![]() ![]() It is not asserted here that any of these cultures or countries are homogenous they are not. In Western culture, for example, the keeping of pets is endemic in Chinese and Islamic cultures, this has traditionally not been the case. In India women have sometimes been forced to marry animals. One explanation for this practice is that it is thought by some in India that girls born with a baby tooth showing through the gums or who are ugly or have a disfigured face are possessed by ghosts. The catholicon for this possession, it is thought, is for the girl to marry an animal, often a dog or goat. Having been so delivered from the incantations of the ghosts, the girl is then able to marry a man. It is not only in India where such marriages have occurred similar marriages to animals have occurred in Sudan, Germany, and Israel. Another practice that may be thought curious is the annual “Monkey Buffet Festival” in Lopburi province in Thailand, where a sumptuous spread of vegetables and fruit is presented for local *405monkeys. In Spain there is the macabre “Day of the Geese,” where a greased goose is hung over water and men leap from boats with the goal of ripping the head off the goose. In a concession to animal rights advocates, this practice is now only done with dead geese.įirst, I will describe and analyze views of the human/animal relationship from five example cultural traditions: Western culture, represented generally by Europe and North America, Indian culture, Chinese culture, South African culture, and Islamic culture, exemplified primarily here by Turkey. ![]() ![]() Cultures have differing views about the nature of animals, about the value of specific types of animals, and about our moral and ethical duties to animals and how they should be treated. Despite the obvious similarities, cultural differences with respect to attitudes toward and treatment of animals can be profound. ![]()
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