Article: Yvonne: “I would stop shopping at Tesco until they stop selling animals in stores. Tesco must realize the Power of Comsumers allow us to decide when a business entity had crossed morality lines.”
“Cruelty and evil can never be excused on the grounds of ‘culture’. The infliction of horrendous suffering on sentient beings of any kind is universally wrong, and all the more so when the motive is simply to make a quick profit. Companies operating multinationally have a moral duty to uphold and disseminate the best standards and highest ideals, not to sink to the level of the very lowest and most debased practices that exist wherever they do business. Make no mistake - in this case Tesco have descended into the gutter. The level of suffering they are daily inflicting upon live animals in their Chinese stores would result in criminal charges being laid against them were they to repeat these acts of barbarity in the UK.
For Tesco to claim that “it would be wrong” for them to cease the sale of live turtles and frogs because these practices are part of Chinese culture is absurd. If gross cruelty is a part of a culture, then that culture needs to change. Would Tesco willingly sell dogs to be tortured to death in Korea? Would they sell ‘bushmeat’ from primates in Africa? Would they sell whale meat in Japan? The answer would appear to be “Yes, they would” - and indeed, they already have offered whale meat in their Japanese stores. They were forced to retreat when a major consumer backlash in Europe threatened.
I do not believe most UK consumers will wish to support a company that behaves like this. Tesco need to learn that their customers have some moral and ethical standards, even if they don’t. Demand that Tesco cease all involvement in this inhumane, grossly damaging trade.
Until they do, shop elsewhere.”
Andy C. Highfield
Tortoise Trust
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Why people go to Tesco? ‘cuz they can beat the prices down for the customers.
Such things won’t be a major issue or will deter people away from Tesco. Maybe a number of ‘em, but it won’t be a huge movement. I highly doubt it. Unfortunately, in most, if not all, cases, morality is not in business terminologies.
That said, if chickens/ducks are not bred intensively, and some crazy guy (maybe me) sets up a Trust against those who eat chickens/ducks, what happens? Question is, what makes tortoise or any animals special? Just because they are going extinct doesn’t quite justify it. We can breed various animals after all…it’s just the matter of whether we do it or not in large numbers.
Not against it, but just puzzling questions.
KwangErn: I see your point. That’s why I hardly eat meat. So I don’t have to walk back on my words. hehe…
The plight of other animals need to be championed as well. Slaughter houses need to upload ethics on how commercially bred animals should be handled.
KwangErn: Simply put, chickens/ducks/cows are farm animals. They are bred for food. And that makes them different from turtles. Turtles are NOT originally bred for food. Just like how rhinos aren’t bred for food.
“Question is, what makes tortoise or any animals special? Just because they are going extinct doesn’t quite justify it.”
Perhaps you’d like to enlighten me on this?
Big deal.
They still sold them turtles everywhere even if Tesco doesn’t.
Yah. Like big deal. Don’t work for money. Your parents would take care of you even if you don’t.
TESCO sells turtles in China!!…
I need your URGENT help, peeps.. Apparently, TESCO is selling and butchering live turtles in China!! And they also allow their customers to take the turtle home to butcher it alive in any way they wish!
The species now on sale by Tesco is the Chinese s…
In the words of Gandhi, “”The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Yvonne if you stopped shopping at every supermarket that is selling animals in stores,
You would never shop in a large supermarket.
so you a forcing every1 to be a vegi!!!
chopping head off turtles is the same as chopping heads of chickens/ pigs ect..
ITS CULTURE, french eat frog’s legs, i think its horrible but if they enjoy,
let them carry on.
If i took over a shop in china and they originally sold turtle and it sold well i would never retact from sale of it.
just because the western culture dont accept it, its not happening in a western country so just let it be!!!