CN) Banned Dog Meat Served In Beijing

August 24, 2008

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(CN) Banned Dog Meat Served In Beijing

Restaurants in Beijing are continuing to serve dog meat despite an

Olympic ban on the infamous dish.

Officials red-carded the food because they were worried about

upsetting tourists visiting the capital during the Beijing Games.

But Sky News found five Beijing restaurants still serving the dish,

and went along to visit one of them in the north-west of the city.

Da Cheng Jiu Jia, which in English means Big Honest Restaurant,

specialises in dog meat, serving up everything from dog hot pot to

fried dog's penis.

We bought a bowl of poodle, I mean noodle soup, with a generous

handful of poached dog meat scattered over the top, for 60 yuan - £5 -

and a plate of stir-fried dog in chilli sauce for £2.50.

The fried dog meat was revolting, and even though the fiery sauce

managed to cover up most of the flavour, neither me nor my Chinese

translator managed more than a mouthful.

The owner showed no surprise when we left most of our meal - and in

case you're wondering she didn't offer us a doggy bag.

She told my translator they did not know where the dog had come from,

or what breed it was, but said it was bought from a wholesaler outside

Beijing.

" We buy it in bags, " she said. " It is a mixture of different types of

dog. Big ones and small ones. "

Several restaurants offered dog meat dishes

Animal rights groups have slammed the dog meat trade in China, and

said the Olympic ban was simply a cosmetic move to try to clean up the

city's image for foreign visitors.

Earlier this year, Sky News told how investigation agency Ecostorm

gained access to the industry by posing as businessmen and secured

pictures of dogs being brutally killed with clubs and knives.

The images showed the animals taking up to seven minutes to die before

they are boiled and skinned.

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