Hunting views stand (From Oxford Mail)

Beatrice Bradley suggests that Taiwan food markets are not far removed from the cruelty of Fox Hunting. Not so. The meat, Poultry & Fish found in these markets are local & fresh simply because the local people would not have it any other way. They won’t buy meat products they think have been mistreated, not because of any love for the animal itself, but they consider the way we treat e.g. chickens in this country disgusting simply because if the animal is not allowed to grow normally you only end up with a poor quality product. Neither will they buy meat that has been transported the sort of distances that much of our mass produce packaged meat does – again because of the effect on the quality & ultimately the taste of the product. So English-style huge slaughterhouses requiring mass transportation – reportedly one of the contributors to spreading ‘Mad Cow’ – is also a ‘no-no’. When I first travelled around Taiwan with Taiwanese friends, & because the food I tasted was so good, I made the statement that I’d like to try that item when we got back to my friends home town but always the answer was ‘’Not possible – only here – no travel’’. Everything is local to each area. As an example of how unsuccessful English ways are in Taiwan, TESCO opened there but had to admit a rare defeat & left Taiwan.

tally ho!nothing wrong with fox hunting, i have had over a dozen chichens killed overnight. the fox just bites their heads off and leaves the bodies behind.