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Cat Soup, Democracy, Nutrition and Power

I was reading this article about the hunt on cats being on the rise in China, because of their "elite" culinary status in Chinese culture and I'm sitting here wondering why chicken soup or beef barley is OK in most cultures, but not vegetable cat soup for instance?

Most people would probably gag at the thought of eating cat or dog meat, but apparently not in Chinese culture, where they're on the high demand list as a delicacy.

Some say this sudden demand for cats is caused by bad economic times, which doesn't make sense to me, because usually when something is in high demand the price goes up too.

Are cats and dogs spared from the butcher's knife in western culture perhaps because of their level of intelligence and the ability to fight back?  Or is it because human compassion gets in the way due to the many human-like personality traits cats and dogs possess, which other domesticated animals do not? Or could it be the level of self-esteem and hunger for power or control in a democracy vs non-democracy that people seem to be consumed with, so they take it out on animals?  Sound crazy?

Sighhh, so many questions.

I can understand hunting animals for the sake of survival out in the jungle or when you're lost somewhere way out there in the middle of nowhere, but I fail to understand the persistent need to kill another living being purely for gourmet consumption in our modern day civilization, when we have an overabundance in alternative sources for nutrition.

Ohio.com - Animal lovers protest cat soup

''The police did what they could, but there's little they can do to stop or punish those traders from shipping live animals,'' Lai said.

Zhu Huilian, a nutrition and food safety professor at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, said people usually eat cat in restaurants, not at home.

''There's a famous soup called 'Dragon, Tiger and Phoenix,' '' Zhu said. ''It involves cooking snake, cat and chicken together. In winter more people eat cats as they believe it's extra nutritious.''

Oreo's got the sniffles

Poor thing has been sneezing all morning.  She seems very restless and irritable.

I didn't know dogs can catch a cold and act just like humans in many ways.  Actually I don't know much about dogs at all, I'm still learning.

Kitty Love

Sighhhh....

Watch this, it's gonna make your heart melt.

Meet my new friend Fabio

I just met him yesterday and fell in love with him instantly.  I wish he was mine, but he belongs to my friend Connie.

Isn't he adorable?

Buddhists cause bad karma in New Jersey

A bunch of Buddhist released hundreds of eels, frogs and turtles into a New Jersey river to save them from being served for dinner.  While I do applaud them for their noble effort to save the animals, I think how they went about it was really a dumb move.

Buddhist Ritual Upsets State Eco Agency

Members of a Buddhist sect bought hundreds of eels, frogs and turtles and set them free in the Passaic River, hoping they would survive in the once-polluted stream and realize their karmic potential.

The act did nothing for the karma of the state Department of Environmental Protection, which said the Amitabha Buddhists did not have a permit and may be subject to fines up to $1,000.

If this doesn't teach you to have more respect for chicken, I don't know what will

Sooo adorable!

Stix Blog: A dog with a heart

This one's for a good cause

Come here bébé...lemme give you a kiss

Enough to make your heart melt, no?