"It's Their Destiny"
 
News items on Asian animal abuse 
 
18th March 2004 
 
South Australia bans dog eating / Cat "culling" in Israel
 
Dear Friends
 
Our apologies for the tardiness of the first news item below. We believe however that it's better to hear good news late rather than not at all. The following is from SBS News (Australia), 27/2/04.
 
NEW LAWS PASSED BANNING CAT AND DOG EATING
South Australia's parliament has passed a bill making it illegal to eat cats and dogs.

The serving of cat and dog in restaurants in the state was already illegal.

But state parliament's upper house has now passed a bill banning the consumption of the animals anywhere.

Under the legislation, any person caught eating a cat or dog can be fined $1,250.

The bill was opposed in the lower house by a Greens MP Kris Hanna, who said the legislation was founded on racism.

Mr Hanna says it plays upon unfounded fears about people from cultures which have different eating habits.
 
 
South Australians have thankfully followed the lead of their countrymen in Victoria by passing legislation to ban a practise that was never considered acceptable in our society. We have little sympathy for Mr Hanna's concerns that the dog eaters are being victimised on racial grounds. An animal abuser is, quite simply, an animal abuser. He can no more excuse his actions on the grounds of race or tradition than can a wife-beater or a cannibal - both of these activities can also claim cultural precedents and histories. Race has little to do with this issue. Dog and cat eating is a matter of indoctrination and superstition, not culture.
 
 
The second item has nothing to do with Asia, but is an expose of the treatment of stray cats in Israel. Although at ITD our concentration is unashamedly focused on the torture and consumption of companion animals, our colleagues at the Cat Welfare Society of Israel brought this to our attention and we knew that it would be of concern to the majority of our members and supporters. Please visit their website at http://www.cats.org.il/eng/index.html. Those of you using dial-up connections may prefer to see their video in lower resolution on ITD's site ("More Abusers" from the menu, then "Israel").
 
 
Our continued thanks to all of you for caring.
From all the team at ITD
 
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