Jailed For Eating Dogs – Letters from China

From Letters from China:

Four men were sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for slaughtering of dogs for food by a Hong Kong court. Counsel for defendants in mitigation said that it was a question of food culture and the case did not involve torture. The learned magistrate was unimpressed – “then assault is even more serious than murder?”

Imprisonment for the offence is unprecedented. The usual sentence has been fine….[Full Text]