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Feb 28, 2001

Heavy petting

Ian Williams declares pet schemes unfur to fowl

I shall sell any Taiwanese shares I have. I've lost my hitherto deep respect for the island-state's entrepreneurial activities. Pandering to western prejudices, no more hot dogs - ie. roasted canines - are to be sold there. The ban's chief beneficiaries will be Taipei's stray dogs, who are now free to foul the footpaths, pass on rabies and parasites, and bite passersby. Of course pigs, cattle, and poultry, which commit no such public nuisances, will still finish up roasted, fried, boiled and barbecued. Indeed

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