people are always willing to look outside their own circumstances and complain about stuff, but when asked to reflect upon themselves, there is a loyt of silence.
having said that, there are problems with animal abuse everywhere and trent reznor b-it-ch-ing about china is more of the same stupidity in my opinion.
If our society can't get a handle on the abuses by our own corporations and we as a society continue to support the likes of corporations that in turn support factory farming, then we should just stfu about china and how it eats what we call pets.
In china, cats and dogs are not pets like they are here in the land of plenty. heck, my wife and i sponsor children in Africa and we are always asked that when we write them, we do not describe our pets because they live better than the people we sponsir for the most part.
all too often we attach emotional dross to siginificant news based on our own tiny and myopic world views. this doesn't excuse the activities that are taking place wherever, but the ultimate truth is "clean up your own stuff before you point at others".
This principle could apply to this forum as well in my opinion.