However for me the most emotional and disturbing photo is the Broken cats, how can anyone do that to such splendid creatures any creature.
Graham, I quite agree with you and my reaction was the same when I looked at that particular photo.
I have lived in Asia for 12 years (Thailand, not China) and although many people here love animals there is a different kind of mentality.
I took my kids to the local zoo last week and the locals really love the various animal shows, the kind of shows that have seals balancing balls on their snouts, parrots pulling along mini bicycles and tigers being made to jump in the air for their lunch. There are a number of tourist attractions in Thailand, including one infamous temple, where the main draw is captive tigers.
These shows do nothing for me and actually I find them a little disturbing. Some of the animal enclosures at the zoo are actually quite natural and I just enjoy watching the animals' natural behaviour, but this seems to bore a lot of people here and they want the animals to entertain them as they would do in a circus.
When Stu_bert talks about demand, yes there is demand in certain parts of the world for this kind of entertainment.
I think that attitudes will change eventually. Social media is powerful and the fact that a photographer took such a compelling photo lets a lot of people know what is going on. With enough pressure it may stop.