In those days, many tended to regard animals purely as a walking dinner. This was shown in frequent incidents. One involved a gourmet club that gathered together in 1966 to dine on swan meat.
當時許多人對動物的觀念，還停留在「沒煮熟的食物」階段，「焚琴煮鶴」一類的例子也就屢見不鮮。