BEIJING, July 11, 2008
Dog Meat Off The Olympic Menu In Beijing
Known As "Fragrant Meat," Canine Cuisine Said To Have Health-Giving Qualities In China
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In this Nov. 20, 2003 file picture, a man uses chopsticks to eat noodles at a restaurant in Beijing, China. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants. (AP Photo)
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Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
Waiters and waitresses should "patiently" suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei.
Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities.
Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.
South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly." After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced.
Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.
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- No dog on the menu for a while? That''s ruff? Eh, I just couldn''t resist. Guess it''s a dog''s life in China during the Olympics. [slap, slap] Okay I better stop this now and get some coffee.
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- Dog meat is considered the national food in South Korea. They banned it temporarily when they hosted the Olympics, concerned about what the rest of the world may think about their pet-eating habit. Since the Olympics is ''88, they eat dog meat daily. It is a staple, during every South Korean family gathering or festival.
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- Dog meat is considered the national food in South Korea. They banned it temporarily when they hosted the Olympics, concerned about what the rest of the world may think about their pet-eating habit. Since the Olympics is ''88, they eat dog meat daily. It is a staple, during every South Korean family gathering or festival.
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You''d think that cbS would at least show a
chineeeeze eating a mouthful of chow chow
or a Great Dane instead of some wimpy
noodles.- Reply to this comment
- a readical ideology such as communism...bows down to the might dollar...something to think about our radical islamic problems..
GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO HAVE THE LIFE OF LIBERAL EXCESSIVENESS and see them spit at the likes of osama bin laden.. - Reply to this comment
- I hope that in the future as the economy collapses and things get really bad, that America gets on an ''efficiency kick'' and recycling programs.
It would be nice if animal shelters turned healthy dog carcasses over to respective local sources for butchering, distribution, and consumption.
There are tons of perfectly good meat being thrown out everyday here in the U.S.. It''s terrible to let it go to waste---and not even save a ''doggy bag''s'' worth!
That last bit was for greygrrl. I''m signing off now
it''s taking too long to get my posts posted. - Reply to this comment
- Just like cows, pigs and chickens here are considered a food source, in China and other countries, dogs and cats are considered a food source. Different doesn''t mean wrong, ignorant, backwards, disgusting or the like. Thinking it does though makes one wrong, ignorant and backwards.
You live in a big world, grow up and accept it --- your way isn''t the only way nor is it the "right way" for everyone! - Reply to this comment
- Ten pages of comments and not a single solitary "Doggy Bag" comment.
...I''m so disappointed.. - Reply to this comment
- After being a POW for many years most of our meals that we got now and then were Dog Meat
And beleive it or not it is GOOD
We eat things here that no other country eats
Ever try to get a pork steak any place but the Midwest - Reply to this comment
The Chinese are some of the most humble, respectful people on this earth. They are different from us, therefore, they''''''''re bad - right? You guys really need to research and read up on the Chinese, their history, and their culture. You appear to know absolutely nothing about them.
Posted by greennnnnn
Yeah right.
I know they multiply like rabbits (that''s wabbits in chineeeze).
They are known for violence.
Gweeeeeen?
gotta go get a chili dog.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm chili dog.- Reply to this comment
- If eating dogs is part of their culture it just shows that for a very long time China hasn''t been able to properly feed itself. In the West beef and chicken and pork have always been staples.
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- This is disgusting! As a person who has the good fortune to have 3 dogs in our family, anyone who would consider eating dog meat is sick! Have you ever seen the poor little dogs the Chinese eat? They are kept in undersized cages, look sad and miserable and pathetic. It''''s a shameful practice!
Posted by suzyku at 11:37 AM
I''m sure that''s what people in India think about Americans eating cows. - Reply to this comment
- Nothing wrong with eating dog.....I''''d love to try some.
Nothing should be off the menu.....animals are just that....animals. God says they are here for us to do with what we will.....we have dominion over all.....well that is clear enough to me......DINNERTIME!!
Posted by cwazywabt
You are a special child of Jesus. I hope you do eat dog and get tapeworms. - Reply to this comment
- This is disgusting! As a person who has the good fortune to have 3 dogs in our family, anyone who would consider eating dog meat is sick! Have you ever seen the poor little dogs the Chinese eat? They are kept in undersized cages, look sad and miserable and pathetic. It''s a shameful practice!
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- Posted by MockDucky at 08:36 AM
Welcome to CBS'' comment forum Ducky. - Reply to this comment
- Posted by Questionnews at 01:22 PM : Jul 11, 2008
Ya just gotta love Weird Al - Reply to this comment
- Waiter! There''s a dog tag in my soup!
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- I have never commented before, but had to sign up in order to respond to the person who suggests that only humans have souls. I would not want to live in your world. What a sad view. I believe with absolute certainty that all living things have souls. Whether they do tricks or not. Whether they have thumbs or not. Those are hardly the standards of Holiness. Sacredness. All living things are Holy.
Does that mean the Chineses should not eat dogs? No. Living things eat other living things whether I like it or not. And I cannot object to that dynamic. All I can hope for is that the living things we consume had a chance to live with dignity first and to die as painlessly as possible.
I would never want to eat dog. Blecgh! Eew. Yucky. But I know that Asian cultures have different traditions.
By the way, if the ability to love in the way that most of us define love is what defines whether or not an entity has a soul (and therefor should be seen as food), then a great manyy of the men I have met should be eaten. - Reply to this comment
- chimpanzee is tasty.
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- Meat''s meat and a man gotta eat.
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