Originally posted by lizbud

They look just like the dog next door, or your own pet.
It's not just dogs, but also cats that are eaten.

I can only go by my experiances... I had a friend who spent many years teaching in Asia.. mostly China and I saw pictures of the food dogs... They were hairless, black and pink and wrinkly.. to tell you the truth they looked alot like pigs.. but are actually an off shoot of the Shar pei breed.

I suppose it is different in other countries but from what I saw of the Chinese dogs they looked like pigs. Also the village that she taught in was fairly poor.. they ate dogs because they breed faster and took up less room then other meat animals... This same village had a German shepard and a couple of mutts that were treated like family. I don't think I would eat it but for these people they have no alternative... the land is needed for rice which is thier only income. To have clothing, housing and schooling for thier children they have to sell the rice.

As a side note... and a question... there are many people who say it is wrong to eat predatory animals...I was wondering how many of these people eat seafood? As most seafood is predatory... all of the fish.... some of the crustaceans, urchins, shark and octopus to name a few.... are they not also meat eaters???