JUST IN:
“Several years back, San Francisco SPCA had a serious problem with Asians coming into the city from freighters docked for unloading….somebody put 2 and 2 together and found out that they were using the dogs for dinner. So please get the message out to the network. Many Thanks
Click here: Puppy meat no different than pork, celebrity chef argues – The Globe and Mail
“Its already BAD, can it get any worse? We must keep putting on the “Pressure” folks!! The Cdn Gov’t advocates, it is OK to kill and eat companion horses citing “cultural tradition” as a major reason. ”
“Now consider the immigrant populations coming to Canada from places where they do eat dogs and choke down this article if you can….courtesy of the Globe & Mail, an attempt to “normalize” eating dogs now.
If you love dogs and cats, you might want to help with the fight to end the slaughter of companion horses before they move on to the killing of companion dogs and cats citing “cultural traditions” as the reason for killing them. ”
“In Canada, dog meat is perfectly legal to serve at a restaurant – it just has to be properly inspected first”
This is disgusting and will never visit or buy anything from Canada until this stops.
To Darlene Supnick: A dog is no better than any other animal, be it a pig, cow, chicken, goat, or whatever. In fact, dogs aren’t even as smart as pigs and domesticated dogs today are some of the dumbest, most useless animals on earth! Did you know that the original purpose of what we call the Chihuahua was as a food animal and they were eaten by American Indians until fairly recent times? Did you know that during the Great Depression in the South, people used to kill and cook puppies of around 8-weeks-old, when they still had a nice layer of fat, and serve them up as roast ‘possum? When I was in the military, anytime we flew into Korea, we always ate dog. You can walk along the streets in some sections of town and they will have whole dogs, tail and all, roasting outside on spits — the meat is quite good and I wish the US wasn’t full of people like you so that we could put all these surplus dogs in this country to good use or, at the very least, sent them to China. If we sent China all our surplus dogs for food, we’d pay down that debt in no time!
For your uninformed information, anyone who makes a habit of eating at Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese restaurants in the US has already eaten dog meat at one time or another! Nevertheless, I’m sure the Canadian prime minister will be calling a special session because everyone is so concerned because YOU will no longer be spending your 2 cents on goods produced in Canada! – even though 90% of everything people in the US purchase nowadays is made (or partially made) in China or some other dog-eating country! Are you boycotting all those items, too? The fact is, there is no way you or anyone else could survive today in the US without using items/products manufactured in countries that eat dogs! But hey, you keep right on boycotting Canada, hypocrite!
Jane: you are of course entitled to your personal opinion, and of course others are as well, opinions oppose each other and everyone has the right to agree or disagree. Are you also aware that during the Great Depression, humans also consumed human children and babies. That to was done to survive, but it does not make it right. If you want to put all the surplus dogs to good use…they can provide therapy in hospices, medical facilities bringing joy to sick children and the terminally ill. These surplus dogs, are the result of irresponsible ownership, back yard breeders and individuals who allow their unaltered males and females to run at large.
As for wishing that those who abhor the vile treatment of animals around the globe did not exist, your wish will not be fulfilled. Our numbers are growing each day and we readily recognize the evil inflicted on factory farm animals, domestics animals, wildlife and the like. Dogs perform valued rescue work, sniff out drugs, have saved countless lives so to say that they are “some of the dumbest most useless animals on earth!” is a rather uninformed and negligent statement. Of course you are entitled to make such a statement.
Are you blissfully unaware that the L ink Between Animal Cruelty and Human Violence is well researched and documented? That this link is recognized by every Law Enforcement agency around the world, including the Military of which you say you were a part of.
Your bias is already set so there is no point in expending energy on attempting to sway it. Yes we are all aware that Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese restaurants in our home countries in the Western world serve meat from cats, dogs and often other animals, they do not advertise this, however we are aware that they do. We are also aware that China exports to Canada cat and dog fur, taken from live animals that are not humanely put down first, skinning them alive for profit. We are also aware that it is the Eastern belief that to torture an animal before it is killed for food, ensuring high levels of adrenalin are pumped thru the victim, is believed to increase human male potency. A fact that has never been medically proven.
Cultures vary, beliefs vary, rituals vary. What never varies is the horrific ways animals continue to be exploited for human gain, what never varies is that there are many individuals who believe, apparently as you do that animals are available to be horrifically exploited for human purposes. We have made a conscious decision and raise our voices to protect animals from the horrors, we have that right, just as you have the right to express your opinion that such crimes against the innocent be allowed to continue.
At this point I think I have heard and read enough … It is Barbaric to kill and eat our pets . Americans see dogs and cats as family we are not into munching on Granny .. takes all kinds to make the world go around . Thank God I am and American . Good Grief we have plans to take our children to Canada 2013 … I have changed my mind about this trip . Really dog?? I thought Canada is a modern county not third world oh well learn something new every day
@Jane Clarke
If being dumb is reason enough to die, do you mind doing us all a favour?
Its not like it happens every day. Do you think there are Americans who eat there pets? I mean Jeffrey dahlmer and Albert fish had a taste for the human flesh. And they are as American as apple pie. I am sure there are people who like the taste of dog or cat. Its not right but what can you do. As for rethinking your trip, its no more dangerous or as you say,thirdworldish up here in canada than it is in the good ol’ USA. Come and enjoy our hospitality and bring the kids. I promise we won’t eat them:-)
To Zephy: Dogs skinned aline in China! You are delusional! In China, dogs are raised for food and they are killed just like any other food animal and their hides removed after death. Can you even imagine the trouble it would take for workers to skin a freaking dog alive?! Additionally, killing an animal for food is not “vile treatment.” And what the heck does killing an animal for food have to do with animal cruelty and human violence? Furthermore, that alleged “link” between cruelty to animals and human violence has NEVER been proven! People who have interviewed serial killers, mass murderers, etc. have found that the percentage of those who participated in animal cruelty as children is no different from that of the general population. Look at Ted Bundy, he loved animals and on one occasion, his landlady recalled that he even refused to kill a moth and instead, caught it and put it outside. And that idea of yours about taking surplus dogs to hospices and so on to “cheer up” the patients is priceless! Who is supposed to care for the mutts when they aren’t cheering up patients? If that were a solution to the surplus dog problem, don’t you think someone would have tried it? Oh, yeah, let’s take all those surplus pit bulls to the local hospice! Then hospices can change their advertising and tell people that instead of “dying with dignity,” they can look forward to being “ripped apart by pit bulls!”
To brenda: So you won’t take your kids to Canada next year because it’s okay to eat dogs up there? Hope you’re going through your house and removing all the TV sets, computers, laptops, cell phones, kitchen appliances, etc. that are made in, or have components made in, China. And don’t forget the closets because a LOT of clothing today is made in China and you wouldn’t want to “contaminate” your kids by allowing them to wear something made by a person who lived in a country that eats dogs, would you?
While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, you are sadly lacking in research on the topics. The LINK between Animal Cruelty is well studied, documented and recognized by all Legal authorities world wide. Having participated myself in many programs whereby dogs, cats, rabbits and even horses work wonders by visiting hospices, childrens hospitals and seniors residences, I am witness to the the positive effects animals have on patients.
As for your comment on Pitbulls, the problem with any aggressive dogs lays solely in the hands of irresponsible owners. Canine/feline overpopulation is a Human problem, not an animal problem. As for China, if you feel you want to support a Nation that continues to violate human rights, export potentially deadly products into the Western world, i.e. melamine contaminated baby formulas, poisonous dog treats, lead based painted children’s toys, counterfeit knockoffs that hurt Western economy and costs the taxpayers millions to pull off the streets; then by all means, knock yourself out.
Your contempt towards sentient beings, is clearly obvious as is your resentment towards those of us who see the bigger picture and who take the necessary action to effect positive change.
Again you are entitled to your opinion.
If you seen HORSES transported in Canada and inhumanely slaughtered in the countrys houses of HORRORS, yes you would correctly see this country as third world.
There are times when i am ashamed to be Canadian, and this is one of them.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this blog cited puppybeef.com as an online retailer. Thankfully, that site is a hoax – one correction we’re happy to make.
We don’t eat dog meat in Canada. Anyplace where there are Asian populations they will find a way to eat foods that are cultural to them. This is no different than in the US – do you think Asian people are not eating dog in the US? There are no licensed slaughterhouses in Canada that inspect dog meat (the article even states this fact) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency does not offer any such services. Celebrity chefs will promote eating anything, including rare birds blinded and force-fed, then drowned in brandy. Do you think they are credible sources of information? They don’t even understand proper food safety.
To all of you that are pointing fingers at Canada, point them at your own countries as well because this happens everywhere. It is horrible what happens to our horses, dogs , cats and others we love, but DO NOT judge all of Canada by what a few do. There is more good here in Canada than there is bad, and I am proud to live here. I DO NOT condone this thing that is being done to our animals, our pets, our friends, and neither does anyone else that I know. My city has shut down a particular restaurant that was serving cat. Our health inspection here is very strict. Quebec is another matter entirely with a restaurant in Montreal that I read about which is serving horse meat. I will never set foot in that place.
There is something about a Alberta Health Inspector by the name of Nelson Fok who was working at the Capital Health Authority.
That is an amalgamation of medical services,now under a new name, the Alberta Health Services.
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/about.asp
It is a place people go to for heath reasons and has nothing to do with federal meat inspectors. He is a health inspector, although it doesn’t specify which arm of health he inspects. It could be bacteria counts for all we know.
Then, this man states that “That would mean involving Alberta Agriculture or the federal inspectors to be at the site where the animal will be killed and gutted and making sure the animal does not have any disease that can be passed on to humans,” he said.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/dog-meat-legal-health-inspector-says-1.408407
The same man says that “…because many Canadians don’t accept dog meat as food, the sale of the product may have been driven underground.
He said he isn’t aware of any place that canine meat can be properly inspected”
I am beginning to giggle here. First the man says that Canadians don’t accept dog food as meat. No flipping kidding. What a howler.
Then he goes on to say that ‘the sale of this product may have been driven underground.”
Really, why underground? Waiting for the hordes of non-buyers since Canadians don’t bother to eat dog meat. Wow, that is a real reason for a black market in dog meat. At least in Prohibition, when booze was illegal in the U.S.A., people were wanting to buy it in droves, there was a huge demand for the stuff. There is not going to be an underground or a black market in something that few people want to eat.
So, a federal meat inspector could be conceivably called in and asked to inspect this supposed dog meat being butchered before it was sold or whatever, to the public. Interesting, but how many federal meat inspectors, often growing up with Rover, are even going to agree to inspect such meat? Dream on.
It turns out the four frozen dogs in the restaurant were coyotes, totally illegal by the way and and when this was found out, the place closed down. Bye, bye the business.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canine-carcasses-at-edmonton-restaurant-were-coyotes-1.382176
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/okbcwf/conversations/messages/2360
Just because, technically speaking, one could ask a federal meat inspector to inspect a dog…for eating dog meat, does not mean that it is going to happen.
That is like saying because there are no laws on the books about eating ferrets, parrots, budgies, pet rats, chinchillas…that people are going to rush up to some federal meat inspector and ask them to inspect so that they can have hamster for a meat source.
Some people said they were going to boycott Canada until this practice is stopped. Better boycott the U.S.A. because some Native peoples still eat dog meat on occasion on certain reservations.
“It’s not a food that is normally sold in America, we frown upon it. The only way you can legally obtain dog meat in America is if you either, hunt wild dog. You’ll have to comply with state hunting regulations for that. You can also legally obtain dog meat on some Indian reservations.”
“In the US Under current laws it is illegal to publicly buy or publicly sell dog meat for human consumption….However depending on the laws of the State in which you reside it may be completely legal for a person to eat dog meat provided the animal was harvested in a human manner..
The eating of dog meat is more common in the US than most people think,many ethnic groups consider dog meat to be a delicacy..
There are numerous States that have an open hunting season on coyotes(wild dogs) in which if a person chooses to eat the animal it is completely legal..!!”
https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121021212025AAvqR2Z
Sorry, folks, but I think that we have a tempest in a teapot. Canadians don’t eat Rover for dinner. Just because a federal meat inspector can be technically be called on to inspect dog meat …doesn’t mean that they are doing this or that it happens. Call federal meat inspectors and see what they say. The CBC should have done that one in their interviews at the time. Even a first year journalism student knows that one.
Or as Nelson Fok was quoted earlier on that “He said he isn’t aware of any place that canine meat can be properly inspected.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/dog-meat-legal-health-inspector-says-1.408407
No kidding, obviously he would not be aware of that, because I can’t believe that there are any places where this is done.
If some immigrants illegally serve up coyote or even dog in a restaurant, they will get closed down pretty fast. They won’t get many customers and people would boycott the restaurant.
Yet some people actually believe that Canadians run around eating dog meat. Do people ever research news items when the story is this bizarre to begin with, check many other sources, call up a few meat inspectors to ask about what truly goes on? Of course not, they end up believing things that have a remote chance of happening. By the way, not all immigrants are out there eating dog meat either, a lot grow up in Canada, going to Canadian schools and find out that eating Rover is not what people do in Canada.
Thank you for your comment and research on the issue. Excellent.