Slaughtering
pet cats or dogs, and smoking their meat for dinner —
this is still legal in the country of
Switzerland. So far, Swiss legislators
have banned butchers and restaurants from selling meat
harvested from the dead bodies of dogs and cats.
But private residents may still harm the family
pet if they choose to, and then eat its
remains. There aren't even any regulations
about what manner of slaughter is permitted. Yet
some people say there's no need ban this practice by
asserting that dog- or cat-meat eating is "very rare."
But that's just not a sufficient excuse. Rare or not, it's
simply abhorrent to think about people butchering and
eating our beloved companion animals! Animals' rights
must be respected, now.
The
majority of Swiss residents are opposed to eating dogs
and cats. But since it's not illegal yet,
that means some people can — and DO —
feast on our furry family members. In
fact, a Swiss newspaper recently published an article
about the prevalence of cat and dog eating in the
country, quoting from individuals who claim to eat these
pets. One farmer actually described having a peer
slaughter a dog for him, or clubbing a dog to death
himself. Another insisted: "It's nothing exceptional [to
eat pets] — meat is meat." Whether it's ten
people eating our treasured furry friends, or 100 — it's
simply too many. Sign the petition
to tell lawmakers in Switzerland that they must ban
people from eating dog and cat meat,
now!
