I hate

Oooh, let’s see...
Shall we start with shitting on pavements and shagging strangers in public.

I have seen humans do both (not at the same time apart from German specialist interest movies)

If you look at the hierarchy of basic needs which ones would you deny to a dog?

Dogs dont need WiFi, yet.

You monster. Without WiFi how are you going to send them voice messages via alexa when you're out?

like I come from a nation of animal abusers.

Well, you do in a sense. The gap between how Brits think they treat animals and the way they actually do can be stark. On which point, cue dj:

Dogs have been socialised with humans for thousands of years and there is a symbiotic relationship.

For a long time it was a functional relationship which didn't abuse the health of the animals (so much). Now we have Crufts and animals bred from very small gene pools, with all the damage that inbreeding does added to the extreme shapes that "pure" breeds are now defined by. Dogs with permanent breathing problems, back problems and so on.

Many dog owners treat there animals better than other people treat their children.

@dancing james Many dog owners treat their pets as if they were their children, which doesn't necessarily mean they're treating the animals well. Anthropomorphising animals can mean owners ignoring the actual state of the animal in favour of the fantasy in their heads. Creates a lot of scope for abuse.

You may jest, but this essentially exists... you can even remote send them treats.

How dare you. I treat my children like the animals they are.

Is that a new fad among younger Chinese? Still doesn't sound like they give a shit about the animal, this was not too long ago in Shanghai.

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The gap between how Brits think they treat animals and the way they actually do can be stark.

Yes, for sure, but it's less of a common practice to throw the newborn puppies in the bin, toss kittens from a moving car on an elevated highway or pour acid on cats, all of which I've seen in Shanghai (so god knows what happens elsewhere in China).

Fucking hell, I did not want to see that

I can move it to the food thread.

Things are improving but dog meat is still eaten in quite a few parts of the country :(

Not really sure why dog meat is worse than cow meat, other than humans have generally put dogs in the 'animals we like' category.

Dog meat isn't technically worse than cow meat (apart from some problems with eating the meat of things that eat meat) but I don't really want to see either whilst I'm scrolling and trying to eat a crumpet (not the name of a dog)

Isn't the issue beating the dogs to death so they release adrenalin for extra flavour?

I find this works well with children.

Aye, the British attitude to animals isn't so much at the opposite extreme as on a different axis.

My fur babies just watch telly all day.

The pandemic has really taken its toll hasn’t it.

Might be nice to link to this rather than post it in a reply to a series of posts by people that love dogs as much as children, or something to that effect.

Yeah this, that picture and some of the tiresome follow ups genuinely made me feel sick

@sohi - please delete that gratuitous photo (and the fact it’s been up there for 9 hours without you rethinking is not a great look)

Totally agree. Unnecessary.

Same. But then we have a dog we love very much and a child I have no interest in joking about beating to death. What a fucking prude I am.

Mate, come on.