Why is there so much animal cruelty in Asia?
Have traveled all throughout Asia, China, Thailand, Vietnam and there is so much blatant animal cruelty and abuse everywhere you go. Wet markets, inhumane petting zoos, “pet” shops selling exotic animals in distress, roadside animal shows. Even in well off neighborhoods of these countries you find these things. Why is there so little empathy in these places towards animals? Obviously I’m not making a blanket statement but there is enough of a tolerance towards it where you see it all the time. I want to understand!
EDIT: I don’t support factory farming either obviously, and I don’t suggest people from the west have a moral high ground. However I do say that blatant animal cruelty is not tolerated by 98% of people.