Dyeing Your Pets To Look Like Wild Animals Is Now A Thing In China [PICS]

24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone in Animals, World

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The Chinese are being weird again. But since they gave us paper, the compass, and dominoes, perhaps we should let this one slide. The latest craze over there involves dyeing their pets to look like wild animals such as pandas and tigers.

In their defense, however, the trend demonstrates how quickly and dramatically attitudes toward pets — particularly dogs — have changed in many parts of Asia. In Taiwan, for example, just 10 years ago, dogs were still eaten in public restaurants and raised on farms for that purpose. Traditional Chinese medicine held that so-called “fragrant meat” from dogs could fortify one’s health.

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[Source: CNN]

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