Is Dog Your Friend Or Food?

THE CHINA STORY

Although you can find dog meat in restaurants in almost every regions in China, dog eating are especially popular in certain areas: Guizhou, North East, Guangdong, Jiangshu, Zhejiang ect. Some local government even through holding dog meat festival to attract tourists.













Compared with dog eating, cat eating area is limited within Guangdong areas.
According to survey, most people eat dog meat for their better taste as well as its benefit to health. Unconfirmed estimates are as high as 100 millions dogs eaten per year.
But as more and more people begin to keep dogs as pets, dog eating amongst young professionals, particularly in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and even Guangzhou, is actually decreasing.

More and more people in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and even Guangzhou begin to keep dogs as pets

THE AMERICAN STORY

A couple in Florida have paid $150,000 for a commercially cloned dog. Lancelot Encore is reportedly an exact genetic copy of the family pet which died last year.


Nina, 66 and Edgar Otto, 79 from Florida with their cloned puppy. Nina is holding a picture of their beloved Sir Lancelot who died in 2008.

An American couple were so distraught at the prospect of losing their pet Labrador that they decided to pay £100,000 to clone him.
Edgar and Nina Otto decided to have DNA samples of their pooch Sir Lancelot frozen six years ago, after he was diagnosed with cancer.
BioArts International created Lancelot Encore in South Korea, where he was born. The Ottos are thrilled and say he's the first single-birth, commercially cloned puppy in the United States.


A Woman breastfeeding her pet dog
"Your dog is like your child, it's natural to want the best for him"


American people love keeping dogs as pets



Dog Yoga is popular in America



The 'Fairytale' jacket.
18,000 U.S. dollars of the crystal jacket, and one million U.S. dollars of the collar by the Swedish designer Bjorn Gardsby , decorated with angel wings and shimmering with 2,000 Swarovski crystals .
American do not mind spending this much for their pets.

According to the American Pet Product Association, pet-related spending in the United States is likely to reach $43.4 billion this year. While most of that will go on food and health care, some $3.2 billion will be spent on grooming, fashion and boarding.