Something I wish I hadn't seen

[Keith Oates]

During my ride yesterday I heard a dog 'screaming in pain' up ahead. When I got there a man ( with family and young children watching) had a wire around the dogs neck and was twisting it tight to make a vain stand out and then slash it with a knife so the dog would bleed to death. The dog was obviously bound for the pot. I know we all eat meat (well most of us) but seeing that being done to a dog was not nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Maz]

Ooof, not sure I like the sound of that! Is this quite a common thing to see out on the street of Vietnam?

 

[Keith Oates]

I don't know Maz, but it's the first time I've seen it like that anywhere in Asia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[domtyler]

Yeah, I think they do this round the back of Asda's too.

 

[Maz]

Yeah, I think they do this round the back of Asda's too.

...and as for Netto, well...their frozen hotdogs...

 

[Wolf04]

As you say not nice to see. I'm a great believer in if your willing to eat it you should be willing to kill and butcher it. Over the years I've eaten fish, chicken and rabbit that I killed and prepared but seeing an animal that we would keep as a pet suffering would be upsetting to almost anyone. Hope you don't happen upon this again.

 

[domtyler]

As you say not nice to see. I'm a great believer in if your willing to eat it you should be willing to kill and butcher it. Over the years I've eaten fish, chicken and rabbit that I killed and prepared but seeing an animal that we would keep as a pet suffering would be upsetting to almost anyone. Hope you don't happen upon this again.

Well if you really are a wolf you should be used to this kind of thing shouldn't you?

 

[Origamist]

Well if you really are a wolf you should be used to this kind of thing shouldn't you?

I'd be concerned if you started eating peds, like your avatar...

 

[domtyler]

I'd be concerned if you started eating peds, like your avatar...

Well, if that's you in yours then I would like to eat your liver and spleen, fried with shallots and accompanied by a nice Malbec, thewp thewp thewp thewp thewp.

 

[jely]

ew sorry you had to witness that - it's horrible... but i guess if you're not raised with keeping dogs as pets then it would be like watching a steer being slaughtered, which is what we used to do when i was growing up...

although, it was sad when our pet milking cow died ... we didn't eat her though... (or at least mum told us we didn't ).

 

[Perry]

Ahh man that sounds tough.

 

[Landslide]

As you say not nice to see. I'm a great believer in if your willing to eat it you should be willing to kill and butcher it. Over the years I've eaten fish, chicken and rabbit that I killed and prepared but seeing an animal that we would keep as a pet suffering would be upsetting to almost anyone. Hope you don't happen upon this again.

I'm not sure the pet aspect would worry me greatly, but the way Keith describes it it sounds like the guy wasn't doing a great job of humanely slaughtering fido.

 

[Wolf04]

Well if you really are a wolf you should be used to this kind of thing shouldn't you?

I'm more of a sheep in wolf's clothing

 

[Twenty Inch]

ew sorry you had to witness that - it's horrible... but i guess if you're not raised with keeping dogs as pets then it would be like watching a steer being slaughtered, which is what we used to do when i was growing up...

although, it was sad when our pet milking cow died ... we didn't eat her though... (or at least mum told us we didn't ).

Yeah, we used to know our Sunday dinner by name too.

 

[jely]

i would have seriously considered becoming a vegetarian if mum had asked how Daisy had tasted after the meal... mind you, most likely just a serious consideration and that's it.