{"id":19173,"date":"2014-12-01T17:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T17:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19173"},"modified":"2014-12-01T17:31:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T17:31:34","slug":"thailand-and-its-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/thailand-and-its-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand and its dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Squalid little cages<\/p>\n<p>rusty wire inside<\/p>\n<p>15\/20 dogs are left<\/p>\n<p>there is no place \u00a0hide<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>all on top of one another<\/p>\n<p>thrown up or down and they<\/p>\n<p>are transported \u00a0in the open \u00a0sun<\/p>\n<p>with nothing to drink all day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>this is clearly torture<\/p>\n<p>cruelty as well<\/p>\n<p>this is not like planet earth<\/p>\n<p>much more like some hell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>unfed and off to slaughter<\/p>\n<p>this the dog food trade<\/p>\n<p>stolen pets and street dogs<\/p>\n<p>this the kind of trade<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">one dreams about in nightmares<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the howling that one hears<\/p>\n<p>doleful eyes and pity<\/p>\n<p>and the most extreme fears<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>caught up in this torment<\/p>\n<p>some with broken bones<\/p>\n<p>suffocating \u00a0such frustration<\/p>\n<p>hear their moans and groans<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>some of them were in the house<\/p>\n<p>belonging to a child<\/p>\n<p>mollycoddled treated well<\/p>\n<p>mixed with \u00a0street dogs wild<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>everyone a martyr<\/p>\n<p>persecuted so<\/p>\n<p>banished to the slaughterhouse<\/p>\n<p>its where they are to go<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the traders are remorseless<\/p>\n<p>callous hardened gripes<\/p>\n<p>grudgeful and unrelenting<\/p>\n<p>really ruthless types<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the animals are hurting<\/p>\n<p>suffering a lot<\/p>\n<p>scowling and forbidding<\/p>\n<p>happy no they are not<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>they are humiliated<\/p>\n<p>their spirits broken by<\/p>\n<p>the unrelentless lurching this way<\/p>\n<p>that way, \u00a0why<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>descend into a stupor<\/p>\n<p>a dance of death some say<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it really is a war of nerves<\/p>\n<p>sadness al the way<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>every one would rather be<\/p>\n<p>any bloody where<\/p>\n<p>but here confined and fearful<\/p>\n<p>where nobody does care<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>disfigured each \u00a0and every one<\/p>\n<p>really rather sad<\/p>\n<p>languishing in self belief<\/p>\n<p>bothersome and bad<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>they are grabbed out of the streets<\/p>\n<p>in a clumsy painful way<\/p>\n<p>it often tears their neck<\/p>\n<p>and leads to infection and decay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>when its punishing and tender<\/p>\n<p>the mood can quickly sour<\/p>\n<p>coupled with some suffering<\/p>\n<p>and the flavour of the hour<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>is panic fright and \u00a0worry<\/p>\n<p>irritability<\/p>\n<p>as if you&#8217;ve been abandoned<\/p>\n<p>insensate naturally<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>sensory perception<\/p>\n<p>no food and drink all day<\/p>\n<p>buffeted about the place<\/p>\n<p>if you could get away<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>you&#8217;d been unctuously<\/p>\n<p>provided for<\/p>\n<p>in your former home<\/p>\n<p>and now slung tightly in some cage<\/p>\n<p>with just no where to roam<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">delusional in all the heat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>unblessed by the long haul<\/p>\n<p>bordering on insanity<\/p>\n<p>whilst some bloody fool<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>of a driver swerves<\/p>\n<p>about the streets<\/p>\n<p>we suffer as we do<\/p>\n<p>bruised and cut about the face<\/p>\n<p>and we piss ourselves there too<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>so by the time we reach the place<\/p>\n<p>we are, covered in crap<\/p>\n<p>those on \u00a0the bottom<\/p>\n<p>drenched in it<\/p>\n<p>a guilt trip in your lap<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and then slung down<\/p>\n<p>and broken<\/p>\n<p>tossed into a pile<\/p>\n<p>and hung up on some pulley chains<\/p>\n<p>our throats then cut in style<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a rusty wheel \u00a0we were pushed against<\/p>\n<p>not stunned just evil pain<\/p>\n<p>hundreds of us kicking wildly<\/p>\n<p>of course all that in vain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we never will now walk away<\/p>\n<p>or imagine we could fly<\/p>\n<p>we kick our legs all knowing<\/p>\n<p>that we are, going to die<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>dipped then in hot water<\/p>\n<p>some feel it it does scald<\/p>\n<p>other faint and lose it<\/p>\n<p>if you saw it you&#8217;d be appalled<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squalid little cages rusty wire inside 15\/20 dogs are left there is no place \u00a0hide &nbsp; all on top of one another thrown up or down and they are transported \u00a0in the open \u00a0sun with nothing to drink all day &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/thailand-and-its-dogs\/\">Continue reading <span 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