As a few of you know I live in the Philippines and am very active in the animal welfare movement concentrating on the native cats and dogs. Last night a local TV station featured the slaughter of stray/feral cats to be eaten as a side dish in a drinking session. It is common to see men hang around small kiosks drinking beer with a required "pulutan". Dog meat was the common "snack" but the eating of dog is against the law and thankfully it is being enforced more than in the past. Now it seems the drunkards have resorted to cats.
What made it worse, they interviewed a "sociologist/anthropologist" and he said eating exotic food is healthy.
Man, in times like this, it feels like I am fighting a lost cause.
If any of you have Filipino-American acquaintances, please ask them to write to their families at home and help stop this terrible practice. You love cats - please help protect them wherever they are!
Man, in times like this, it feels like I am fighting a lost cause.
If any of you have Filipino-American acquaintances, please ask them to write to their families at home and help stop this terrible practice. You love cats - please help protect them wherever they are!