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FOR PEOPLE LIVING in Ireland – the thought of eating dog meat is unthinkable.
In Vietnam however, this is not the case. Each year an estimated 5 million dogs a year are eaten in restaurants around country.
The process of supply sees the animals abducted from the streets of Thailand and transported across the border into Vietnam for consumption. Among the canines taken are often a large number of family pets.
Seeing the suffering
For Deirdre McDonnell, seeing the suffering of animals in Thailand was too much – and she was compelled to do something about it. This has seen her adopt her dog, Chaya, a three legged 10-year-old.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, McDonnell said, “they find it really difficult to re-home dogs in Thailand – they want designer dogs, not street dogs.”
She is getting on great. She was a street dog and we think she had a car accident – so she only has three legs, but she’s such a great dog.
You have to give them time to settle in -but it is going really well. She has certainly taken to the couch.
Vietnamese meat market
The demand for dogs from the Vietnamese meat market means that the animals are at constant threat of abduction. Deirdre, who also has two Irish dogs she adopted from Irish rescues, adopted the dog through Thai-based charity ‘Soi Dog‘.
In 2012 the organisation housed more than 350 dogs in Thailand and abroad. Overall it is thought they have saved around 1,500 animals.
Much of the time – the worse thing is what happens to the animals after they are sold into the meat industry. McDonnell explains the appeal that eating dog has:
It is supposed to improve men’s sex lives – there is also a myth that if you abuse the dog before they die the more tenderised the meat is. Some of the stuff is just horrific. Often the dogs are skinned alive.
More to come?
On the prospect of more dogs coming into Ireland – there is another dog, called Naomi, who was rescued directly out of the meat industry, and is planned to arrive in Ireland later this year.
Despite being told that adopting a dog from abroad would be difficult – with the extra measures involved in gaining entry into Ireland – it seems Deirdre couldn’t be happier with her three-legged canine companion Chaya.
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They should do this with pensioners and knitting.
Given THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, the spider didn’t build a web, it built a hammock, where it lay all day and watched the caffeine spider go.
The crack cocaine spider figured building webs was for suckers, waited till the caffeine spider was exhausted, then came up behind it and popped a cap in its ass. Nice web, Mr. Crack Spider.
When winter came, the marijuana spider had no place to live, it ended up in the crack web as the crack spider’s bitch.
Ha ha!
I wonder what the Irish spider would do after a few pints of Guinness ? Probably a straight web to the pub !!
True story this;- ‘ The Roughty bar ‘ in Kenmare, – an American came in & ordered a pint of ‘ real Irish Guinness ‘, The barman was just topping the pint when a little spider fell off the tap, onto the head of the pint.
Barman puts pint up on the counter to the Yank,
Yank says “hey, I ain’t drinkin’ that, there’s a spider in it…!! ”
Barman says sorry, & flicks the spider off the head.
Yank says; ” hey, – I still ain’t drinkin’ that…!! ”
Barman says;- ” What the hell is wrong with you, – you won’t drink it with the spider, – you won’t drink it without the spider……!! “…
The spider in my house at the moment is on speed!! I knock the webs down and he’s coming along behind me building them back up! the little sh&te!
I recommend you squash him so..!
Innocent animal.
There is nothing innocent about spiders.
he’s on speed!!
Spiders kill flies, the real bad guys.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
That spider probably had a bad upbringing.
very true Kardia! there is a spider web that wouldn’t look out of place in spider Beverly Hills in my garden shed and he’s just waiting for those filthy blue bottles to arrive! he’s huge and I reckon he’s partial to the odd splif or two. he just sits there looking all chilled just waiting for his spider chicken bucket!
Ha ha
Was the marijuana web an actual web or an artist impression of what the spider said he would create some day?
I think, out of these, I’d rather have the Marijuana world thankyou :)
Scary, the world we have is probably the Caffeine one :(
On my second mug of coffee sa I raed Tihs :)
The house spider Tegenaria pictured doesn’t spin webs, instead it makes a funnel and attacks prey straying near the entrance. Coffee time.
Was this a World Wide experiment ?
Look it up on the web :P
I don’t know 1 Web developer who can get through the day without coffee.
My dream of setting up a web based business has just been shattered.
The video of this experiment
Jasus, and i drink about 6 cups of coffee a day in work. Its just as well im not expected to produce decent quality spiders webs. … I wonder would the quality of my output improve if i cut back on the coffee. …. Ummm … Food for thought.
Sitting on my bed looking in my mirror felt like little strands of my hair were itching my face when all of a sudden a huge fecker of a spider climbs over my mouth!!!!! Threw it across the room and nearly killed myself trying to get out of my bedroom at the same time!!! Didn’t see where it landed but I’m fully sure it’s waiting for revenge:(
And here I was thinking caffeine could improve performance, janey mac!
This is older than time
Now why would you want to interfere with them in the first place? Weird!
Sorry I have dabbled in my time but I hav never taken chloral hydrate or Benzedrine
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