Wednesday, January 27, 2010

China enters the modern world?

You know the world has gone crazy when China, where every critter big or small is fair game, considers banning the human consumption of cat and dog meat.

What will be next? Lead-free toys? Untainted prescription products, baby food and toothpaste? One can only hope.

Chinese legal experts call for ban on eating cats and dogs: Widespread and ancient practice of eating dog meat increasingly distasteful for China's growing affluent, pet-loving middle class.

(Photo: Caged cats after being rescued by China Small Animal Protection Association from a market in in Beijing where cats are traded for meat and fur. Photograph: AP)

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