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nrigert@orion.it.luc.edu (Natalie Rigertas) wrote:

>Which is why you 
>never see dogs on the menu in Asian restaurants where it is commonplace 
>to eat them in *that* country

Not again. This is the second thread in the last month that has
started the "Asians eat dogs and cats" stuff. 

If you want to generalise, get your facts right. If not, please
identify the countries you're talking about. I recognise that you may
not be that good on Geography, but Asia is actually quite large, and
contains a wide variety of cultures. I suggest you look it up in the
library.

SOME Asian countries consider dog meat to be a valid foodstuff. SOME
Asian countries may also consider cat to be a valid foodstuff. I'm not
an expert on the whole of Asia, so I won't give a categorical denial.

SOME Asian countries have substantial Buddhist populations, the
stricter of whom find the eating of any meat disgusting.

MANY Asian countries are largely Moslem, to whom the thought of eating
dog is as offensive as eating pig, and who consider cats to be the
nearest thing they have to a 'sacred' animal.

MANY MORE Asian countries consider dogs and cats to be pets. This may
surprise you but it is actually true.

Beth