by Pam
(UK)
A silver fox. Animals who are skinned alive take up to ten minutes to die.
Please can you support a DOWNING STREET PETITION which is currently on the Downing Street site?
It's to ask the UK government to pressure the Chinese government to introduce animal welfare legislation. It is only up for a few weeks.
The sort of cruelty we are talking about includes
skinning animals for their fur WHILE STILL CONSCIOUS. Beating cats and dogs to death with clubs, as the stress 'makes their meat more tender. Placing animals in appalling conditions in meat markets. Feeding live animals to predators in zoos to entertain the general public!
There is evidence that the pressure is just beginning to have some effect. For example, the Chinese have had to introduce a new character to their language to say 'animal rights' because they got fed up with having to write a whole sentence every time this was mentioned.
I am sorry top upload a distressing picture, but I need to explain why we are doing this, and I am sure you will agree that it is even more distressing for the animal concerned. If you feel strongly about this treatment please support the petition at
petitions.number10.gov.uk/chinacruelty - link no longer works
You must be a British citizen or resident to sign. It doesn't take two minutes.
Please pass these details to as many friends as possible and ask them to sign.
Thank you
Pam
Thanks for this Pam. It is sickening. I will do all I can. Michael Admin
This is a disgrace. China is a first world country. They must wake up
F**k the chinese
F**king disgusting Chinese bastards
Just makes me sick. How could anyone do this. We have no right..
Thanks for the comment and support. I think we have to criticize the Chinese sometimes on their animal welfare record. You can’t avoid it and it is not racist. It is simply criticizing the Chinese for appalling animal abuse. Plain and simple. I am afraid you cannot avoid it because the Chinese government do nothing about it.
This is a shocking photo and something must be done to bring political pressure for change. However, some of the comments here disparaging Chinese and Japanese DO NOT help this cause and bring in unpleasant and unnecessary racist undertones that distract from it. Focus on the matter at hand – pressuring China into introducing animal welfare legislation.
I wish I was a British citizen so I could add my signature to this petition. I will do my best to post the petition’s link at appropriate sites.