While I get a bit sick of the lurid, unimaginative emphasis on big carnivores on television channels like Animal Planet (whatever happened to David Attenborough and the subtler approach to nature documentaries?) I haven't seem anyone in western zoos feeding live goats to big cats, as in this story from the Daily Mail (hat tip: Audacious Epigone).
The difference in attitudes to animal rights between China and the West appears to be a lot bigger than most westerners realise. It's no wonder the New Zealand Green Party isn't too keen on a free trade deal with the People's Republic.
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And Im going to make the same correction here as I did over there. Badaling, not Badaltearing. The Daily Mail is not a reliable news source. It's a tabloid. I didnt believe this at all until I googled with the correct name and got similar stories. I recommend this one.
A translation error in the course of 'Romanizing' a proper noun from Mandarin doesn't strike me as a reason to suspect the source is unreliable. There are lots of other pictures and reports that corroborate the story.
Here's a Sky News video report on the same type of barbarity from multiple zoos.
Also, I audaciously offer this post on brutal dog cullings in China.
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