Otters and Science News: SKINNING AND BLOWTORCHING DOGS ALIVE AT MEAT MARKETS - A CULINARY TRADITION IN INDONESIA AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES

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PLEASE WATCH VIDEOS CENSORED BY THE DAILY MAIL

I posted this article on September 23. I have updated it so that you can watch these videos where CONSCIOUS DOGS ARE BLOWTORCHED ALIVE.

Unless people can actually see with their own eyes the excruciating torture these angelic animals endure at the hands of humans in Asia, there cannot be enough OUTRAGE to stop it. Tourists are still flocking to those countries, and we are still doing business with them.

PLEASE WATCH THESE VIDEOS AND ADVOCATE FOR SOME EFFECTIVE ACTION FOR THOSE GOVERNMENTS TO COMPLETELY OUTLAW THESE CRIMES.

SIGN the petition but only as a starting point for more effective action.

Online petitions alone are often ignored and sometimes used to divert public outrage towards something harmless to the countries involved. You think you are doing something, but you are in fact being duped into doing nothing.

Talk to your government representatives and international animal welfare organizations. Respectfully write to embassies of countries that engage in this practice.
Something more needs to be done, perhaps in the area of international trade to make those governments pay attention.

Click on Read More further on and watch those censored videos.

Cultural Asian tradition: Skinned and then blowtorched alive in INDONESIA - According to Asian tradition they taste better that way because the stress hormones released during torture add to the flavor.

Look at the way customers leisurely shop in the background, indifferent to the suffering going on just a few steps away

Cultural and moral relativists tell us that we have no right to criticize other cultures, that there is no good or bad culture, that it's all relative, and that judging other countries' customs is a sign of bias, racism, and worse.

Continue reading and learn more about the torture of cats and dogs at food markets in Asia.

So when we see how Muslim countries behave towards children, women, and animals, we are told not to be judgmental. And those who dare to criticize Islam's abuses are characterized as Islamophobics.

China is the second biggest economy, so everyone kowtows to it. Even political leaders who claim to uphold high moral standards have for decades turned their eyes away from human and animal abuses committed there because their economies depend so much on trade with that country. Using jailed dissidents as sources for organ transplants has been widely denounced by a few activists, to no avail. The practice continues to this day.

Top human rights organizations choose to repeatedly condemn Israel while they play down abuses perpetrated in the rest of the world. Activists do the same thing. They use their time and energy to demonize Israel, while ignoring horrendous crimes against humans and animals just because they aren't being perpetrated by Jews.

The West is mired in willful blindness when it comes to abuses committed in non-Western countries

This chart represents Amnesty International tweets sorted according to subject of concern just a few weeks ago. As you can see, issues in Israel dominate their attention

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.ca/2015/08/amnestys-twitter-obsession-with-israel_7.html#.VgNRl8pRGM8

Amnesty International seems to be particularly sensitive to anything that can lead to criticism of Israel, while they barely touch other topics in countries where the most unspeakable crimes go on ignored by the rest of the world. Criticism of Israel, by the way, is based on reports from individuals in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority, and are not properly verified.

The European Union is boycotting Israel. Not Saudi Arabia. Not Iraq. Not Syria But Israel. The world's outrage depends on ideology and each country's and organization's particular bias - not the gravity of each situation.

Read more about the ongoing organ harvesting in China. The extraction takes place while the involuntary donor is still alive:

THE STAR - REPORT ON ORGAN HARVESTING

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a sad puppy face =(

One of the victims

THE VIDEOS

From BareNakedIslam.com

They feel the pain all through the ordeal that usually starts with dognapping from a loving pet owner, a long trip with no food and water to the dog market, then being bound and clubbed into unconsciousness, from which they wake up while they are being skinned and then blowtorched alive.
How can any country call itself civilized while doing this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbUkGJJw-Io&feature=player_embedded

DOG BEING CLUBBED INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS
FOR MEAT IN INDONESIA (0.35 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt_OZLmRAyM&feature=player_embedded

DOGS BLOWTORCHED ALIVE

NOTICE how they need to keep on clubbing the tortured animal because he is still conscious, moving, and reacting to the pain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL7J1nsK4E8&feature=player_embedded

THE DAILY MAIL ARTICLE

The torture of dogs and cats during slaughter as practiced in China and other Asian countries has been well known for decades.

Some media regularly publish articles detailing the excruciating suffering inflicted on animals as part of Asian culture.

And yet, there is still not an effective organized plan that will economically motivate those governments to clamp down on this cruel activity. Online petitions alone won't do.

There could be a well-organized and publicized campaign to advise tourists not to visit countries that perpetrate such inhumane treatment on innocent and defenseless animals. Or buy products imported from there.

Some organizations go as far as to rescue a tiny number among the millions of cats and dogs that undergo torture.

It's good PR for the animal organizations, but they make absolutely no difference because every rescued animal is replaced by another that will suffer torture in his place.

The Daily Mail has been particularly good at reporting this kind of animal abuse. So here is their account of what humans do to cats and dogs in Indonesia and other Asian countries, as they prepare them to be served as food.

As you see on pictures, the dead animals' grimace of pain reflects how they endured the burning fully conscious before dying. These practices are legal or tolerated in countries such as China, South Korea, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and others.

Skinned and blowtorched alive. The cruel slaughter of millions of dogs and cats in Indonesia, China, and other Asian countries.

Daily Mail - The overpowering stench of charred skin wafts through the 'meat section' of Tomohon market, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

As flies buzz around the carcasses of dogs, cats, pigs and snakes which are strewn across the blood-stained floor, two teenage girls pick out the dog they want for dinner.

The emaciated dogs cower from the lasso of a slaughterhouse worker who reaches into the metal cage they have been trapped in for days - without food or water.

Their eyes widen with fear as he yanks another pup out by its neck and clubs it over the head until it lies motionless on the ground.

The dog looks dead but dreadful footage, shot only this week, shows the animal frantically kicking out as the market worker fires up a blowtorch and burns it to death.

This dog was among the 'hundreds of thousands' of strays and pets which are inhumanely slaughtered every year to supply Indonesia's dog meat trade, animal protection groups claim

The heartbreaking video, and equally disturbing photographs, were taken by Rupert Imhoff, a research officer at the Bob Irwin Wildlife and Conservation Foundation, who flew to northern Sulawesi after he heard that dogs were being beaten and burned to death.

He saw other domestic animals such as cats and rabbits - as well as wild bats, jungle rats, pigs and snakes - suffering the same gruesome fate.

MailOnline has even seen disturbing footage which shows market workers cutting open a cat which had two unborn kittens inside.

Many of the dogs who end up in slaughterhouses are strays and pets. Dog snatchers on motorbikes lasso them around the neck and speed off, according to the Say No To Dog Meat charity.

Some dogs are captured while their owners are walking them, and a rare few are bought from poor villagers for 'a few dollars'.

Many Indonesian street dogs are accustomed to people, who feed them regularly, and do not run away from dog snatchers.

They are then tied up and crammed into wire cages which are transported to Tomohon under cover of darkness, before the market opens at 6am.

They get neither food nor water as they are transported over long distances to the dog market.

Hunters often tie the dogs legs up behind their backs - which can dislocate their shoulders - and bind their mouths shut so they cannot bite.

The animals Rupert saw were visibly distressed when they arrived at the slaughterhouse at around dawn, and many looked in dire need of food and water.

One by one, they were lassoed around the neck, dragged out of the cage and clubbed over the head while they dangled from their necks in mid-air.

People do this for a living, and others buy and eat these animals knowing full well the torture they endured. They don't care. They don't have any empathy/ They feel nothing.

With the other dogs watching in terror, the slaughterhouse worker threw the animal to the ground and torched it.

Rupert noticed some of the dogs writhing frantically as they flames scorched their bodies, but found it hard to say whether it was because they were alive or whether it was their corpse's reaction to the intense heat.

A local trader told him they are often alive - but unconscious - when they are burned alive.

The exact number of dogs and cats in the country's meat trade is unclear but the Jakarta Aid Network claims more than 200,000 are slaughtered every year.

Although dog meat consumption is legal in the country, an 'increasing number' of Indonesians are outraged at the cruel way the animals are treated.

These lovable bunnies will suffer the same fate as the cats and dogs.

Skinned and burned alive.

Families celebrating a birthday or special occasion would go to these markets and buy a dog.

Rupert saw people of all ages, from young girls and twenty-somethings to middle-aged couples and pensioners, picking which live animals they wanted slaughtered.

The meat traders mostly sell the dogs whole for around 250,000 Indonesian rupiah, around £13, although customers can ask for a specific part.

A large section of the market is devoted to selling fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices which can be used to make special Indonesian dog dishes such as rica-rica.

The popular dish, which is even sold to holidaymakers on the tourist island of Bali, is made with ground red and green chilli peppers, shallots, garlic, ginger and a pinch of salt and sugar - cooked in coconut oil.

Rupert, who has spent years investigating and exposing animal cruelty around the world, described the slaughter as the one of the 'most violent acts' he has ever witnessed.

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Photo provided by BareNakedIslam.com

He told MailOnline: 'There was a complete lack of empathy and compassion towards the animals.

'They would scream in terror as the trader lassoed it inside the cage and continued screaming until the moment they're clubbed unconscious.

'Dogs are socially intelligent animals that crave companionship so it was disturbing to see meat traders killing the chosen ones in full view of still-caged animals metres away.'

'Of course the thought crossed my mind to buy them all and release them.

'But being by myself, running short on time, alone in the jungle with only a motorbike for transportation there would be no realistic way I could guarantee their protection.

'Without proper planning and extra help they will simply end up back in the hands of the dog meat traders.'

A petition calling on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to ban the 'pet meat trade' altogether has reached just under 16,000 of its 25,000 target signatures.

Eating dog meat is associated with the Minahasa culture of northern Sulawesi and the Bataks of northern Sumatra, where dog meat is reserved for special occasions such as weddings and Christmas.

The trade is 'not about tradition or cultural practices,' according to Michele Brown, the founder of Say No To Dog Meat.

She said: 'It is also an insult to all the thousands of wonderful Indonesian animal lovers who are appalled by the lack of accountability which animal abusers are allowed to operate within.

Moreover, Michele said the conditions in which the animals are slaughtered are incredibly unhygienic and could spread disease.

Excruciating: The market also sells bats (pictured), which are slammed against trees and have their wings cut off before they too are torched alive.

Source

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3243481/Knocked-club-blowtorched-ALIVE-hundreds-thousands-dogs-cats-cruelly-slaughtered-meat-Indonesian-markets.html

With footage by Rupert Imhoff

http://www.bobirwinwildlife.com/

Extra videos from
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/09/25/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window-indonesian-muslims-will-be-having-him-for-dinner-tonight-2/

VIDEO - PET DOGS HELD IN CAGES IN MARKET BEFORE BEING KILLED