SoylentNews

Taiwan Bans the Slaughter of Cats and Dogs for Human Consumption

posted by mrpg on Thursday April 13 2017, @10:10AM   
from the what-about-bears dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39573426

Taiwan's parliament has approved a bill banning the slaughter of cats and dogs for human consumption. The bill also prohibits those using a car or motorbike from pulling their pets alongside them on a lead as they travel. Anyone caught breaching the order faces a large fine or up to two years in prison - and having their names and photographs made public.

The measures were introduced to improve the country's animal protection laws. The move on Tuesday is a landmark amendment to Taiwan's Animal Protection Act, and is the first of its kind in Asia.

Taiwan had already banned the sale of meat and fur from cats and dogs in 2001.

---

Original Submission

• Re:"Warms the body" Re:"Warms the body" (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 13 2017, @07:38PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 13 2017, @07:38PM (#493584)

  cats and dogs are way smarter than cows.
  I would also guess that cats are smarter than pigs (and dogs), but I don't know about comparing dogs with pigs.

  As an aside, the latest research says cats are just as smart as dogs: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38665057. [bbc.com]
  I think that's bullshit and I believe that cats are smarter than dogs, but I'll at least allow these people to voice their opinion...

  Parent

• Re:"Warms the body" (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday April 13 2017, @07:53PM

  by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Thursday April 13 2017, @07:53PM (#493593) Journal

  When you get past "smart" and into the nitty gritty, social intelligence is important. There's also problem solving, language.

  This is supposedly the smartest dog:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(dog) [wikipedia.org]

  Here's something:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intelligence_of_Dogs [wikipedia.org]

  There is some criticism of the mirror test [wikipedia.org], which dogs fail.

  --
  [SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]

  Parent

• Re:"Warms the body" (Score: 2) by driverless on Friday April 14 2017, @10:23AM

  by driverless (4770) on Friday April 14 2017, @10:23AM (#493897)

  cats and dogs are way smarter than cows.

  You obviously haven't met my cat then. There are as yet undiscovered species of plants in the jungles of Borneo that could out-think my cat.

  Parent