Facts behind the scene
Two weeks ago, one of the most popular news in Taiwan was happened in Lin-Kuo, Taipei County. Eight goats were killed in an animal farm. The first witness, who is a foreign worker of the animal farm, claimed that she saw the murderer. And it was a tiger! Wow! A tiger was wild living in Taipei. All of sudden, Taipei became a safari paradise. The Taipei County magistrate Chou-Shee-Wei went hunting for the tiger with a team. Normally we use powerful weapons such as rifles when go hunting. But according to the press, pistols and wood canes were the most powerful weapons in the team. They didn’t make it for the tiger. So they set up three trap cages. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe nearly everybody has seen trap cages for mouse. Trap cages with roast chickens inside as bates; was it a good idea for tigers?
No, it wasn’t. Tigers didn’t show up eventually. Actually, it was so understandable. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have watched discovery or animal planet channels, you will know what tigers eat. I am not an expert of tigers, but at least I know tigers hunt and eat larger animal such as horses, dears, and cows. Once there’s a tiger that eat roast chicken in the cage and get caught. I guess the other tigers will laugh at the tiger. Eat chicken in the cage and get caught? You lose tigers’ faces.
Instead of tiger, two dogs were caught in the trap cages. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the suspect no. 1, little white. The police accused little white was the murderer of the goats. They said little white was a feral, angry and bloody killer. He killed 8 goats in a night. I really wonder how they know this dog is the murderer. Maybe they have examined the dog already. “Hey, little white, where were you at the night the goats got killed?” “ Bark!” “Oh! Near the animal farm, right!” “Did you kill the goats?” “bark!” “why did you kill the goats?” “bark!” “oh, you were hungry!!!” Obliviously, not too many people believed little white was the murderer. It might because little white got innocent eyes. So the suspect no.2, little black, was considered more like the murderer of the goats. You can see the picture of little black; he doesn’t have the innocent eyes. And he looks angrier and more like bloody killer. Ladies and gentlemen, if you believe that, I will take that as a discrimination of skin color. Because the fact is both little white and black are too small to kill the goats. And little black is a cripple; he got only three legs functional.
It’s been eleven days after the goats got killed. Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard anything about this case from the newspaper, TV or radio news in these two days? I bet you haven’t. Why? I guess it’s not important anymore. This news doesn’t have journalistic value anymore. But the fact is the goats in the animal farm are still under the threat of being killed by other animals. And the owner of the animal farm will be still losing money. Do we really care the death of the goats?
As a matter fact, in November last year, goats in the same animal farm were also killed. Some toxic chemicals like dioxins have been detected from the goats in the same animal farm. According to the report of Department of Heath, the concentration of the dioxins in the goat was over the standard. Fifty goats need to be destroyed according to the food regulations. I know my English is not very good, but is the word ‘destroyed’ the same as ‘killed’ in this case? When dogs killed one goat, it is a murder. And when men destroy 50 goats, it sounds more like a number. Ladies and gentlemen, which one should we really care more? A murder or a number?
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