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avoid dog meat, please.  dogs are friends and companions, not food.  if you want to have them for dinner, seat them in front of you, if not beside you.

some reasons for avoiding dog meat:

Risk to Human Health

There are significant health risks related with the farming, slaughter and consumption of dogs. Unsanitary conditions in farms present the most favorable conditions for microbes to reproduce. Diseases such as parvo virus, canine distemper and leptospirosis are common and spread like wildfire in dogs whose immune systems are already low and weakened due to the poor health and starvation. The trade and movement of dogs over large areas increase the risk of disease transmission. There are a number of pathogens associated with the dog meat industry; the most recently documented include cholera, rabies, and trichinellosis.

Cholera: Following a Cholera outbreak in Vietnam in 2008 the World Health Organisation’s representative in Vietnam warned that eating dog meat, or other food from outlets that serve it, is linked to a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing the severe acute watery diarrhea commonly caused by the cholera bacterium. In 2009 seven provinces and cities in the northern and central regions had announced patient’s positive for the cholera bacterium. On May 13, the Hanoi Health Department declared it had found the cholera bacterium in five samples of dog meat taken from four slaughterhouses in Ha Dong district.

Rabies: Research published in March 2009 in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, reports on two patients admitted to hospital showing signs of rabies infection. Neither patient was thought to have been bitten by a rabid animal in the preceding months. When the researchers investigated whether the patients had come into contact with infected animals, they found that both had been involved in preparing and eating animals that may have been infected.

from "Inside the Dog Meat Trade – Dogs, Man’s Best Friend or Next Meal???" at http://www.petloverscompanion.com/inside-the-dog-meat-trade/

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the article "Inside the Dog Meat Trade – Dogs, Man’s Best Friend or Next Meal???" is very disturbing.  ample warning is there for readers.  i am posting some pictures here from that article.  if this could help save a dog, then i would go through this.


photo credit Animal Asia
Dogs arrive after a nightmare three-day journey by truck.


photo credit International Aid for Korean Animals
Truckloads of dogs transported from dog farms to markets.


photo credit International Aid for Korean Animals
When a buyer goes to the dog market, the dog is slaughtered on the spot.  Dog being pulled away to be slaughtered.


photo credit Animal Asia
Dogs arriving at the dog market squashed together in tiny cages, unable to move, without food, water or shelter.


photo credit Sirius Global Animal Organisation
Rusty tin cans are jammed over their jaws to make them easier to handle.




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Several Asian countries have now legislated against dog-meat consumption. The more significant problem in countries where bans do exist appears to lie with enforcement issues, for example:

• The Philippine Animal Welfare Act No. 8485, (1998) bans the trading and eating of dog meat. However, animal welfare groups claim that widespread corruption of officials and other agencies means that the law is not enforced.

• Taiwan’s Animal Protection Bill (1988) bans killing dogs for food, but once again the ban is not enforced and there are purportedly around 60 dog meat restaurants throughout Taiwan.

• In 1984 the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare classified dog meat and dog soup as “disgusting foods” and food sanitation laws have also been introduced to ban the manufacturing and selling of dog meat. Restaurant owners caught selling dog meat can have their business licenses removed on their third offence. Despite this framework, the Ministry of Health and Welfare does not enforce the Law so that dog meat restaurants remain common and an illegal dog and cat meat trade continues to flourish. In fact pressure from the dog meat industry and consumers now appears to be pushing the government towards formally backtracking and distinguishing “food dogs” and “pet dogs”.

from Inside the Dog Meat Trade – Dogs, Man’s Best Friend or Next Meal???
at http://www.petloverscompanion.com/inside-the-dog-meat-trade/

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Korean Meat Market with pressure cookers--- the pressure cooker is used to prepare dog and cat meat.


photo credit International Aid for Korean Animals
Reluctant dog being aware of what is coming being dragged away to its death.

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Today, dogs are increasingly being recognized within China as dependable and even crucial members of family and society. Changing family demographics, such as childless couples and increasing numbers of elderly people living alone, mean that more and more people are turning to dogs for companionship and support. As a result, pet ownership is booming, with just over 150 million pet dogs throughout the nation – one for every nine people. according to the Beijing Kennel Club, pet owners in the city spend more than 500 million RMB on their pets a year. Experts say that the market potential for the “pet economy” could reach a minimum of 15 billion RMB, far exceeding the economic potential of the trade in dog meat. Now dogs are being employed as sniffer dogs at airports and railway stations, they have also become invaluable and cheap in the assistants of law enforcement. Dogs and other companion animals also provide an important financial, as well as emotional, contribution to China.

from Inside the Dog Meat Trade – Dogs, Man’s Best Friend or Next Meal??? at http://www.petloverscompanion.com/inside-the-dog-meat-trade/

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What can you do?

Some of us may be angered, appalled, disgusted and even disturbed by this feature. Remember everyone is entitled to an opinion! Cultural practices are cultural practices and they vary from civilization to civilization, but it should not be an excuse to cruelty. Most of the world views dogs as trusted companions, but in Asia, millions of them are still consumed for meat.  If you are an animal lover would like to end dog meat trade or help raise awareness or sign a petition to ban eating of dogs or want to donate to support the cause, feel free to visit the website listed below to learn more about the groups, their cause and what you can do to help.

Animal Asia – http://www.animalsasia.org

International Aid for Korean Animals – http://www.koreananimals.org

Sirius Global Animal Organisation – http://www.siriusgao.org


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from Inside the Dog Meat Trade – Dogs, Man’s Best Friend or Next Meal??? at http://www.petloverscompanion.com/inside-the-dog-meat-trade/

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i'm really sorry that you had to find out that puppee was hurt, isles. i completely empathize for you. sige, i will read these links. ayaw'g pa guol , ha, you did your best to care for the pup.

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yes, isles, and what matters is that your kindness to puppee was felt by him and his owner. keep on doing the right thing. and may God bless your merciful works on the animals. it correlates with today's Divine Mercy daily prayer, which asks all of us to keep on doing acts of mercy, which pleases our Lord Jesus Christ.



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