CHINESE ARE EATING ST.BERNARD DOGS

PHOTO : Peaceful St. Bernard Dogs
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THE CHINESE ARE EATING SWISSs ST. BAERNARD DOGS !!!!
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(from EVU News, Issue 4/1998 and 1/1999)

BERN - Swiss

Dog breeders are raising the alarm!

St. Bernard dogs-the Swiss national mascot in the
animal kingdom - are to end up on Chinese plates.

'Barry', the courageous avalanche dog of the Great St. Bernard,
for the Chinese, this dog is only good for a meal.

They derisively call these dogs the "Great Trash Dog".

St. Bernard dogs are liked very much because they are sweet-tempered family dogs. The Asians want to butcher them.
Chinese experts found the St. Bernard dog to be the perfect dog for meat production.

But it gets worse:
A Chinese delegation is currently travelling through Europe in order to buy young dogs with the import documents already in their pockets.

The Chinese central TV station in Beijing recently showed a long report on
St. Bernard dogs, the Animal Rights organisation «Friends of Animals» warns us.


In this report, the TV station even praised the dogs' advantages,as a dog for meat production as follows :

1.- St.Bernard dogs are resistant to disease.
2.- They eat less than other types of dogs.
3.- Since they rest a lot, they grow more quickly, which would make them ready for butchering in a mere three to four months.
4.- St.Bernard dogs reproduce quickly. On average, a St. Bernard has nine to twelve puppies once or twice a year, which is almost twice as many as with other races.
5.- The Chinese TV station also did not forget to mention that St.Bernard dogs are very friendly and easygoing.
6.- «They don't bite people, so the The Chinese are eating Swiss St. Bernard dogs and breeders don't need to be afraid of them.»



ST.BERNARD DOG ON CHINESE PLATES ?
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Roland Hans, the president of the Swiss St. Bernard club, is appalled.
He was also among those who received a dubious call from Chinese Entrepreneurs.

«After I had been warned by breeders and animal rights organisations, I called on our approximately 400 members not to export any animals to China.
And I also raised the alarm with foreign St. Bernard clubs.»

Hans: «There are pictures of the slaughter of a St. Bernard dog that are so cruel that they cannot be published.»
Dog breeder Roland Hans calls upon all friends of the St. Bernard dogs world-wide to bombard the Chinese embassy with letters of protest.



Write to:

Botschaft der Volksrepublik China (Embassy of the People's Republic of China)
Kalcheggweg 1a
3006 Bern
Switzerland
(By Martin Meier, 'Blick')


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