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| And we thought Vick was brutal. Indian City council member says ship dogs to Korea! |
| 2007-08-17 |
| I'm not real up on my Indian news, but I thought the Hindus respected *all* animal life, just putting cows above the others. I guess not! NEW DELHI - New Delhi's stray dogs lead a difficult life. (better than in N. Korea) But if it was up to one city councilor, they would find themselves in more hot water — soup to be precise. Shipping the thousands of strays to Korea, where dog meat is widely consumed in soup, was one of the more outlandish ideas proposed at a city council meeting to deal with the problem, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Thursday. Probably not so "outlandish" to those who are barely scraping by on tree bark and grass soups. None of the ideas — from the aforementioned Korean plan to drugging the canines so they sleep through the day — are likely to be implemented anytime soon. Instead, the council chairman asked the presumably more responsible veterinary department to come up with a workable plan. *snicker* The veterinary department is more responsible than the City Council, LOL! Sounds awfully familiar to here. Tens of thousands of strays live in New Delhi. Many are often cared for by people in the areas they live, but some become aggressive, and bites and rabies are a problem. Efforts to sterilize them have been largely unsuccessful. City councilor Mohan Prashad Bharadwaj said he had read that Koreans are fond of dog meat and "maybe we can send all the stray dogs of Delhi there," the paper quoted him as saying. A soup with dog meat called boshintang is popular in Korea, especially on the three hot "dog days" of summer on the lunar calendar. (I'ma bettin' that right now, the NKor's would eat it on the other 362 days of the year also) The traditional belief is that dog meat helps boost stamina and virility, but activists regularly criticize the practice and call for bans on eating dog meat. City officials could not immediately be reached for comment. They were too busy chuckling amongst themselves about the matter. |
| Posted by:BA |
| #5 You've never smelled dog crap until you've smelled it from a dog fed on curry and chapatis. Jeebus, just reading that gives me the heebie-jeebies. Feeding my wolf-hybrid some cheese produces emanations that simultaneously violate multiple sections of the Geneva Conventions. Curry and chapatis? Geddouddahere! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-17 20:39 |
| #4 Most of the stray dogs I saw in Bangalore (I doubt New Delhi is any different) looked like they were near starvation. I suppose it depends on the neighborhood, in Muslim 'hoods the dogs are SOL, same with the slums. But in your middle middle-class 'hood, quite a few of the dogs are rather plump, as the people feed them. You've never smelled dog crap until you've smelled it from a dog fed on curry and chapatis. Also, it depends on how well the garbage is handled for any given area, which in India can be a wide variable. |
| Posted by: Natural Law 2007-08-17 18:44 |
| #3 Most of the stray dogs I saw in Bangalore (I doubt New Delhi is any different) looked like they were near starvation. It would take a lot of them to make a decent meal. Of course, the North Koreans would probably be glad for anything. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-08-17 15:48 |
| #2 Industrially processing the stray dogs for food would be one helluva a lot more humane than what Vick was doing to his animals. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-17 13:50 |
| #1 Shipping the thousands of strays to Korea, where dog meat is widely consumed in soup... Except, there are millions of stray dogs in New Delhi alone. They'd make a great cash crop, if you could catch them and clean (not wash) them without the peasants revolting. The Dog Catchers are routinely chased by residents that like the dogs. They are some mangy curs too! The dogs that is, but, some of the residents too. |
| Posted by: Natural Law 2007-08-17 13:22 |