{"id":43942,"date":"2020-01-24T10:31:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T10:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=43942"},"modified":"2020-01-24T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T11:25:33","slug":"chinese-cats-boiled-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/chinese-cats-boiled-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese cats boiled alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thuggery and criminality<br \/>\nIs everywhere<br \/>\nIn China too it\u2019s rampant<br \/>\nImagine the despair<br \/>\nOf street cats thousands of them<br \/>\nand pet cats  of course they<br \/>\nAre all part of a market<br \/>\nThat for the wretched pay<br \/>\nThe fur trade and the leather trades<br \/>\nIn markets around the world<br \/>\nThe cheap end where so savagely<br \/>\nThese by products are hurled<br \/>\nMargins being what they are<br \/>\nIn market stalls we see<br \/>\nCats just being stolen<br \/>\nAnd boiled alive for free<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s thuggery it\u2019s evil<br \/>\nAnd the markets in the west<br \/>\nAnd the people who say this and that<br \/>\nYes but and do invest<br \/>\nMoney in cheap fur items<br \/>\nBags and gloves and shoes<br \/>\nAbuse on a horrendous scale<br \/>\nWhich no sane soul should choose<br \/>\nTo hear the screaming cats<br \/>\nBoiled up the stench beyond belief<br \/>\nHell is for these butchers<br \/>\nWho will all come to grief<br \/>\nBut before all that these animals<br \/>\nThe fear and adversity<br \/>\nCreation works its miracles<br \/>\nAnd it\u2019s humans who we see<\/p>\n<p>Supporting all this mayhem<br \/>\nThe liars who describe<br \/>\nCat fur as rabbit fur<br \/>\nOr faux to fool the tribe<br \/>\nThose who buy at cheap prices<br \/>\nBargain hunters they<br \/>\nAre supporting all this murder<br \/>\nAnd mayhem every day<br \/>\nContainer loads of agony<br \/>\nShipped now near and far<br \/>\nThe crippled and disabled<br \/>\nNo matter who they are<br \/>\nAny cat found wandering<br \/>\nIs gobbled up and sent<br \/>\nTo the boiling butchers<br \/>\nWho harbour the intent<\/p>\n<p>Unmitigated cruelty<br \/>\nIrascible desire<br \/>\nBlustering and threatening<br \/>\nHeadstrong into fire<br \/>\nThe screams are heard for miles<br \/>\nand miles<br \/>\nAs spirits broken we<br \/>\nCan feel the fear of the thousands<br \/>\nAs clear as mud to me<br \/>\nThe wailing howling yawling<br \/>\nThe mews The yelps the growls<br \/>\nThe harshness and the insidious<br \/>\nAnd many varied fouls<br \/>\nThen Mindlessness the insanity<br \/>\nOf the thugs out on the street<br \/>\nMoronic in the real sense<br \/>\nHelping the elite<\/p>\n<p>The negligence and oversight<br \/>\nThe random and Inaimed<br \/>\nThe confused and the unmeasured<br \/>\nVulgarity be blamed<br \/>\nindiscriminating tactless and obtuse<br \/>\nBuyers who have little care<br \/>\nWhose morals are also loose<br \/>\nBut ignorance is basically<br \/>\nWhat this trade is about<br \/>\nAn unconsciousness of spirit<br \/>\nCrass ignorance each lout<br \/>\nThat stole these poor young animals<br \/>\nAnd the butchers who did boil<br \/>\nAnd the skinning just imagine<br \/>\nThat just truly hellish toil<\/p>\n<p>Many cats skinned still alive<br \/>\nAnd left to bleed out they<br \/>\nParty to the cuffs or collars<br \/>\nThat people here can pay<br \/>\nOn market stalls a bargain<br \/>\nOf torture and despair<br \/>\nAnd realise the karma<br \/>\nAnd the bad luck that is  there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thuggery and criminality Is everywhere In China too it\u2019s rampant Imagine the despair Of street cats thousands of them and pet cats of course they Are all part of a market That for the wretched pay The fur trade and &hellip; 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