Guest guest Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2003: How many dogs and cats are eaten in Asia? [EXCERPT] Thailand About 52,000 dogs per year are eaten in Thailand, according to Roger Lohanan of Thai Animal Guardians. News accounts indicate that dog eating and cat eating were virtually unknown in Thailand before the U.S.-sponsored influx of ethnic Chinese refugees from Vietnam during the 1970s and 1980s. Settled mostly in northeastern Thailand, the refugees introduced a growing and increasingly controversial commerce in both dog meat and dog leather. Consumption of dogs is considered offensive by the Buddhist Thai majority, and has been discouraged to some extent by the Thai government, but has not actually been suppressed, to avoid heightening the already considerable ethnic tension between native Thais and the immigrants. --Researched by Kim Bartlett, with analysis by Merritt Clifton -- Merritt Clifton Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O. Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 Telephone: 360-579-2505 Fax: 360-579-2575 E-mail: anmlpepl Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the decision-makers at more than 9,500 animal protection organizations. We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 For more than ten years I have been haunted by a photograph taken in Northern Thailand of dogs being smuggled to China. Tin cans were shoved over their snouts and their arms were tied behind their backs and slung over bamboo poles carried between two men. I am glad to say that I don't have a copy of that image except the one seared in my brain. It appears that the trade is more mechanised now with trucks and boats. It is about time the trade was stopped - but we all know how difficult it is to eliminate a mafia/triad business. Law enforcers have to be prepared to risk their lives. We can hope that the proposed Chinese anti-cruelty law will help. Readers will remember the photos I posted recently of pigs tied onto motorbikes travelling from Vietnam to China. The only real answer I can see to all these problems is veganism. People tell me every day that veganism will never catch on. But I don't see any other solution. John. aapn [aapn ] On Behalf Of Merritt Clifton Sunday, April 04, 2010 3:54 PM aapn How many dogs and cats are eaten in Asia? From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2003: How many dogs and cats are eaten in Asia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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