorry, I would save the worste human being on the planets life before I would save the best dog. If you think otherwise, you are a sick sick individual.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:15amdiddo! fiddo!
Report Post »majahn
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:27amI can‘t believe you sicko’s….how can you even think this is OK….I‘d eat a person before I’d eat a dog or cat…..I’d much rather munch on one of your kids, I bet they are nice and tender
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 12:23pmDarla_K
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:29am
My dogs have been a companion to me, they are better than alot of people. Yes, they are special to me and no way would any one eat one of them.
Really?….Where do you live?……I’m hungry!
Report Post »marvel
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:39pmI love my dog, She’s the most wonderful Border Collie – smart, beautiful, obedient. Make no mistake, however, I would eat her if she was the only food my family had to eat. I would be sad, but people > animals.
Report Post »iamthelucid1
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:50amI dont like it either and I would go hungry before I would eat my dog. However it is their counrty and their culture. The U.S has a huge cattle industry to some cultures thats must seem like a horrible thing. As many have commented here, this nation detroys many domestic animals every day in shelter. Those animals were family members and now they are dumped like garbage because the cable bill or beer is more important then Scruffy. Before you bash other cultures look at you own. To those of you you do see you pets as spmthing more than just pets, BRAVO! P.S Remember football fans the name Mike VIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:56am.
Report Post »I heard India wants to rescue all the cattle in America.
They are sacred, don’t you know.
PA PATRIOT
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:02amVic did his time.
Report Post »Let it go.
Animals do not posses the mental capability to differentiate the difference from right or wrong, or good from bad. They do not posses the power to reason, which is what separates them from human.
They are on earth to serve human kind, be it pulling a plow, or harvesting for nutrition.
Although there are some humans not worth the title, However, in the end, animals are simply not as valuable as humans and are part of the food chain.
BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:42amJust eat your neighbors dog!
Report Post »boca_chica
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:50amMost don’t remember that when the vietnam war was over and we repaitriated many vietnamese to S.F. there was a news story about all the feral cats and dogs disappearing from the city parks. It’s all in what you are raised with. The fact that there are places that have to eat man’s best friend and furry little kittens( which “we” bred for our use[rat catchers and guard dogs] is still a little unnerving) only proves that there just might be too many people on the planet. Maybe we should send all those new free birth control pills to Africa and Asia( althought the people there would probably fry them up in a sautee’ pan). As my sister used to say ” what a world…what a world” as she melted.
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:40amO b a m m y needs to help this country. He needs to take more of my money and send it over there. Too bad that he and his fellow elitists won’t be impacted near as us working stiffs.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:53am.
Report Post »Okay, so now there are 1000 extra dogs.
Now, what?
Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 12:44pmExactly Squirrel! What now? Will the dogs be better off? Obviously not!
If they eat dogs because they can’t afford beef, then what are they going to do with all those dogs?
The pictures show the dogs AFTER being RESCUED. Do they look like they are better off? Most of them were strays picked up in Thailand or bartered for from owners. Will they just turn them loose?
There will probably be some group from California that will spend alot of money to set up an adoption program so people can “rescue” a Thailand dog and wear it as a badge like they do the shelter dogs from America. Like the Hollywood types do with kids. Look at me!…I’m a good person!
It is awful the way the dogs were being handled before they were to be butcherd, but in reality they would be better off used as food than to continue a misserable life in a poverty stricken nation. And would have provided food for the poor PEOPLE that go hungry.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:39amNothing new [food wise] for the asian world. Of all stories with a headline of Thai in it, there are more important ones. The people of Thailand have bigger issues. Mooselimbs are killing buddhist residents in southern Thailand. There have been over 4000 killed in the past five years. Seems like they should clamp down on this problem first. IMO
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:48amYes, exactly, I saw a program on eating monkey brains, shortly after they bashed in the monkey’s skull, at a table built just for this meal.
Gulp, dont think so,
Report Post »I would be more worried about Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
towns
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:39amall you need to rethink,in India they hate us because they worship cows there, its all what is considered normal in that culture. Plus if you put a plate a deer, beef, dog and chicken no one could identify them all
Report Post »Jack of Hearts
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:38amAnother misconception, cows are not sacred in India and never have been. There are no “sacred” animals in the Hindu religion and they certainly don’t worship them. Such lack of knowledge is to be expected, but what does surprise me is that this story gets loads of replies but the one about the riot victim in the UK got none. Says it all.
Report Post »hightide
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:35amNothing wrong with eating dog, if you like it and that is what you have to do to stay alive. The people in many countries eat them to survive. What’s more important human survival or dogs? Also, who the crap are we in America to tell anybody in any country what they can or can not eat. I love dogs, but if necessary I would eat one, with a lot of spices.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:33amIs that a picture of The Old Thai Buffet? Sick! I‘ve never eaten a thai resturant and now i won’t for sure.
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:32amWe have wild dog packs and now wild pig/hog packs running around the state and causing all kinds of problems for the ranchers. If the Asians can’t afford to raise cattle like us, then they have to work with what they have. When your hungry, food is food, even human meat. It happens!
Report Post »BelindaB
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:16ammollypitcher…..you would be wrong to eat a dog….there is plenty of edible things on this earth to eat, in the wild…such as plants, vegies,bugs,so get f@@ked moron.
Report Post »amendment1
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:37amThis is just like someone from India coming over here and liberating a thousand cows from being slaughtered. They wanna eat dogs that’s their business. Who ever saved those dogs just starved 10000 people.
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:19am@BELINDAB
Report Post »Sorry again Belindab. I live in a climate where the temps reach 30 below in the winter, so there are no plants, or bugs to be eaten. Again, if it was January, and there was no other food to be had, I would not be wrong for feeding my kids a dog. I would be wrong however for letting my kids starve to death and would certainly have to answer to the Heavenly Father as to why I let them starve when there were animals to be eaten.
starman70
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 6:15pmBELIMDAB, We have hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs which are euthanized every year. Our foreign aid, consisting of mainly highly depreciated dollars, is used for the enjoyment of the ruling class of these countries while the people suffer from starvation and malnutrition.
We could put these dogs, which will be euthanized anyway, to good use. Give them to the S. E. Asian countries which need the food if their culture will allow it. They would be far more appreciated than our money.
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:11amThat explains why when I was in Thailand I never seen a stray dog! And those street vendors selling “meat on a stick”, They always said it was chicken, but it sure didn’t look or taste like chicken!
Report Post »If they are getting 33 bucks a head for those scrawny, wormy dogs just think what we could get for all those big muscle bound pit bulls in our shelters! heck even at $33 per head we would be looking at about $100 millions dollars a year! I wonder what the going rate is for cats, we could export 3-4 million of those suckers too.
rangerp
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:24amWho gives a flip about dogs in asia about to get eaten? There is much bigger and more important news worth reading, and worth printing. These are dogs, not people. If you want to get up in arms, go to watchdog.com, type in your address, and see just how many child molesters there are roaming the area you live. This is a topic worth worrying about, much more so than a bunch of stray mongrels. This is the sort of stuff the libs get worked up over. They watched to many Bambi movies, and have not figured out that animals are not people, they do not have a soul, and do not have the same thoughts and emotions. I own a dog, and it is well cared for, but in the big picture, it does not scratch the surface of importance like my children. It does not scratch the surface compared to your children, and I do not even know your kids. Leave the animal activist stuff on the lib sites.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:35amWow, it looks as if some countries traffic in anything – humans, sex trafficking, drugs and now dogs – I did n’t relieve that they ate that many dogs in VietNam. Interesting article!
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let us prey
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 11:05amRanger
Report Post »I agree with you. Most would be scared to death if they punched there address into that data base. Dogs of another kind should be in those cages here in the USA. Something need to be done about this real problem.
READRIGHTHERE
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 3:51amCat meat is stringy, I can tell you from personal experience, it was not my favorite meal, the going rate would not be worth the price of butchering. There may be others that will develop the taste for it, kind of like eggplant or cilantro. The only hope would be clever advertising like “Cat, its what’s for dinner!”, or “Cat, the other other white meat!“ or ”Hey, look what mom dragged in.” When all is said and done though, no matter what we try, Cat calendars have probably soured public support for feline consumption. Pity. Yet another solution to so many problems made inaccessible by liberal bleeding heart mentality.
Report Post »BooButtBrown
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:10am******* morons…I am glad I am a vegetarian and not a glutten!
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:41amBOOB
Report Post »Hope you can grow crops all year long. (not) because when Califonication goes to the Mexicans, you will no longer have fresh veggies. Your fancy veggie asile at your favorite grocer with the fine mist will all be just a a fancy memory. At the juncture in the war, you have to purchase freeze dried vefggos that are cured with animal fat . HA
I would rather eat fresh venision, dog, sheep, and even raccoon over a pile of greens.
Hope you consider purchasing canned goods with lead seals.
Oh, get over it and enjoy the protein your body wants and needs.
Regards
A Tea Party Terrorist
loriann12
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:30amAlthough I find eating dogs personally repugnant, I would never tell another country what to do. The only time we have control over another culture is here in America. I don‘t believe communities of Thai’s should be allowed to pick up stray dogs in America, but what they do in their own country is their business. I don’t think I could ever eat a dog, just because their intelligence has been proven to be about that of a 2-4 year old (depending on the breed). I would not hesitate to eat squirrel, rabbits, deer or other wild game (I have in the past….don’t remember exactly how squirrel tasted, but I remember I liked it….my grandpa’s favorite part was the brains.)
Report Post »BooButtBrown
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 6:41pmPA PATRIOT
How can you judge me when you don’t even know me? I am a vegetarian because I have had a heart problem since I was 33…it is a healthier lifestyle! I am a Christian and a Republican. It is people like you that get Obama elected! More people would rather run from you idiots than stand with you. Hope you enjoy your “meat” you self-focused baby boomer! Your generation is killing our country!!
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 12:04pmBoob,
Report Post »It is your previous post “You are so funny…idiot!” that gets you into trouble.
Arrogance is part of an individuals personality.
A bit of your own medicine.
“OFF WITH YOU”
nobama4ever
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:09amI have dogs as pets and always considered and treated them as one of our family members. It is heartbreaking to see these dogs being shipped for human consumption. But I also find it very appalling to see many comments condemning the eating habits of other cultures. Isn’t this a hypocrisy while the so called cultured society relish eating veal (the calves are raised in a inhumane way), throwing live lobsters in a pot of boiling water, raising chickens in a very cramped cage with wire meshing etc. Do you consider them humane? Let’s not be judgmental about other culture before looking at our own behavior.
Report Post »Applehead
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:49amSad!
Report Post »BeeAlert
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 4:41pmOur family has had pets and loved them, been very sad when they died, but… They were NOT “family members” — I would consider it extremely insulting to the actual human members of my family to equate them with our pets. Animals can be appreciated for what God made them to be without crossing that line.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:08amWhat, they gave up on cats??
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:07amI will not allow my rat terriers to read this story,it could cause them to puddle on the floor
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 10:46amRat Terriers would be considered as an appetizer!
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:00amLet Them Eat Dog.
Report Post »BooButtBrown
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:10amYou are so funny…idiot!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 2:24pmI like it!
Report Post »57states
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:54amman’s best friend! That’s just wrong
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:06amIn the civilized world dogs have no predators to keep their numbers in check. The fact is asian see dogs as pets and as food. Some are kepts as pets and other are eaten. It doesn’t sound right to me but think about this in our country we kill thousands of healthy dogs and cats everyday and then disguard the remains while people are starving in the streets seems to me the asian people are more respectful of the dogs than us.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 2:39pmMan’s best friend!……Who gave it’s last measure of true devotion!………….
Report Post »As a nutritious meal for his best friend.
It’s a heart warming story………Don’t you think?
semihardrock
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:53amHEY! one man‘s trash is another man’s treasure! SOME in this country THINK Rocky Mountain Oysters are a delicacy!
TRUST ME….If eating a “dog” was on the TV Show “Fear Factor” NOBODY would care! WE KILL thousands of dogs everyday in this country AND IF our US Dollar were “stronger” these countries could afford a Steakhouse Burger Joint!
Report Post »ProudToStandWithRonPaulAndTheTruth
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:52amAnd we kill them (stray dogs) and don’t eat them. Seems like we could fund our animal shelters by sending them to VietNam….
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:52amHow about bringing Vietnamese over here to replace municipal animal control departments? It would be a lot cheaper, just issue them a knife, a fork, and a pair of sneakers.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 12:19pmThere would have to be a waiting period for those who had their dogs get out accidentally. I’d hate to run to the pound looking for my dog to find it had been eaten.
Report Post »BelindaB
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:44amThai people are pigs… I love and care about DOGS MORE THAN ANY HUMAN……Humans like this are not fit to live in God;s world. The thai people are sex crazed,desease infested, bacterias. Thank GOD these Dogs were saved!! The DOGS deserve to LIVE, the thai PEOPLE are the ones that should be on their nmenu.
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:08am@BELINDAB
Report Post »Sorry, but human life is worth much more than any animal. Racist jerks are the worst of all people. If I was starving, I would eat a dog. No that wouldn’t be my choice, I love dogs, and don’t like to see them treated inhumanely, but eating dogs is the culture in Asia. I thought all of you liberals were big on diversity. But I guess your kind always show, eventually, that you only believe in diversity when it fits your ideals.
BooButtBrown
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:11amAmen!
Report Post »Sagat
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:57pmHey dummy. Try reading the article. Thai people don’t eat dogs. That’s the Vietnamese. It was the Thai police that saved the dogs from being shipped over to Vietnam where they would be fattened up and eaten.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 2:33pmJudging from the pictures, (after rescue), ya, the dogs look like they will be much better off……NOT!
Report Post »The dogs came off of the streets as strays and such. Where do you think they will end up? How do you think it will be better for them?
Better that they were food for people that to suffer a slower death and suffer more.
READRIGHTHERE
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 4:03amIf I were to apply criteria for what kind of human should be eaten instead of a faithful dog, I would probably pick those with political and emotional views like….yours. I would at least see it as a way to keep your kind of thinking from becoming generational. But I can’t even joke about choosing to consume a fellow human being no matter what it is they like to do with their day or their mind. You are going to have to leave the city one day and see the world, or your narrow minded ways are going to best your ability to wrestle with the eventualities of our uncertain future as a free society. You have no leg to stand on. If you are a Darwinist or Atheist then surely you must recognize that dogs fare lower on the food and evolutionary chain than do humans, and if you are a believer in God, than you should certainly have greater respect for one of His children, created in his image, than an animal designed for the use and dominion of man. Get a grip and stop spending your emotional strength where it does the least good.
Report Post »bew0576
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:43amThis is beyond disturbing. I’ve always heard that they ate dogs and I always thought it was just some type of myth. I think of my animals being treated this way and it’s so heartbreaking, I hope they throw the book at these people if they catch them.
Report Post »The picture above is so pitiful, I’d love to be able to show each one of these dogs some love and kindness. I hope the Blaze keeps us updated on what happens with these dogs!
robstoddard
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 9:16amThey became thai food, to be served in your local restaurant.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:41amAlthough we in America and other countries find eating dogs abhorrent, other parts of the world do not. Same as we eat cattle but in India (I think it’s India?) they are honored and not used as a food source. I believe monkey is still served in certain areas. It’s a cultural thing.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:37amThe people there do not see dogs as pets. They see them as we see cattle and chickens. We cant expect our western values to translate to the uncivilized.
Bring our troops home and let the rest of the world figure it all out…
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:43amPersonally I don‘t care what they do but I’m pretty sure the article said that THEIR police arrested them. So clearly their law doesn’t see them cattle. That being said, I agree that we should bring our troops home.
Report Post »Airb0rne4325
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:15amTheir people may have arrested them for the “coditions” they were kept in and not the fact they were eating dogs. You can’t keep cattle or hogs or chickens in those types of conditions here and we eat those animals.
I say let them eat what they want. Someone gonna tell me I can’t eat deer because someone just watched Bambi? Can’t eat fish because of Nemo? It’s meat, food. So the people don’t eat because people love dogs. I dont agree with the treatment of them prior to la bouchrie, but I can’t fault people for eating what they want.
“Ask her if she will eat dog now”–Hombre–Paul Newman.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:47amYou are correct Airborn…Let them eat whatever they want. I am sure the dogs they took out of those conditions will be fattened up and cooked anyway…
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:48am@airborne
Report Post »Wrong
They were not arrested because of “conditions”. They were arrested as “traffickers”. It is ILLEGAL to eat dog in Thailand. http://guerillatics.com
Ironmaan
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:34amAsians eating dog and drinking tiger bone wine. What a place.
Report Post »Neotheone
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 3:35amtaste like chicken…pass the mustard, yum yum!!!!
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