A Michael Broad Blog
ANALYSIS-OPINION: Tom Tate the Mayor of the Gold Coast in Australia has been accused of being racist because he went off script at a press conference in Townsville on Monday when he said: “You wouldn’t want to put a Chinese next to someone who’s got a cat, you know. She might be breakfast.” THERE …
This is an update on an article I wrote about Venezuelans eating cats and dogs to survive. I wrote the article in 2017. I wanted to find out whether there have been changes. There has been little change except, perhaps, it’s got worse. The title to this article pretty well sums up the dire …
A friend of mine living in Mumbai says that he has no knowledge of residents eating cat and dog meat. Fair enough. However, the Mumbai Mirror has an article dated 28 Dec 2018 which states that it is certain that Mumbai residents do eat dog meat sometimes and it is suggested that they also …
COMMENT: Some Madagascarans (citizens of the island of Madagascar) eat the family’s pet cat out of convenience. It’s a shocking discovery but when I reflect on it, unsurprising. Cat meat is one of my pet subjects. It’s one of my pet hates, too, but I do recognise the cultural differences between countries. Madagascar is …
NEWS AND VIEWS – OPINION – PLEASE LET ME HEAR YOURS TOO: Four Paws, an animal welfare organisation has investigated the cat meat trade in Vietnam. The Independent newspaper reported it. I don’t know whether you should read it. It is too upsetting. It is too nasty and grisly and unpleasant. Steel yourself, please. …
OPINION PLEASE NOTE – DISAGREE? TELL ME PLEASE: It may surprise people to know that there are 10 countries where cat and dog meat (or cat or dog meat) is still on the menu. Although Taiwan has just banned it which is a good sign that in the Far East there is a gradual …
The words in the title are those of a campaign organised and managed by youngsters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, whose objectives are to change the awareness of Vietnamese people to the fact that eating cat and dog meat is unacceptable in the 21st century. In is nice to report that change is …
Zhuhai a city in China bans cat and dog meat following Shenzhen thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.
