Once again this is due to heredity.
These behaviours only shows that for too long these people have been left without any moral guidance, that is at least from the 13th century when they lost their independence as a civilization, ruled by an unbroken chain of foreign barbaric Mongolian then Manchurian then European colonial invaders.
Go to Siam and see how street dogs are treated. Buddha's compassion has left these colonial offsprings.
Not long ago, during the civil war in the 1930s, before the CCP's victory, it is known that peasants used to ate 馒头 soaked in the blood of beheaded prisoners after public executions, deemed nutritious. It doesn't only happens in Syria.
What is worse?
Vietnam Festival: Live Pig Chopped In Half To Honor Village Deity (WARNING: GRAPHIC)
02/02/2012 12:03 pm ET
Each year, on the sixth day of the lunar new year, the villagers of a town about 25 miles north of Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, organize a festival to honor their local guardian deity, Doan Thuong. The celebrations include traditional festival features such as a march and live music, but one part of the ceremony is not for the faint of heart.
According to Reuters, a live pig is shuttled around the village before being placed on the ground on its back. Assistants hold ropes attached to the pig’s legs, spreading the animal’s appendages apart to expose its belly. A man wielding a large blade then chops the pig in half, and the villagers rush to smear the blood on bank notes, hoping for good luck in the new year.
The practice has been condemned by activists inside Vietnam and abroad.
For more photos of the festival, check out ChinaSMACK.
WARNING: The video below contains GRAPHIC footage.
In the video below posted by AsianTown.net, watch footage of the pig being chopped in half:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vietnam-live-pig-chopped-in-half_n_1246685
To be honest, animal cruelty is widespread in developing countries, especially throughout Asia and Africa. The only way forward is strong laws regarding the ethical treatment of animals, development and education. Unfortunately even as a country progresses, a lot of these backward ideas still exist. The more rural a population is, the worst they treat animals as well because they are seen as a commodity and not as living beings.
Even in the US, a lot of rednecks have no morals regarding the killing of animals.
The difference is that the US has laws governing the cruel treatment of animals and thus people like this will be punished and it deters others from doing the same.