Faster moves needed for protection of animals

It was the delivery of pandas to Australia that first got me thinking about animal cruelty legislation in China, or the lack thereof.

The other day my 9-year-old daughter and I were watching a news story about two giant pandas sent from China to Australia.

Her response surprised me. "It's too inhumane for the pandas," she said. "They have to leave their families for 10 years, and they have to be watched by many people every day!"