CX Participates in the Dolphin Slave Trade
 

CX freight terminal apparently not the A/C.

Cathay Pacific Airlines Participates in the Dolphin Slave Trade - Sea Shepherd

Perhaps Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd will build an attack aircraft to thwart animal freighters in the same manner as the trimaran, Ady Gil, attempted to interfere with Japanese whaling.

I note he's been married three times which does confirm my belief that greens/animal rights etc are good for pulling chicks :ok:

This deeply distresses me. As an avid scuba diver, and someone who really loves the oceans and it's inhabitants, the thought of the distress these poor creatures endured is appalling. I would ask our management to cease and desist from any such business in the future. Dolphins in particular are very intelligent, social animals (so right there, much different than our managers :E). They deserve more humane consideration than this article suggests.

"the distress these poor creatures endured is appalling"



I know exactly how they feel... sitting in freighter for 12 hours, waiting in ANC hotel or other place away from home...is appalling and very distressing...:):):)

How about the pilot slave trade?:E

(I agree about the poor dolphins btw)

Who give a f$$k

CX - shameless w@nkers - $14bn - woohoo!

I have always wanted to know if we carry sharks-fin products on our freighters? Of course we don't serve them to our passengers, because that would be too unconservative.

Do any of the drivers know?

Watch this and you might not ask, "Who gives a f$$k?"

We certainly used to. They were a regular item out of Dubai, however, I haven't seen (or smelled!) any for some time.

MRGTC

I do, and so do may others in CX! I see you are from the PRC.... so indulge me in a statement a closed minded as yours..... You must live amongst the most unintelligent, ignorant people in China, if you don't realize the harm that trafficking/slaughter of dolphins, whales and sharks does.

So.... Get a life, get an education and get the f$$k off PPRuNe.

I find it difficult to take a stand on this issue without sounding hugely hypocritical. What about the ipads, and countless other goods we carry ( and use) as a matter of course, most of which are made by people living in conditions close to slavery.

Watch the documentary "China Blue"

Independent Lens . CHINA BLUE . The Film | PBS

then ask yourself where you draw the moral line on what is acceptable to carry on our freighters.

Speaking of Sea Shepherd, do you think the birds on the boat shave or are they full-up granola?

It’s all about the money. We will do anything to make or save money for our shareholders and therefore our bonuses.

We don’t care about slave labor, endangered species or moral obligations, etc. It’s not who we are. Our mission states we are a Socially Responsible Company for public appearance only. Our actions of our past speak for themselves.

The only thing that may persuade us from not doing so is getting caught and public perception. Do you not think we carry shark fins… We just don’t label them as such.

Cargo is a very lucrative business, kilogram for kilogram. We don’t have to cater for or provide our service for freight. Much more profitable.

We will carry just about anything (even Gallium as used in semiconductors) if it were to make us money. Most have no idea what we carry and that is the way we like to keep it, so stop spreading these fictitious articles about The CPG.

To My Bonus
The Management

I've nothing against killing animals as humanely as possible however, I regret to have to say that the Chinese in general lack any sort of empathy with animals.
I've seen live snakes slit open and their gall bladder ripped out. The snakes then popped back in the bag to await further treatment.
I watched a live fish being filleted.
John Warham tells, in The 49ers, of viewing a cow mauled by not very hungry tigers in a PRC zoo as an entertainment.

I'm not trying to take the moral high ground. I boil crustaceans.

I often view animal rights evidence critically but I know what I've seen.

You'll have to get down there and sign articles to find out :)

How about this barbarism?

"crates were moved into the Cathay Pacific cargo handling facility at Kansai"

That'll be the joint venture with JAL and Kansai Airport Co. etc

I pity the poor dolphins. I suspect this was a "domestic" issue, however one thing is for sure, dolphins are far more vicious than our freight managers will ever be...:suspect:

I hate to see animals on wire netting.

Unfortunately, when British fur producers attempted to farm animals for their fur they were attacked by 'animal rights' activists who released thousands of domesticated animals into the wild.
The Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 ended fur farming in the UK on 1 January 2003.
There is no doubt in my mind that this was stupid, ill conceived legislation playing to the gallery and moved fur farming from the UK, where it could be controlled and monitored to places such as China.

'Humanely farmed in Britain' could have been part of a trademark but the fluffies had their way and are to blame for the suffering of many animals world wide.

Bet this was not on the " Daily news" in the street.

Well I will tell u why I don't give a f##k. We ship many people around the world for up to close to to two days in what we call cattle class. I have been on a jet for 26 hours without getting off! Now I expect any animals carried should be humanely treated but it happens many people all of the time and so why should animals be treated differently. To be honest sometimes animals are treated better than people. While I agree with the humane treatment of animals should be complied with there are many times human beings are treated worse. If you want an argument about PETA or other extremist groups behave and or think I will give u one. There is an episode of south park which hits the nail on the head when it comes to PETA. I have seen people tested far worse!

I meant to say treated ( not tested ) far worse. So forgive me on the autocorrect.

Why not use the Edit button?