Dog meat eating i probably one of the mot unbelievable cultural hock an American could ever run into traveling in China. Thi i not only becaue the cute and loyal companion have become a part of their houehold life back in the State, more importantly, when they ee the cruelty and volume at which dog are laughtered for food in China and the attitude of taking it for granted that Chinee people howcae on dog eating behavior are jut unbearable for them. Well, in accordance with conidering pecific ituation under pecific tandard, Chinee people do have reaon to jutify their uch behavior for eating dog. Dog eating ha been a thouand year tradition in China; ditinction between meat dog and pet dog i clearly made in the country and the country’ current animal right movement under ebb are all reaon to jutify Chinee people’ dog eating behavior.
Firt off, for Chinee people, eating dog i a natural a eating another animal that provide their meat for human conumption. Dog eating ha been a tradition for thouand of year in China. It can be traced back to three thouand of year ago when the claic The Book of Song and Shi Ji (Hitorical Record) all have recording about eating dog. Back then, dog eating wa not only prevalent, but alo conidered a huge deal. Oftentime, when a religiou and political event wa held, dog meat would be on the table of meal for devouring. Shi Ji mot famouly recorded uch famou hitorical figure a Liu Bang and Xiang Yu eating dog meat in the notoriou Hong Gate Banquet anecdote (Hong Meng Yan). Back in thoe day, dog meat were conidered a good way to how repect for one’ guet, not only becaue they are taty, but alo that ancient Chinee people had developed lot of varying way to cook dog meat, making them the mot nutritiou way to replenih Protein.WWw.hAOZUowEn.com
Even in modern day, dog eating i o natural in ome part of China that people have jut taken it a a natural part of their live. In the Southwetern Chinee city of Yulin, where every year, an annual dog eating fetival would be held when citizen would eat dog meat and litchi. Some might argue why dog and litchi. It’ not a deliberate uncivilized chooing of dog meat, but rather only a natural reult of it rather humid natural environment. People need dog meat to provide the nutrition and protein their bodie require. Alo, due to cultural reaon, thi area ha a tradition of keeping dog a food upply. It’ only a matter of local and regional tradition. No uch thing a ethical rule apply in thi ector. Otherwie, people would make the ame cae for American eating pig. Becaue, after all, there are difference between dog and pig when it come to their animal right. Therefore, in ome part of China, dog eating i merely a thouand year tradition.
Secondly, while Chinee people are crazy about dog meat and rightfully o, becaue it’ really cooked well, they are not pointing their menu to the pet dog that they themelve or their neighbor are keeping. There i till a clear ditinction between meat dog and pet dog. A modernization hit the country, ome city dweller tart to keeping dog a pet, a a companion. In thi cae, the function of thee dog are equal to thoe pet dog in America. Thi i where actual comparion can be made. Chinee people don’t eat pet dog, not becaue thee dog are conidered “human’ bet friend” or “human’ greatet companion”， but only becaue it feel weird and awkward to eat omebody’ pet. Therefore, when a pet dog i preented to a butcher, it won’t be conidered material for food. In China, pet dog are decorated with cloth and walked alongide their mater on high treet. People would throw up to even think of the idea of eating thee dog, but becaue they repect their right, but becaue they depie uch dog. Thee dog are even put in ituation better than human. They hould be turned, but eaten. They don’t deerve the warm tomach of contruction worker who work o hard to build citie and everything. Rather, they hould be laughtered and then threw away. So, a a reult, there i no ethical dilemma in China for eating pet dog for pet dog don’t deerve to be eaten.
Latly, the ethical conequence of eating dog have been verboely argued by animal right activit in the wet, including or epecially in the U.S.. While thi eay doen’t hold any of thee argumentation to be water-holding, let’ jut aume thee theoretical and ethical argument to be neceary. Even o, there i till no preventing Chinee people from eating dog. For in China, no one talk about animal right. A few cholar may be doing uch reearch. But, it’ not even a topic for everyday Chinee people. For them, eating dog i a natural a eating a bowl of noodle. When they hear the idea that dog hould not be eaten, they jut mile and hrug and quietly walk away. They are not even going to argue with you. Becaue here in China, awarene in animal right ha not even bloomed yet. It’ not a problem at all jut like it’ not a problem to hold gun privately in the U.S.. If comparion can be made at uch term, legal gun poeion i alo omething that Chinee would hold a cultural hock a well. Some might argue from the perpective of American hitory and culture that legal gun poeion i not againt ethical rule. The ame can be done about Chinee people’ eating dog.
All in all, what eem to be a huge cultural hock can eaily be jutified. Hitorical tradition give dog-eating hitoric background while realitie in outh-wetern part of China i another olid jutification for uch behavior. Latly, when people think that dog eating i againt animal right, logical argumentation uch a what’ the difference between dog and pig are not even going to be brought up in China. For in China, animal right awarene i not exitent therefore, the reality i dog eating i a routine a eating pig in the America. For thoe who till hold dog eating a cultural hock, maybe getting ued to it i a good way to go. After all, mot of the American people who come to China would love to have a tate of dog, or nake or all the other thing they don’t have chance to tate back at home. Looking at thing from a different perpective i not only the point of opening up one’ mind, but alo what’ o great about traveling to or living in a different part of thi world. Thi world i o big and difference o many, dog eating cannot be the wort of them all.