(Thailand/Vietnam) The Dog Meat Mafia: Conscience

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The Dog Meat Mafia: Conscience

 

 

 

http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=51018 & lang=en

 

 

November 27, 2009

 

There are no crowded dog pounds in this corner of northeast Thailand. No

routine trips to the euthanasia chamber. No government-run cell bays full of

thrown-away pets.

 

At the Nakhon Phanom animal shelter, there's only Blackie and Brownie, two

mutts roaming unchained in a fenced pen meant to hold hundreds of dogs. The

dog shelters here are mostly empty.

 

Each month, regional syndicates collect roughly 30,000 free-roaming strays

in Thailand for illegal export to Vietnam, where demand for dog meat runs

high(...)

 

But animal rights groups say the entire country is shamed by the trade's

barbarism.

 

Collectors sometimes subdue angry dogs by knocking them senseless with

sticks. Traffickers cram dogs 10-deep into cages, seldom feeding them during

long trips to Vietnam. After the shipment arrives in Vietnam, butchers will

often crack live dogs over the head to charge their blood with adrenaline.

Some diners believe dogs killed while frightened offer health benefits, such

as a super-charged libido...