Dog Walking Chinese Style
The disgusted Chinese observer who snapped this scene couldn't tell whether the puppy was being dragged out of spite or as part of some novel method of food preparation, but he wished for the perpetrator to be reborn as one all the same.
Dog cuisine is of course far from unknown in China, though it is not taken to the same level as in Korea.
Whatever the case, the treatment is moderately outrageous even for China, which at least normally boils its cats alive out of sight.
Teacher Skins & Eats Cats
Feb 27, 2009
A man whose livelihood and diet appears to be provided by hunting and eating "stray" cats has been the cause of much outrage.
His presence in the town is announced by his practice of skinning the cats he catches, and publicly curing their pelts, with the fur being made into hats, children's or women's clothing, etc.
The cat hunter is said to have come to light by a sharp decrease in the local population of stray cats. Further enquiries revealed a local resident had, using a hunting dog, been catching, killing, and eating the feral cats, and then skinning them for sale.
The pelts were visible tied to various objects in the vicinity whilst curing, being changed with new ones every few days.
Speaking to witnesses, the discoverer was shocked to hear that the hunter was not some homeless wanderer, but a former teacher, outside whose house the pelts were clearly visible. He soon posted the information and pictures online, hoping to expose the practice.
The pictures and eyewitness accounts have sparked much outrage on major Chinese boards, with the by now familiar vigilante manhunt being attempted in order to bring him to justice. Even so, given that he can go unmolested in the locality he operates in, it does seem there is a gulf between animal lovers and common Chinese.
Cat fur itself is said to have some popularity in China for clothing and similar uses, as it more suitable for some uses than more conventional rabbit fur.
Tragedy Cat Food
Dec 14, 2008
Pictured is Nanjing station, where boxes upon boxes of cats fill the station, and the air is ceaselessly pierced by their wailing. There are some 1,400 in this shipment alone, and three shipments are due the same day for a total of 5,000 cats.
The cats are going to China's culinary capital (of sorts), Guangzhou, where an unparalleled variety of animals are eaten.
They are destined to become what is prosaically called "Boiled alive cat", a dish made by hitting the cat on the head to quieten it, and then throwing it in a pot of boiling water whilst it still lives:
Guangzhou is said to consume 10,000 cats a day, so it looks as if the cats pictured above aren't likely to last their culinary needs long.
A cat catcher can apparently gather 20 of the beasts a night, for 10 yuan a head ($15), potentially a lucrative trade. It is not clear just what proportion of these cats are actually stray…
The Chinese government, aware that such refined culinary practices might attract censure from barbarian nations during the Olympics, joined citizen groups in suppressing the trade in cats and dogs during the Olympics, but once the games ended so did any need for a ban.
Much of China does not seem to share the love of cats (except in a limited culinary sense) which obsesses Japan and much of the rest of the world.
There are signs that this is changing; some Chinese net users are outraged at the practice, especially the younger generations, though it does not seem they are making much headway.
Kitten Stamper Hunted
In a shocking act of wanton cruelty, a woman exhibiting considerable sadism has distributed videos of herself viciously torturing and then rather thoroughly killing an unfortunate kitten, stamping it into a bloody pulp, with eyes popping forth, in a disturbing re-enactment of similar acts of brazen cruelty a few years ago.
The woman, well dressed and looking to be about 25, utilising her stiletto heels for maximum lethal effectiveness, first torments the young cat, then chokes the life out of it by treading on its throat; after this, she slowly stamps on the (hopefully) dead creature's head, with such force that an eye is expelled from the broken cranium, after which she continues to stamp the cadaver to pulp, eviscerating it with scissors.
Mockingly, the last sight is of what looks to be an eye she treads on affixed to her sole.
Since the cat killing woman seems to revel in the revulsion she evokes, she has taken pains to let us see her face; this is at least helpful in ensuring her eventual apprehension, perhaps.
Chinese net users are orchestrating an all out hunt for the perpetrator, though it seems to be devolving into chaotic vigilantism, with the phone numbers of unconnected parties being posted to the boards.
It is also not clear just what they intend after ascertaining her identity, as China hardly seems a place where animal cruelty is pursued with quite the same level of irrational frenzy as elsewhere.
Please note that these images are absolutely macabre – eyes popping out of skulls macabre, with entrails to boot – so please absolutely refrain from viewing if you are not duly prepared.
Islam and Animal treatment
· The Prophet (peace be upon him) informs us of how a woman earned Allah's wrath for her mistreatment of a cat. She entered the Hellfire on account of a cat that she imprisoned, neither feeding it nor letting it hunt for food. [Sahîh al-Bukhârî]
· A woman went to the Hellfire because of a cat that she kept inside, neither feeding it nor letting it out to eat from the insects of the land. (Saheehs of al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
· Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "A lady was punished because of a cat which she had imprisoned till it died. She entered the (Hell) Fire because of it, for she neither gave it food nor water as she had imprisoned it, nor set it free to eat from the vermin of the earth." Sahi Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 689
· Abu Huraira narrates, "Allah's Apostle said, 'A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that." Hadith 4:538
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