{"id":21782,"date":"2015-06-26T07:56:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T07:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21782"},"modified":"2015-06-26T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T08:04:19","slug":"loyalty-they-gave-us-and-what-did-we-give-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/06\/loyalty-they-gave-us-and-what-did-we-give-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Loyalty they gave us and what did we give back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tribute to SoI Dogs to all the work they do to reverse a hellish trade in dogs in the Far East particularly in China in Laos, in Korea,in Thailand, in Cambodia, and in Japan<\/p>\n<p>Cages of dogs<br \/>\nA melee a crush<br \/>\nBones smashed and broken<br \/>\nAn illegal rush<br \/>\nOf adrenaline surely<br \/>\nWhat is it about<br \/>\nSo that some can eat dog<br \/>\nAnd the rest of us doubt<\/p>\n<p>What kind of person would subscribe to this<br \/>\nEvil of treatments<br \/>\nTaken from bliss<br \/>\nof being a companion<br \/>\nTo so called man kind<br \/>\nAnd stolen and slaughtered<br \/>\nBy many who find<\/p>\n<p>The taste is exciting<br \/>\nTheir deaths though so cruel<br \/>\nWe allow this to happen<br \/>\nWe let them rule<br \/>\nOur lives with this evil<br \/>\nThis true dark despair<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s widespread<br \/>\nAnd its happening<br \/>\nYes over there<\/p>\n<p>Dogs bright eyed bushy tailed<br \/>\nDogs loyal and true<br \/>\nStolen from backyards<br \/>\nAnd off the street too<br \/>\nManhandled and tortured<br \/>\nThrown into cages on trucks<br \/>\nBy what can only be described as<br \/>\nReal fcuk&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p>Paid just a pittance<br \/>\nTo round up these hounds<br \/>\nThey go out very early doing<br \/>\nThe rounds<br \/>\nLow life and heartless men<br \/>\nEarning a buck<br \/>\nAnd being so hurtful<br \/>\nSomehow they are stuck<\/p>\n<p>In a dark place too<br \/>\nTo work in this way<br \/>\nFor the corporate meat trade<br \/>\nThat has a big say<br \/>\nThese poor frightened animals<br \/>\nJourney can be<br \/>\nLong hard and evil<br \/>\nTheir adversity<\/p>\n<p>Made worse by man un kind<br \/>\nWho has no regard<br \/>\nThey are tossed high off heaps<br \/>\nTo bruise in the yard<br \/>\nThose on the bottom<br \/>\nWith be crushed some will die<br \/>\nBut all will be frightened<br \/>\nTheir anguish so high<\/p>\n<p>They are in a dungeon<br \/>\nAwaiting their fate<br \/>\nBeing treated like sacks of potatoes<br \/>\nTheir date<br \/>\nWith death and destruction<br \/>\nIs fast coming near<br \/>\nSome still have collars on<br \/>\nSo it is clear<\/p>\n<p>They have come from their loving homes<br \/>\nInto this hell<br \/>\nThey will be sat upon<br \/>\nThis they know well<br \/>\nSmarting from being  so rattled about<br \/>\nAnd left really honestly now<br \/>\nIn no doubt<\/p>\n<p>Nobody loves them<br \/>\nNobody cares<br \/>\nTheir owners where are they<br \/>\nSaying their prayers<br \/>\nAsking Anubis the goddess to see<br \/>\nWhat stress and what pain<br \/>\nThey now face constantly<\/p>\n<p>Trucked to some market<br \/>\nIn heat that can kill<br \/>\nOn dusty pot holed roads<br \/>\nThat toss them and spill<br \/>\nGiven no water<br \/>\nGiven nothing<br \/>\nJust herded like slaves<br \/>\nTo a world that does bring<\/p>\n<p>Them further from empathy<br \/>\nThere is none here<br \/>\nWhere they are going<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s only fear<br \/>\nMalice  repulsiveness<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s only pain<br \/>\nUgliness hideousness<br \/>\nAnd the insane<\/p>\n<p>Beaten and worn down<br \/>\nThey reach markets where<br \/>\nTraders and restaurants<br \/>\nIncrease the despair<br \/>\nCollect them for processing<br \/>\nSoon they will be<br \/>\nChopped up and eaten<br \/>\nFor posterity<\/p>\n<p>Some of these diners<br \/>\nBelieve trauma does<br \/>\nImprove the flavour<br \/>\nAnd give them a buzz<br \/>\nImprove their libido<br \/>\nMake them horny in bed<br \/>\nThis is the thinking<br \/>\nThis causes dread<\/p>\n<p>Some stars have come out and have<br \/>\nIntimated now why<br \/>\nThis  vile trade is happening<br \/>\nUnder the sky<br \/>\nIn places where tourists go<br \/>\nAnd some they will try<br \/>\nSomeone&#8217;s pet dog<br \/>\nCooked with ginger<br \/>\nBut why?<\/p>\n<p>Tanked up on alcohol<br \/>\nThinking they are free<br \/>\nPaying through the nose<br \/>\nFor what is misery<br \/>\nThis is the trade<br \/>\nSo vulgar and wrong<br \/>\nHonestly people<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t belong<br \/>\nIn this day and age<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a hopeless event<br \/>\nCausing such consternation<br \/>\nAnd evil intent<\/p>\n<p>Then the base kind<br \/>\nThe people who prepare<br \/>\nThese sweet souls<br \/>\nWho butcher them daily<br \/>\nWho share<br \/>\nWho take on their roles<br \/>\nAs vile  executioners<br \/>\nSome on the street<br \/>\nWith blow lamps they scorch<br \/>\nThem it&#8217;s terror complete<\/p>\n<p>Watch as they writhe<br \/>\nTheir big doleful eyes<br \/>\nThat torture that terror<br \/>\nThat darkest surprise<br \/>\nOn the victim who is dying<br \/>\nFrom terrible pain<br \/>\nBlood oozing their losing<br \/>\nWe are the insane!<\/p>\n<p>We regularly go there<br \/>\nExchanging our cash<br \/>\nSupport what they are doing<br \/>\nWe are the rash<br \/>\nOf on lookers really<br \/>\nProviding the dough<br \/>\nSo these fiends can continue<br \/>\nTo slaughter and show<\/p>\n<p>Hung up on hooks<br \/>\nParts of dogs scalded white<br \/>\nThe smell is so dreadful<br \/>\nAnd all this in spite<br \/>\nOf saying that dogs<br \/>\nAre our best friends<br \/>\nBut here<br \/>\nThe desire is to eat them<br \/>\nAnd just spread more fear<\/p>\n<p>SoI dogs are people<br \/>\nWith hearts now ablaze<br \/>\nTrying to stop this<br \/>\nTerrible phase<br \/>\nOf human emotion<br \/>\nOf ignorance too<br \/>\nOf the arrogant rich<br \/>\nWho may be the few<br \/>\nBut who buy into this<br \/>\nThis torture and pain<br \/>\nAnd drive themselves<br \/>\nInto a tortured refrain<\/p>\n<p>It seems it&#8217;s contagious<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s all over the Place<br \/>\nThe loathing the rancour<br \/>\nIt fills every space<br \/>\nTo persecute animals now as we do<br \/>\nTo torture them rotten<br \/>\nYes madam You<br \/>\nBy looking away<br \/>\nBy refusing to see<br \/>\nWhat man kind is doing<br \/>\nNow honestly<\/p>\n<p>I urge you to listen<br \/>\nI urge you to see<br \/>\nAnimal earthlings don&#8217;t want this<br \/>\nTo be<br \/>\nHappening anywhere<br \/>\nAnd we can make<br \/>\nA difference by<br \/>\nNot sharing their pieces of cake<\/p>\n<p>Not eating meat<br \/>\nIn the quantities we<br \/>\nAre eating meat<br \/>\nWake up please and see<br \/>\nThe agony out there<br \/>\nIt is caused by YOU<br \/>\nRefusing to listen and enjoying the stew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tribute to SoI Dogs to all the work they do to reverse a hellish trade in dogs in the Far East particularly in China in Laos, in Korea,in Thailand, in Cambodia, and in Japan Cages of dogs A melee &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/06\/loyalty-they-gave-us-and-what-did-we-give-back\/\">Continue reading <span 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