Animal rights activists must not violate law

A MAN in Shiling town in Sichuan province, Southwest China, who was allegedly making money by videoing his abuse of dogs, was "captured" by local animal protection volunteers and paraded naked through the streets. Beijing Times commented on Monday:

Cruelty toward animals is beneath contempt; but experience has proved that people taking matters into their own hands and violently punishing animal abusers only make matters worse by making the opposing sides more irrational.

In this case, making the man parade through the streets naked was an abuse of an individual's rights. According to the volunteers, it was the only thing they could think of.