Dog meat banned from menus of China's Olympic restaurants

I may have been fed dog at a Chinese restaurant once. It was ruff ruff.

How people can serve man's best friend on a plate next to noodles is beyond me...

Dude, the Chinese will eat practically ANYTHING...

What's the problem with people eating things that others would never eat.
Porc, dogs, seafood, cats, frog legs, rats, insects, testicles, brain....
I'm sure that we can add quite a few more items to this list.

I have a cousin who would never touch horse meat and I absolutely love it.
I've tried everything in the above list except cats, dogs and rats and that's just because I've never had the opportunity.
I've even eaten jellyfish and chicken feet.

Live, let live and tolerance, as long as they're not cannibals or eating endangered species.

I personally wouldn't eat dog, but whatever. Most peoples taboos are culturally ingrained, if you grow up with somthing that is acceptable in your culture then it is acceptable to you. The aim here is to protect tourists who may not know what they are getting when they order a dish.
Ther are alot of other things they eat in China that seem weird to us, varieties of deep fried insects, Dog Brain soup, Grubs and sea snakes. While all are gross to us, it's everyday fare for them.

When I lived in Asia, I ate all sorts of things North Americans would find strange. Many Asians find peanut butter gross and cheese (especially pungent ones like Parmesan) disgusting, so it goes both ways. I can't even imagine what they would think of haggis if ever given the opportunity to eat that.

Different strokes for different folks.

Mmmmmmmm....haggis.

It dosent go both ways. I dont name my cheese or take it for a walk. This is sick, who the hell in there right mind eats a dog????. Culture or not its sickiening to me.


Just my 2cents

I get the different cultures thing. Here's what I don't get. We Canadians are supposed to have one of those culture things right? So why do we have to go to the puppy-eaters to design our Olympic mascots, and uniforms? As long, as we're speaking of the Olympics I mean, like the article above.

Dog in Asia is treated the same way as cows/pigs here, raised on farms. It's not like you bring Fido in for dinner and go home with only a leash. What's the difference between a cow or pig and a chicken? Not much IMHO, yet most of us seem fine eating one and not the other. Jules from Pulp Fiction might disagree with me though...

I've never eaten dog for the record, but I have nothing against those who want to. I've got Korean friends who swear it is the best meat on the planet. To me, a dog is just a smaller pig/cow/chicken.

I've raised goats for 4H, named them, walked them for showmanship competitions, and then ate them in a burger at the end of the year - being anonymous isn't the defining characteristic of what animals are acceptable to be eaten.

Maybe you can appreciate how vegetarians feel now.

Pretty well everything that has ever lived on this planet
has been eaten, at one time or another, by some other species.

In Japan, they make fun of Koreans and Chinese for eating dog,
but are not repulsed by the practise.
Besides I've eaten raw horse in Japan, and some pretty weird
things from the ocean.

Dog in Asia is treated the same way as cows/pigs here, raised on farms. It's not like you bring Fido in for dinner and go home with only a leash. What's the difference between a cow or pig and a chicken? Not much IMHO, yet most of us seem fine eating one and not the other. Jules from Pulp Fiction might disagree with me though...

I've never eaten dog for the record, but I have nothing against those who want to. I've got Korean friends who swear it is the best meat on the planet. To me, a dog is just a smaller pig/cow/chicken.

Lol Im not against people who want to eat it, I just think its disgusting thats all. The difference is that cows and pigs and chicken are raised for that a purpose, a dog is not raised to be eaten in asia as far as I know but based on what your saying perhaps I am incorrect. Do they have "Dog Farms" in Asia?

I've raised goats for 4H, named them, walked them for showmanship competitions, and then ate them in a burger at the end of the year - being anonymous isn't the defining characteristic of what animals are acceptable to be eaten.

Maybe you can appreciate how vegetarians feel now.


Dont even get me started on vegetarians,what a joke. Goat is not mans best friend! and did you, from day one, bread that goat to eat? as we do cows and chickens and pigs? No you didnt.