She opened a shelter and tries to save as many dogs as she can. She made a documentary. There's a trailer on youtube. I had to stop watching at 28 seconds. Terrible.

I cannot watch the live videos either.

Veal is sad.
Chickens stuck inside their whole life

We don’t need to go to China to find animal cruelty

Yes I have heard and seen pictures of China's dog meat festival. It breaks my heart.

(There's more I'd like to say but I'd be accused of things.)

Then why would you differentiate people from animals?
We're just a different animal. Do we
deserves protection over other animals? Other primates?
Would you differentiate bonobos or mountain gorillas?

You're a vegan, I would guess. That's a strong stance that I've failed to employ, so the 2nd, lesser evil choice in my mind is to differentiate. I feel sad feeding red meat to my dogs, but I do. I feel less sad about the chicken. But also am sad for the little mouse my husband caught in a trap. At least it wasn't an F'n glue trap.

I'm all over the place here, so I'll shut up.

Just because you cause some suffering to animals doesn’t make it OK to cause thousands of times more suffering.

Veganism is not about being perfect. It’s about reducing the suffering one causes animals as much as possible. When you go vegan, you avoid causing the torture and killing of hundreds of animals each year. That is not undone by killing a fly or a nasty-looking spider.

seem incredibly hypocritical. I often wonder if the poster of such a post eats pigs and chickens. No one who pays hard-earned money to support the torture and killing of pigs, cows, and chickens is in any position to criticize other countries for torturing and eating dogs, cats, or horses.

If you care about animals, first look at your own actions. Stop eating animals. Stop paying for their exploitation. You will find, after just a few weeks, that you feel more peaceful and in harmony with nature than you ever have. And you will know that no matter what horrible things may be happening out there, at least you are not a part of it.

It could lead to someone becoming a vegetarian. Your post is so rude.

I should add I do eat a hamburger very rarely, which I feel guilty about and am trying to stop. But reading about animals only brings me more solidly to not eat any animal.

Feeling guilty does nothing for animals. It only makes you feel better about yourself. You support the torture and slaughter of an innocent animal who wanted to be free; you enjoy your burger; then you talk online about how guilty you felt to distinguish yourself as superior to everyone else who ate a hamburger today.

This is the vegan, vegetarian and animal rights forum, and the vast majority of the threads are about dogs, cats, and whales. After years of watching it without saying anything, I finally decide I’ve had enough of the hypocrisy, and I’m criticized by a non-vegan for being rude!

There is nothing rude about pointing out hypocrisy. Anyone who is driven to keep supporting the torture and killing of animals because of my post is just trying to shift the responsibility for their actions onto others.

It’s not that hard to say no to exploitation and suffering. If you really want to do the right thing, you will do it.