There is currently a big debate about Critical Race Theory (CRT) – an academic framework which examines race and racism. It’s a very complicated issue but advocates of CRT link animal welfare and/or the lack of it with their theories. And therefore, to discuss race and racism and CRT is indirectly to discuss animal …
The dog and cat meat trade in Cambodia is thriving as it is in China and other Far Eastern countries. There is, however, a slight awakening towards the immorality, as I would describe it, of this business. There are green shoots as they say of a different relationship between these companion animals and the …
I’ll start of this discussion – and it is no more than a discussion as this is my opinion – by quoting Dr Bruce Fogle DVM from his book Complete Cat Care. He says this about cat declawing: Declawing cats is a cultural issue – In some countries cats routinely have their nails removed …
Have you – living in the West – ever visited Chinese websites such as Weibo? It’s worth doing. It is like going to the Moon or Mars. It is a different world and difficult to fathom. You can translate the website but the translation is poor. This adds to the strangeness of the experience. …
Maneki-neko literally means “beckoning cat”. It is a popular good luck charm placed at the entrance of businesses or homes to welcome good luck into the building. You’ve no doubt seen them if you have visited Japan and you see them in Chinatowns but apparently it is Japanese in origin. It is a very …
CHINA-NEWS AND COMMENT: It is reported that many young Chinese are “lying flat” – a new resistance movement. It means that they have given up on the usual aspirations of following a career path and have decided to ‘lie flat’. It is a phrase which appeals to me because it creates a visual image …
She deliberately does several things to make her videos interesting or shocking depending upon your point of view. She juxtaposes her prettiness, her glossy red lips and delicate hands with the gruesome, dark, grilled remains of whole domestic cats, dog’s legs, snakes, frogs, turtles and any other wild animal she can get her hands …
The Japanese are arguably obsessed with cuteness and mascots but in the nicest possible way. This particular mascot is both cute and functional. In addition to handing out free face coverings the mascot also reminds Tokyo’s residents to keep socially distanced, all in the furtherance of mitigating the spread of this disease. It is …
