SPLNTR :
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month’s Olympics and September’s Paralympics.
Dog is eaten not only by the large Korean community in China’s capital but is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants.
A directive from the Beijing Food Safety Office issued last month ordered Olympic contractor hotels not to provide any dishes made with dog meat and said any canine material used in traditional medicated diets must be clearly labeled.
Concerned that canine dishes might offend animal rights groups and Western visitors, Beijing said restaurants expected to be popular among foreign visitors must stop serving dog meat “to respect the dining customs of different countries.”
The directive “advocated” that all restaurants serving dog suspend it during the Olympics but made no mention of the many popular establishments with donkey on the menu.
Related posts:
- What to see in Beijing in 2 days? HK : I and my wife (60 years, vegetarians) are...
- want a home stay for Olympics in beijing? 5000000000 : Welcome to beijing for Olympics. Too expensive for...
- Will flight or hotel prices increase after the Olympics? Jason B : I am currently staying in Singapore and...
- in the LONG RUN, will the Beijing Olympics benefit Beijing at all? Yukidaruma1278 : In other words, how will the Beijing Olympics...
- What do you think of China telling restaraunts to take dog off the menu during the Olympics? dudefromnewmexico666 : Restaurants and hotels in the Chinese capital have...
{ 2 comments }
As someone who loves dogs, I have known about this for years. I’ve heard about the abuse the animals may suffer. I know dog meat is somewhat of a delicacy in certain countries. It does disturb me to a certain point, especially the mention of “donkey”.
I also understand that Beijing is going out of their way to appease Western countries for the Olympics, but after the Olympics is over, they’ll go back to their old ways.
I caution you and all persons not to judge them to harshly..for one day you may be eating something you would not touch now….Americans have been veery spoiled ! ! China has always been a poor country…There have been rich people ..but not the masses like america..the Chinese have been ruled by emperors,dictators who took from the poor and gave very little back..This is why the Communists were succesful..they were willing to share.. In much of the Far East countries dogs are used in the same food frame as pigs here.. We eat with relish food they look down on….like Muslims will not eat pig..