The scourge of the skin poachers: Hideous sight of a butchered elephant exposes the sick trade in animals' hides to feed soaring demand in China
象皮收割者之祸:大象被杀可怕景象暴露了兽皮的肮脏交易,竟是为了满足中国市场!
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wouldn't it be poetic justice if an alien race turned up with a liking for yellow skin and odd eyelidsPaulReply toBarry
@Pete .... i could not agree more. Ghandi once said, "you can tell a lot about a nation by the way they treat their animals." China is undoubtedely the vilest nation on planet earth by a considerable distance ! If you are reading this and Chinese and disagree or are offended by this statement.... please for the love of God do something about this, please. i urge people to boycott Chinese goods until they sort out their cruelty towards animals and their own people, simply do a bit of research on the make of a good when considering buying something. If you have a choice of a non Chinese, go for that. Show them that we do not in any way condone their cruelty and ultimately it will hurt them if they continue to do so. It's a small thing but lots of small things make a differencelindad123
F.F.S, stop this now.China are the most barbaric cruel culture, still living in the belief that animals lives mean nothing.Hate the race, will never visit the place.Mark
VILE AND SICKENING,,,,,, CHINA is a complete HELL-HOLE that I will never visit,.,..americanblood
China's people have never respected any animals no matter what they are and even though we are in modern times they still believe the hype of past generations that swore by these magic ingredients used to make up heir special potions. We can stop them if more people were see the real horrors these people cause our wildlife but sadly the medias are owned by many of the same people who use these sick items. Dogs & cats alone suffer so badly there I just hate seeing any chinese person as they repulse me greatly. Any president who can take trade away from China in any fashion is high in my book as no one likes the junk they produce anyhow, more of a forced buy because no one else makes it anymore. Shut them down for good by not buying their products.Lemon37
What if poachers went to China and started killing off their precious pandas? They could use some equally unlikely excuse, like the fur around their eyes makes excellent mascara for western women. Or simply because their pelts would look good on some trophy hunter's wall?David Ambler
If a human is murdered, then the law exacts a penalty. Why not treat the murderers of elephants in the same way?sally75Reply toDavid Ambler
JBErger, if you wish to debate ethical theory consider instead - 'Our duties towards animals are merely indirect duties towards humanity. Animal nature has analogies to human nature, and by doing our duties to animals in respect of manifestations of human nature, we indirectly do our duty to humanity¿. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals (Regan and Singer, 1989: 23-24).'roman.emperor
CHINA IS ATHEIST society of 1.5 billion. They will eat not only elephants, tigers and dogs they will eat us all.Kim Jong-Uns StylistReply toroman.emperor
The practice has its roots in superstition, differing cultural values and the human desire for status symbols and new fads, not atheism. As an atheist, I have no desire to eat the animals you mentioned and I understand my reasons for not wanting to do so have nothing to do with religion.