[News Replay] According to a report by "New Express" on July 24: In a restaurant in Guangzhou, the chef used cat pliers to clamp the cat's neck with his left hand, and swung an iron rod about half a meter long with his right hand towards the cat. The trapped cat was hit hard on the head. The severely injured cat struggled desperately, and the chef simply threw the cat to the ground and continued to hit the cat's head with an iron rod. The cat gradually became silent. Immediately afterwards, the lid of a large pot about 60 centimeters high was lifted, and the water in the pot kept rolling. The helper man quickly threw the cat in the red bucket into the pot. There was another burst of shrill screams... Putting aside the once-raging epidemics of bird flu, SARS and other epidemics, it showed the pathological consequences of indiscriminate eating of animals. Even if food safety can be guaranteed, cruelty like "boiling a cat alive" not only shows the brutality of human nature, but also shows a complete contempt for the value of life. In the "acidic bear attack" incident a few years ago, if the victim was an adult, Liu Haiyang, the person involved, should be severely punished for his crime. The condemnation of Liu Haiyang by public opinion also shows that most people are trying their best to maintain the bottom line of human ethics-arbitrarily depriving others of their right to life for any reason is essentially a crime against humanity because it betrays and It subverts the core civilizational concepts on which human society relies for survival and is an extension of hierarchical violence. It can be said that the delay in enacting legislation to prevent animal cruelty has, to a certain extent, encouraged the violent spirit of cruelty to animals. In a rational and sound society, cruel animal abuse that violates basic humanity not only violates conscience, but also violates the law. Some people say that the law is only the lowest line of moral defense, but it should also be said that if moral education is not popular and powerful enough, the law is also the last line of defense. We cannot imagine a society full of cruel treatment of small animals, a so-called harmonious society with human nature. Therefore, the author proposes that the National People's Congress legislate the crime of cruelty to animals in light of the "boiled cats" incident. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, elk had been considered a rare and precious national treasure. "Anyone who kills an elk is guilty of murder." Currently, my country has relatively severe penalties for the killing of nationally protected animals. During the SARS period in 2003, some cities across the country also issued local regulations prohibiting the consumption of wild animals to protect wild animals. Regarding bloody acts such as "boiling cats alive", although our country's laws may not be as detailed and perfect as foreign animal protection laws, but for large-scale animal abuse and cruelty and killing, such as "high heels trample cats to death" that was circulated on the Internet for a while Incidents should be punished in accordance with the protective and universal principles of law.

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