It reads "Braised Deer Tail Soup with Abalone - RM 170 per bowl." That's not the part I am concerned about. The part that had me questioning is this. "Reliefs the joint pain, enhances body and masculine needs". Is this true?

From Shark's fin to deer's tail, these food are considered exotic. I assume. Well, do deer tails really help in relieving joint pain? Not just that, there are few other deer parts that are said to help in improving and enhancing certain part of the human body. Deer antlers for instance, are said to:

• strengthen immune system
  
• improve sore muscles on limbs
• improves the efficiency of the kidneys
• revitalize your body and gives you extra energy
• as well as, improving blood circulation and blood volume

Awfully alot of benefits for just an antler right? Wait, there's this benefit that somehow amused me. It is said that the main purpose or belief is that the deer antlers actually improves sexual disorders in men. Interesting isn't it? Come to think of it, from the economics point of view, the increased of demand for deer antlers are due to this benefit? There's also the deer pizzles. Know what a 'pizzle' really is? I somehow can't seem to find for the definition in the dictionary but I used wikipedia to look for it. Actually, looking at the benefits can actually help describe what pizzles really are. The 'pizzles' are believed to help improve the kidney function (that's one), good for male sexuality (that's two) and increases the number of sperms (that's three and wootofook). By now you can guess what pizzles actually are right? Sure, increasing the number of sperms by consuming an animal's pizzle. Wonderful. How in the world would a pizzle improves the quantity of sperms in a human body? Where's the logic in this? Of all animals, why a deer? Why not an elephant? Elephant has a bigger 'pizzle' right? Here's some links that can provide more information :

• http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/wildlife/lgmams/beargalls.htm
• http://www.wonghoiantler.com/benefits.html
• http://speedendurance.com/2008/06/19/shark-fin-soup-and-benefits-of-shark-cartilage/

So, deers are first hunted down, antlers sawed off, following by their tails which are cut off and their 'pizzles' being plucked off; All for the good of mankind. Cheers! So deers aren't exactly hunted for their meat after all. Not just deers. Many more animals are being hunted for certain purposes or maybe similiar purposes. Black bears is of one good example. Yes, they are cute. Just wait till you see how they are being hunted and treated before ending up on the dinner table. They are basically hunted for their gall bladder which are believed to help improve lots of 'malfunctions' and cure ailments. I don't even want to start on the crocodile meat. To be exact, these sort of delicacies are popular among the Chinese. As a matter of fact, I am a Chinese and I don't feel proud on that. I don't consume this dishes in the first place well except for shark's fin. A reason to back up on the consumption of shark's fin: There are mostly made out of flour and with certain ingredients here in Malaysia, as shark's fin don't come in strands. They can make them look exactly like a shark's fin.

So until today, they are still the most popular chinese delicacy, Even Yao Ming, the NBA basketball star from China had made a press conference in 2006 on advising people to stop eating shark's fin but guess what? During his marriage dinner, the very first dish was Sharks fin! I guess he knew that those shark's fin might be flour very well after all. No offense to him but Shark's Fin is a must have in Chinese wedding dinners. It signifies the lavishness of the marriage. As, the dish is after all quite expensive. A random confession: I used to attend marriages for the sake of enjoying the Shark's Fin Soup. Anyway, I do have deer meat once in awhile but never the other parts..

They are good, they are believed to improve my health but do you know what the animal went through before ending up as a dish on your dinner table? I am sure that most of you people might have seen the advertisement on Discovery or National Geographic channel on how the Black Bears are treated right? Awful I tell you. Some individuals had turned vegetarian after watching how the bears are treated. Not just the black bears actually, other animals like elephants which are hunted for their tusks, crocodiles for their leather skins and monkeys for their brains. From Elephant tusks can make my home prettier and leather bags are more attractive to Monkey brains.. I don't know what the benefit is but I am sure you won't get any smarter by consuming the brain. If you're a smart in the first place, you wont be tying the poor monkey up, put a table with a hole in the middle on top of the monkey, sawing the head off and then scooping its brain with a spoon while the monkey is screaming for its life. Of course, this practise had long been banned though. It's just a random example.




Truthfully, I do hope that all these senseless killings can stop. Havent they thought about this before?:

• You're a human, so a human pizzle might do the 'magic'
  
• You're a human, human bladder might do the cure
• You're a human, human teeth might serve as a better decoration
  
• You're a human, human skin might be more attractive
• You're a human, human brains might get you smarter

Cannibalism. It's a joke. I don't even want to get into that. I wrote all these not because I want to make a joke out of it. Either way, know what PETA is? PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatments for Animals. You should see to what extent they went to go against the killings on the animals. One for example; Campaigns on ending fur and leather usage. Celebrities going naked on posters or people going naked on the streets during a campaign.Like I mentioned earlier, turning vegetarian is also one way. These are the people that are really into ending the miseries the animals are facing. Kudos to PETA! I just want to contribute by creating an awareness even if it this post is only a small contribution. Seeing the pictures I recieved from my friend who's studying Wildlife Management and Vertebrate Zoology, I won't be having much Shark's fin no more in future. Many thanks to him. Anyway, Ambassadors from the Wildlife protection had urged the people to stop buying or demanding for this sort of products and delicacies. Like they always say;