a lot of the violence toward animals in asia is based on superstition and old homeopathic medicine that doesn’t do anything. there are pretty significant cultural differences between the new/educated and the old/uneducated populations.
i’m hoping that this sort of thing is eventually phased out on its own. governments don’t want to do anything. in areas where it’s actually banned, people still do it. everything is small business, family business, back yards, wet markets etc. nothing is regulated.