U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by wraptile on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:56PM (#29887744)

I think dog meat anger is mostly the result of Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China. [1]

It's completely unregulated and the animals (dogs, cats etc) would often be tortured and killed by amateurs because properly killing an animal is harder than it looks.

Dogs are also not eaten for meat or taste and mostly done for superstition.

1 - https://www.animalsasia.org/us/media/news/news-archive/china...

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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by bayesian_horse on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:49AM (#29888738)

I haven't read that article yet, but from what I know, dog meat is eaten all over China all of the time, just not very much of it. But it is mostly a thing poorer people do, indeed for the superstition that it somehow warms the body or something.

And then the northerners say it is only done in the south and vice versa. And I've personally seen a veterinary student from china get very angry every time someone mentioned Chinese eating dogs...

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