Inside the Chinese Dog Leather Barbaric Industry (video)

Looks like Chinese dog leather industry is no less barbaric than its dog & cat fur industry. Dogs are brutally (but efficiently) bludgeoned to death with a metal stick and then skinned. Bodies are sold for meat and skins are processed into leather subsequently used to manufacture belts, gloves and other leather products sold in North America, Europe and elsewhere.

Can we stop these atrocities? The answer is, unfortunately, ‘No’. Unlike fur (which is a luxury), leather is a necessity. Fur products manufacturers, retailers and buyers care about their reputation and image; the same guys in dog leather industry can not care less. Authorities in China are quite happy – the butchers provide employment, help solve the feral dogs’ problem and possibly even pay taxes. And, frankly, being bludgeoned to death with one skillful blow (two at most) is not the same as being skinned alive.

Therefore, alas, we can do absolutely nothing about it. Only waste our time, effort and possibly money.

Abused Dogs in China (video)

This is another perfect example of a bleeding heart ‘animal rights’ propaganda. Authors of the video created an emotional mess out of four very different issues: (1) brutal culling of feral dogs; (2) dog meat trade; (3) dog leather trade and (4) a virtually non-existent dog fur trade.

Let’s start with dog culling. Apparently, the Chinese animal control officials decided to save on poison and told its ‘death squads’ to just beat the feral dogs with sticks. Or just declared an ‘open season’ on feral dogs giving every citizen the right to kill every feral dog he or she encounters (such things do happen sometimes).

Now that’s a very barbaric (and inefficient) way to solve this problem. They are doing the right thing – killing the feral dogs – using the wrong method. Hence, we must praise the end and criticize the means. And not just criticize, but to offer a much better solution – catch and euthanize on the spot with a lethal injection.

Now the dog meat trade. Dog traders DO NOT take the culled dogs from animal control as it does not fit into their ‘business processes’. They either buy dogs from special ‘meat farms’ or obtain (buy or steal) pet dogs from their owners. These dogs are then force-fed until they gain enough weight to be sold to retailers for dog meat.

In dog leather business, entrepreneurs do not get dead dogs from animal control. They capture stray dogs (or steal/buy pets from owners) and slaughter and process the dogs themselves. In a very efficient manner, actually.

To get things straight, authors of the video should have kept these issues separate and offer solutions for each one. Unfortunately, putting an end to dog meat trade and dog leather business is impossible – the demand is still too high and there is too much money to be made. So any attempts at protesting are a waste of time, money and effort.