Animal Cruelty in Taiwan

I just recently went to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Taipei. While I, among thousands of others, have already witnessed a fair amount of animal cruelty in Taiwan, it appears that artist Chang Li-shang has decided to take an alternative form of action:

Gutted

Apparently somebody already came up with the idea that tortured pets are suicidal...

Anyway, I found the poster-dog for suicidal Taiwanese dogs:

Hating Life 2

I'm back from my scooter adventure! Both my scooter and I made it back in one piece (that's one piece each, although it feels as though we are conjoined). I did a lot of sightseeing and took about 1,000 pictures. I only got back a few hours ago, so you can't possibly expect this post to be about my trip. Instead I bring you...

More dogs in Taiwan that hate their lives...

No, this is not a stylish new t-shirt. To make matters worse, this guy (yes) was so proud to have me take the picture.

Found this little guy in Taroko Gorge being carted around in a little doggy cart. He may hate his life, but sled dogs are green with envy.

"How can this adorable thing hate his life??" you ask. Well, he doesn't exactly have a home. And he was swarming with flies. And I stopped to take a picture of him, not feed him, making him a certified Life-Hater.

I feel terrible putting this picture up, but this is not an uncommon sight. This dog is actually offended that I am posting pictures of dogs wearing clothes and claiming they hate their lives. This is the reason why I attended an event and contributed to helping the ever-growing Taiwan SPCA.

This dog... wait, is that a deer? Given their current relative situations, that dog in the background loves its life. The rope around that deer's neck is just long enough for it to stand up, making that deer a Life-Hater for sure.

Hating Life

Dogs in Taiwan hate life. Most of them aren't even real dogs. They go for walks in handbags instead of on leashes. A lot of them can't even wipe their own ass.

They really are more like accessories than pets. In fact, the word for "pet" in Chinese is 宠物, which literally means "pamper-object."

Here are some of the "objects" that get pampered:

"Please don't put this picture up on the internet..."

"I wonder what running through grass feels like..."

"I want to crawl in front of a bus."

"Yo quiero chicken feet, meng!"

Do you see this where you live?