There are no laws that say what anyone can kill and eat, only that the killing must be "humane". It is not up to the SPCA to control diet, just cruelty.

If you eat animals, you have no grounds for criticism of what animals are eaten and you are part of this problem.

The SPCA is mandated to prevent the cruel killing of animals, but the inspection of abattoirs is up to the federal government, not the SPCA.

But in the name of political correctness, the SPCA does nothing about the cruelty in live food Asian markets right here in Vancouver. Go look at Chinatown, if you are not faint of heart and weak of stomach, and then report what you see to the SPCA. Inform us if anything is done.

AAS investigated live food markets in Vancouver and not one thing ever resulted. Nick read of the Vancouver Sun tried to get the SPCA to do something and he failed too.

From http://www.animaladvocates.com/spca-100-years.htm

LIVE ASIAN MARKET SALES OF TURTLES:
Why has the SPCA never tried to ban the live chopping up of turtles in Asian markets? Why did they tell so many complainants that there was ‘no law being broken’, even though the provincial "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" act allows the SPCA itself to define cruelty and neglect? Here is what a group of schoolchildren saw in Vancouver’s Chinatown: "A turtle cut to pieces before their eyes…the shell removed while the turtle is still struggling and alive. It is a horrifying sight." (Nicholas Read, Sun, Jan13/98) The children called the SPCA. Months later the SPCA still had not called them back. Finally, under the pressure of more columns by Read, the SPCA drafted "guidelines" which must be followed in order for the seller to be given the permit to sell by the Conservation Branch of the Environment Ministry. Guidelines include room to move, water to cover, dry "sitting" area. But this cruelty goes on unabated. And it is reported to the SPCA. Their answer? "It’s a cultural thing, there’s no law against it." Yes - there is no law against it, but has the SPCA ever asked the provincial government for a law against this? "Guidelines" are not law. Guidelines need not be enforced. But guidelines can be used to "prove" the SPCA has done something. Have they ever tried to use their guidelines? Why do they not try to get a merchant’s permit revoked as an example to them all?

Read about the roasting of a puppy in Vancouver on this page and what the SPCA did not do for "cultural reasons"

Headless baby turtles. Photo taken by Judy Stone in Vancouver's Chinatown