According to the news release from
China’s People’s News (April 16, 2011), whether people
believe it or not, this incident actually happened in Hong Kong.
The Weekly World News reported that a group of workers
were bringing a water buffalo into a packaging factory, ready to
slaughter it to make steak and beef stew.
When they approached the front door
of the slaughterhouse, the sorrowful buffalo suddenly stood still,
refusing to move forward, kneeling on its two front knees, and with
tears streaming from its eyes.
How could the buffalo have already
been aware that it was going to be slaughtered, before entering the
slaughterhouse? This shows that it was even more alert than human
being. “When I saw what is believed to be a stupid animal actually
crying, and when I noticed that its eyes were full of fear and
sadness, I could not help but shiver.”
Extremely shocked by this, butcher
Shiu Tat-Nin recalled: “I quickly called other people to come and
see, and they were as surprised as I was! We pushed and pulled the
water buffalo, but it would not move; it just sat there crying
constantly.”
Billy Fong, the boss of the Hong
Kong packaging plant said, “Mankind has always thought that animals
are not like people who can cry, but this buffalo is really sobbing
like a baby!”
At that time there were at least a
dozen strong, burly men present, but their hearts were softened by
the buffalo’s crying, and those who were responsible for killing
water buffaloes were even more touched by this, tears welling out
of their eyes.
When workers from other
slaughterhouses heard the news, they also ran to the crying and
kneeling buffalo, and the site was soon crowded with people who
were astonished at what they saw. Three of them were so shocked
that they said that from now on, even when they slaughter other
kinds of animals, they will never forget that buffalo tears.
At the point when a buffalo was
crying and people were crying as well, we could all be sure that
none of them would kill the buffalo. Then the question was how to
take care of this matter. Finally, they decided to buy the water
buffalo with cash, and then they sent it to a Buddhist temple, for
the monastic to take good care of it, so that it could be assured
of living out its life peacefully.
When this decision was made, an
amazing thing happened again: “When there was an assurance that the
buffalo would not be killed, it finally agreed to move, got up, and
it is here with us.” How could a water buffalo understand human
words?
Shiu said: “Whether you believe it
or not, this is really true, although it sounds really incredible.”
Undoubtedly, this buffalo has changed the lives of these
butchers.
Chinese didn't kill an animal for meat.How kind!!!!
