Letters to the Editor
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Perhaps we should get our own house in order
before self-righteously attacking the "exotic" practices of another culture.
Millions of cows, pigs and other animals are brutally killed in factory settings in the United States with little regard to their comfort or well-being. Without slighting other slaughtered animals, pigs are reputed to make good and affectionate pets, and are regularly cited to have greater intelligence than dogs.
Why is it more appropriate to slaughter the animals raised in a factory setting than the dog who started life as a pet? Does the fact that the factory bred and slaughtered animals lived more of their lives in misery justify killing them? This hardly makes sense.
Of course, in this country untold numbers dogs and cats (many of whom were once pets) are routinely rounded up for "euthanasia." Killing them with kindness, I suppose.