Majority of Chinese are Against Eating Dog and Cat Meat, Most Want the Yulin Festival Banned
By Dominick Mezzapesa
Recently opinion poll has shown that in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe and America, eating dog and cat meat is abhorrently cruel, and moral deprived behavior. The slaughtering and eating of dog and cat meat is becoming a form of defiant protest for those participating in the festival.
With increasing pressure to close down the Yulin Dog meat eating festival the poll shows how China's backward thinking maybe changing to a more modern and humane way of thinking toward dogs and cats.
In a recent article published in the Chinese Communist Newspaper "The Peoples Daily" 64% of the over 30,000 Chinese that took place in the newspaper poll responded that it was morally wrong for the Chinese people to eat dog meat.
Some of the highlights of the poll are:
Recently opinion poll has shown that in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe and America, eating dog and cat meat is abhorrently cruel, and moral deprived behavior. The slaughtering and eating of dog and cat meat is becoming a form of defiant protest for those participating in the festival.
With increasing pressure to close down the Yulin Dog meat eating festival the poll shows how China's backward thinking maybe changing to a more modern and humane way of thinking toward dogs and cats.
In a recent article published in the Chinese Communist Newspaper "The Peoples Daily" 64% of the over 30,000 Chinese that took place in the newspaper poll responded that it was morally wrong for the Chinese people to eat dog meat.
Some of the highlights of the poll are:
- 58% of the people thought the slaughter of dogs brought on psychological problems for women and children, as well as the community.
- 64% of the people would back legislation to outlaw the practice of eating dog meat. Only 24% thought it was wrong to outright ban dog meat eating.
- Most agreed that dogs had a different bond with humans than chickens, ducks, cows, sheep and other animals that are traditionally raised as a food source.
- A majority of those polled believed that the Yulin Dog Meat Eating festival had a negative impact on the perception of China in the United States, Europe and other developed countries.