Raymond Lam: It's the same as eating human
Imprisoned for 30 Days for Slaughtering and Eating Dog
Artists Complain About the Light Punishment
Raymond Lam: It's the same as eating human
Last month, four middle-aged men cooked two dogs that they had raised themselves and were arrested by the police. The day before, they were taken to court where they admitted that they had killed the dog for food and were sentenced to thirty days in gaol, becoming the first people in Hong Kong to be charged with the law for cats and dogs since it's establishment half a century ago.
Many artists in the entertainment industry have dogs or cats as pets, and after this incident was published in the magazine yesterday, many artists were appalled. Twins, Gigi Fu, Leila Tong and others all criticised that the sentence of thirty days was too light, and that the punishment should be harsher in order to teach them a lesson. Eunis Chan voiced that the people deserved the punishment they got, while Raymond Lam said that this incident made him fearful and even described it as being, "no different to eating human."
Raymond Lam:
Their punishment should be having to eat as vegetarians for the rest of their life. "When I saw how these people treated the dogs on the news, I felt scared. They raised the dogs themselves, how could they eat them? Eating dog meat is not different to eating human, because dogs are the most loyal friends to humans, they have a conscience, killing a dog is no different to murdering a human, so I think being imprisoned for one month only is too light. The people who killed the dogs should also have to eat as vegetarians for the rest of their lives."
Eunis Chan
The act of eating dog meat is too cruel. "The people who slaughtered the dog deserved the punishment. As to whether the sentence was too light, that is to be determined by the judge, but these this cannot be tolerated, because dogs are friends to humans, you can talk to them, the act of eating dog meat is too cruel."
Twins
A lot of people challenge laws. "We think that there are a lot of people starting to challenge law. If you've broken the law then you must be punished, one month is really too little, but I don't know how long the sentence should be. We think education should be encouraged, and kids should be taught from when they are little how to take care of pets, the environment and to love the people around them. Earlier, in a magazine we saw a scene of a dog being slaughtered in Mainland, seeing the dog being killed like that, I couldn’t help but cry."
Jessica Hsuan:
Hopes for the government to give them a harsher punishment. "Those people were very wrong to eat the dogs that they had raised themselves, because dogs are very trusting of their masters, but now, the ones who had killed them were their masters, it is very wrong. Sentencing them to gaol is to teach them a lesson, but if in the future there is a similar case to this, hopefully the government can make the punishment harsher."
Alex Fong:
No different to murder. "I think that charging them for slaughter is not enough. They raised the two dogs themselves, raising them for so long then killing them to eat, how is it different to murder? The people have problems, when my pet goldfish died I was unhappy, let alone a dog! There's so much food in Hong Kong that they don't eat, but they have to eat dog meat. This time, being in gaol for thirty days, they're going to have a lot to endure! But no matter what, this is the first case of its kind, it can teach everyone a lesson."
Louis Koo:
So cruel and so immoral. "When I was watching the news I was practically burning in anger. It was so cruel and so immoral, they didn't know whether the dogs had diseases or not, there's a chance that after they eat the dog, that they then spread a disease to other people. Dogs are friends to humans, and you don't raise them to eat them. At least this can act as a warning to other people. I myself care a lot for my dogs, seeing this makes me really unhappy and uncomfortable."
Joyce Tang:
Eating your own dog is cruel. "They ate dogs that they raised themselves, that is really cruel, I think that their actions are very cruel, spending one month in gaol is like a warning, I believe that when they come out again they’d be scared to eat in Hong Kong, they'd probably go back to Mainland for food, but this is wrong and I won’t promote it."
Gigi Fu:
They should see a psychologist. "Their actions are very shameful, they are basically cold-blooded, perverted murderer. I think that besides serving in gaol, they should be fined and have to see a psychologist. They watched the dog grow up, how could they kill it and eat it? Are they perverted or what?"
Bosco Wong:
These people are basically perverted. "The sentence is too light, it doesn't make sense. When I heard I was mad, are these people crazy? Why don't they raise a child they kill him? It's a life, too, their actions are so cold-blooded it's indescribable, they're perverted, their sentence should be heavier and they should have to do community service and do volunteer work for dogs."
Leila Tong:
It'd be only be effective if the sentence was half a year long. "These kinds of things should not happen in this century. I think it's very cold-blooded. Serving for one month is too little, they should at least have to serve for half a year to have any effect. I don't think this is the first time they are doing this, they know how to use the fire to burn the fur, I understand a little bit, since there's a lot of meat that can be eaten, but I don't understand how they could bear to kill them. They raised the dogs themselves, and when the dog walks over to them, it was probably wagging its tail and moving its head, I'm really mad!"
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omg . some people are so cruel . who would do that . no offense but the sentence is way to light . can't they just go to work and buy their own food... poor dogs .
