A note from 'Care For Chinese Animals'

This is a note written by Care For Chinese Animals. It's well written and well stated. The Chinese are very aware of the racial remarks made against them. I urge you please read this, it may just change your perspective. It's time we stood up to the racism, not only against China, but all other countries as well.

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• Posted on April 6, 2013
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This is the first and last time we post this, after we are not going to come back on this issue:

If you want graphic photos of abused animals, we have a big collection, you have only to ask. The reason why we don’t keep posting photos of animals abused or skinned alive is because they generate only racist comments and hate against China and they attract racists and uneducated, simplistic minds. We share graphic photos only when it is strictly necessary (rescued animals from meat trade etc).

Maybe hard to imagine but this is real and happening in China. We are truly sorry one would doubt the genuineness, sincerity and integrity of the animal activists in China – and their activities. But let us assure you that volunteers on the ground are working on a daily basis to rescue, save and protect the animals. Those groups are addressing animal welfare in their area, often against the odds and for the first time in history. They proudly share their events, and we are proud to share them with the rest of the world.

We need to stand next to the Chinese activists-not against the whole of the country!

“It’s important to recognize that China is changing, even the Chinese authorities are becoming more aware of the importance” of the roles of non-governmental organizations, says Su Pei, director of ACTAsia.

Rescue groups in china are run by humble people who give everything they have to save the animals. They ask you nothing and we hope that you’ll give them the respect they deserve.

Heroes for Life: This is a story of some of the extraordinary women (and men) who have put up a fight to rescue and shelter ill treated or abandoned pets across China. These amazing men and women, going to extraordinary lengths helping animals, have exhausted their financial resources, sheltering hundreds, even more than a thousand lives, in various parts of the country, feeding the handicapped and nursing the sick, and redeeming other people’s sins. http://www.heroesforlife.net/

Chinese authorities are allowing animal rights groups to train and recruit volunteers, protest on university campuses and rescuing animals. Dog and cat shelters proliferate. Newspapers and television stations report stories of dogs being rescued as they were being trucked to slaughter.

Activists are able to mobilize thousands of volunteers from the ranks of the developing middle class — in minutes.

In China, after the rescue, dogs and cats receive veterinary care, love, food and all they need. Volunteers look for adoptive family and when it is possible reunite animals with their owners. Before and after the adoptions, the animals are checked by volunteers to be sure they are well. They are not given to the first person who want them.

It’s important to remember that China does not have a monopoly on inhumane treatment of animals, every country has got its own problems. Killed in an inhumane or humane way, animals suffer all over the world.

The Chinese activists are doing a great job in China to inform about the dog/cat meat and fur trade, to rescue the animals.  

China has only some laws protecting endangered species of wild animals, but no protection for other animals within the country, which leaves local animal welfare groups stand empty-handed in their battle against cruelty in China.

Any offensive or racial posts are not welcomed here and will be removed. We do not judge a nation – we condemn the act of cruelty. We are thankful for the many wonderful people of China who risk so much to get the news out to us so we can in turn help them to help the animals there – and THEY are many !

We are here with and for these people. Please, respect them.

 http://careforchineseanimals.net/2013/04/06/a-note/

My Own Racism

My diary was found the other day, and read, though not by me, but by the person I adore more than life itself. I wasn't upset, just a little embarrassed. You see, I started this diary when I left my husband to embark on a new journey, my life. I poured my heart out, as we do in our diaries, and it's full of inner turmoil; and happiness. I was just getting into animal rights and had been a vegan for a year. Something was pointed out to me, and I'm rather embarrassed to write about it, but it's important enough that I'm willing to make a fool of myself. On Feb.27,2011, after being on Facebook I wrote (my exact words), " What the HELL kind of world do we live in?!?!? Animals being skinned alive, having their limbs cut off ALIVE?? Thanx to the Chinese and their cruel, torturous ways! Now they're eating aborted fetuses!?! We need a total spiritual revolution!!!!!"  I AM SO ANGRY!!!!!

Holy crap!! I didn't even remember writing this until I read it for myself. Then I remembered the circumstances. A friend had made a post about " the Chinese" eating aborted fetuses that had been sold to them on the black market. Well, me being new to the movement and not knowing anything about the Chinese culture, I was quick to believe it. I was also very angry at the cruelty I was being exposed to on a daily basis. FORTUNATELY, I never mentioned anything like this in my diary again and I don't think I made my thoughts public (I hope); which means I pulled out of it very quickly and had to stop and think about whether something like that could really be true, and get a hold of my anger that was directed inappropriately.

So, in part, I understand why some people make the comments that they do; the anger, the frustration, and just not being educated about the subject .Some, like me at the time, are new to activism and are vulnerable and naive. Which, also in part, is why I choose to fight the racism. How sad is it that those new to AR are being exposed to lies and absolute hatred? I HAVE found that most people who make these types of racial comments and/or posts do fall into one of these categories. There are, however, those who insist on arguing when the truth has been pointed out, those who insist that an entire country should be nuked, those who want no part in doing research. These are the real racists, and I make no apologies for calling them out by name. And if there are any " new people" reading this; please, please, please do not believe everything you hear or read, some of it just isn't true.

If you would like to know the truth and what kind of animal activism is taking part in other countries, please visit Hand in Hand with Asia's Animal Activists on Facebook.

More Dogs Rescued in China!

More dogs were rescued in China on April 20,2012. It does not serve any of us well to blame an entire country for animal cruelty when it is apparent that there are activists and citizens working to make changes. Even though the lot of us agree that the Chinese government needs to improve (what country doesn't), what do you think would happen in the West if activists and citizens stopped a truck load of pigs, chickens or cows?


Below is an article from Care for Chinese Animals that was put on the Asian Animal Protection Network (AAPN) group by founder Dr.John Wedderburn, who also lived in Hong Kong for many years. The links provided are in Chinese, but can be easily translated by Google. I'm also including a video:http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzg1MDc4Njcy.html

Thanks Ann-Marie!!

From: Care for Chinese Animals Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012

April 20th 500 caged dogs rescued in Kunming China

by LAAR
Important news. Please read and share. thanks. Paola
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4.20 Kunming Dog Rescue
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2012-04-21/075524307389.shtml

On the night of April the 19th, an urgent message via Weibo (Chinese Twitter) said that there was a truck filled with caged dogs coming towards the Fumin-Kunming Highway. Hundreds of loving citizens came to the toll station on the highway within half an hour in an effort to stop the truck, which has to pass through there. The volunteers called local police and at 11pm the truck, with 505 dogs in 156 cages, was stopped at the toll station on the highway of Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, southwest of China.
Both the caged dogs and the volunteers were made to wait over night at the police station for officers from various local governments to arrive. During this time volunteers tried their best to provide water and food for the poor dogs who were all squeezed into the cages, and even with their best efforts many dogs were injured and some even died. The next morning police officers finally allowed the volunteers to take the cages down from the trucks as their situation was worsening. The loving volunteers worked hard to keep all dogs fed and as healthy as possible, as well as providing shade and protecting them from the hot sun.
There were many breeds of dogs that were kidnapped including Husky and Samoyed, with many wearing leads and wearing clothes, clear indications that these dogs were stolen from their families by these evil people. Many dogs were very weak and sick from the terrible ordeal.
The driver of the truck had no legal paper work with him, and the dogs were supposed to be released by the Animal Quarantine Office. However, the local AQ officer had phoned the AQ office in Xichang, Sichuan Province, where the truck had originally come from, and declared the certificate that they had over there legal. This caused the officers to allow any healthy dogs to go back to the driver. It is ridiculous that such a thing was allowed based on no evidence that there is even a real certificate. Even with a legal certificate the poor dogs should never be allowed to go back to the dog napper. By this time it was getting dark, and the police forced volunteers out of the police station. The poor dogs were caged again and reloaded up to the truck to prepare to go. To stop this injustice from happening the volunteers refused to leave and waited outside the front gate of the police station and sent out a message for more people to come via Weibo. Dog lovers from inside and outside of China called the local government and the police station repeatedly to protest their decision.
Volunteers had their cars block the front gate of the police station in order to stop the truck and dogs leaving, and many volunteers and dog lovers arrived to block the front gate and tell them to release the dogs. It is wonderful to see so many loving people go to such efforts to rescue these dogs!
Finally a sum of 60000 RMB (around $10000 USD) was paid by a loving person who does not wish to be named, and the dogs were finally released to a local animal rescue group. This happened on the midnight of April the 20th, and the tired volunteers were happy to see the dogs finally being freed from their cages. On the morning of April the 21st more volunteers and local vets came to treat injured dogs and ensure their safety. Many citizens in Kunming wish to adopt dogs and it was great to already see some dogs being given a nice home. The Kunming Yixin Stray Animal Rescue group had around four hundred dogs in their shelter before the 20/04 rescue, and endeavoured to make more space for the rescued dogs to stay in. Hopefully with support from more loving people from China as well as elsewhere in the world, the rescued dogs will recover soon and be returned to be family members again.
Though it is unfortunate that such a large sum of money had to be paid to the evil dog nappers to get the dogs to be released, it is still great to hear these dogs will now be safe and sound. The 4.20 Kunming dog rescue is sure to make the history books of animal protection in China.

 Photos of SOS#4.20 Kunming Dog Rescue: http://news.qq.com/a/20120422/000226.htm#p=10

Links of Kunming Yixin Stray Animal Rescue group
Weibo ; Kunming Yixin Stray Animal Rescue
 Link of SOS#4.20 Dog rescue: http://s.weibo.com/weibo/%25E6%2598%2586%25E6%2598%258E420%25E7%258B%2597%25E7%258B%2597%25E5%25A4%25A7%25E6%2595%2591%25E6%258F%25B4

Briefly translated by Joy Gao
April 22nd 2012

Ancient Chinese Stories

I hear, or better yet, see, how people in the animal rights community treat the Chinese people on a weekly basis, if not almost daily. I see comments like, "pieces of shit", "let's kill us a chink", and "cruel,heartless bastards!"

Since we're ringing in the New Year, I thought it would be great to dispel some of the ugliness towards the Chinese people by relating some stories that are hundreds, or maybe, thousands of years old.These stories depict how the Chinese thought about animals and life. Below, I have summarized the stories that were translated to me. This book was handed down to Anthony Marr and is in Chinese.

Ancient Chinese Stories

The Calf Loves His Mother

In this first story a cow has a calf. A farmer takes the calf to his farm and a butcher takes the cow. The calf cries for his mother and finally escapes the farm to go to her. Just as the butcher was ready to kill the cow he hears the calf at the door and lets him in. The butcher sees the mother lick her calf and decides to quit butchering and let the two live with the farmer.

Sacrifice Yourself For Sentient Beings

A woman has a terminal illness and not long to live. Her physician tells her to feed 100 sparrows with an herbal formula for 21 days, at the end of the 21 days, eat the birds. The woman feeds and watches the birds, and agonizes over eating them. On the 21st day she says she will not sacrifice 100 lives for her own and she sets them free.

Loyal Bird  Self-Sacrifice (Sacrificial Suicide) 

In this third story there's a pair of birds. A hunter shoots one bird with an arrow and kills it. The other bird tries several times to feed his/her partner to no avail. When trying to revive his/her partner fails, the bird flies into the air and then crashes into the ground killing itself out of despair. The man then gives up hunting.

Calves of the Same Mother

                                                  

The story of two brothers that don't get along. They had a cow that gave birth to two calves. Each brother took a calf. By day, the younger brother would let his calf graze on the older brother's land, but would take his calf back to the stable on his own land at night. The calves refused to be separated and after several days of this the older brother said "We should at least be as happy as the calves."

Bearing Arrow to Feed Child

A man sees a nest with a mother bird feeding her babies. He shoots an arrow, but the mother bird evades it, then flies back to the nest to continue feeding the babies. The man shoots another arrow, the bird once again evades it and flies back to continue feeding. The man for the third time shoots the arrow and hits the mother bird. Even though the mother had been hit she continues to feed her babies until she dies. The man ends up raising the babies and never shoots again.

What the Mother Goat Said

In this sixth and final story,a man who can talk to animals, and considered a sage, travels from town to town speaking to and about animals. The man enters a town one day whose mayor has a banquet in his honor. At one point, goats are seen being led to the kitchen. One goat refuses to budge and is making a lot of noise. The mayor asks the sage what the goat is saying. The sage says, "She is asking for clemency, but not for herself. She says she is pregnant and giving birth soon. She says if you give her time to deliver her baby, she will willingly submit to slaughter." The mayor spared the herd and the goats where taken off the menu.




Happy New Year!