Chinese Animal Park Feeds Tigers Live Cattle

China is turning into the Roman Empire. This is wonderful news for the world.

What the hell is this world coming too? Savagery. Pure freaking savagery.

Is there a PETA china ?

I read about this zoo several years ago (it’s been around for a while). I consider it animal cruelty because of its excessiveness, and frankly would want the practice banned. I also thought that some people in China wanted it banned (guess they didn’t succeed).

While I find it disgusting, I have to agree with several of the previous commentators who point out the hypocrisy of denouncing “the Chinese” while being blissfully ignorant of our own societies and practices.

Our notions of “animal rights” are quite modern. Indeed only a few decades ago, in Japan and most of the world, animals could be found live and killed in public markets, and there were shows featuring animal torture (cock-fighting, bull-fighting, etc). Even in modern societies some of these practices continue, and there are many places where animals are sacrificed as part of a religious/cultural ceremony.

Those of use who live in the age of supermarkets and pet-stores do not see the consequences of our actions, but are rather content with our sanitized version of animal cruelty. So long as the the killing is done away from our eyes it is ok, even though it is nonetheless ultimately for our enjoyment. (This isn’t to say that I’m a vegan, I’m a meat lover who often orders chicken with his salad.)

In China, like most of Asia (and farther back Europe), the modern concept of animal rights is only beginning to take root, but awareness is increasing. It’s disgusting to see that some of the commentators have taken the discussion to racist lows. It’s also strange to see that some aren’t aware that most of the developing world treats its animals with lower standards.