In Thailand, many dogs are trafficked to neighboring Vietnam, where they end up in restaurants for human consumption. Dog meat is a delicacy in North Vietnam. At present, there is no law in Thailand that can restrict these reprehensible practices. However, the country is working on it. This is reported by the American news website CNN.
The dog dealers sometimes put twenty dogs together in a small cage to sell them in Vietnam. According to animal rights activists active in the region, more than 200.000 dogs have been smuggled alive to Vietnam in this way. The animals arrive more dead than alive due to dehydration and stress.
The trade in dogs is illegal in Thailand. Yet traders continue to do so because they say the laws are too unclear. In recent years, several illegal dog traders have been arrested and 1.000 dogs seized. Traders do not stop there and have protested against these government seizures.
Normally, smugglers are prosecuted for illegal trade and transport of animals. However, because those laws are not clear enough and do not mention animal cruelty at all, the government is now trying to enact a law to prosecute smugglers for abuse.
Thai people are starting to love dogs more and more. I saw that at the University Veterinary Clinic you now see many more people than 10 years ago
Sometimes, very occasionally I still have to deal with a cultural shock.
Our second dog, Dam, was unfortunately run over by a car the day before yesterday.
A young, fit dog who hadn't been careful on the highway that runs past the house.
Toni, the older shepherd knows the tricks of the trade and always crosses very carefully.
A young dog can only survive here if he learns in time.
Well, Dam was dead, save, because they had flattened his head.
My question, where did you bury him? Answer; Uncle Tam ate him!
This was really a shock to me. When I said that I thought Thais didn't eat dogs, I got the answer that they don't kill dogs to eat, but if one happens to get run over, he goes to hell.
Well, otherwise it would indeed have been the maggots that had eaten it……………….
Still love the Thais.
It is of course great that people want to tackle such animal suffering (abuse). On the other hand, you can of course argue that you should be able to eat anything as long as no major damage has been done to nature/animals, cruelty, etc. And consumption is not unhealthy. There is nothing wrong with pieces of meat from a beef, horse, pig or even a dog if it has had a good life and is slaughtered in a clean, painless manner. Well, the cuter the animal, the more difficult it becomes to have something like that on your plate, you get attached to it...
“Currently, there is no law in Thailand that can curb these despicable practices.” I don't understand what is so objectionable about breeding dogs for consumption.
Joop, first delve into the matter, because do Joop and associates know how those dogs meet their end? Without going into too much detail, I would like to write something about it, I once witnessed it with the eye and especially the ear, the dog is brutally beaten for hours, this seems to benefit the quality of the meat, and then the poor animal slowly strangled, tasty food Joop!!!
In our village near Chumphae, the dog cart comes by regularly, you can exchange your dog for a basket or a bucket. And this is not secret but just in public, big cage on the back of the pickup and they drive it around the whole area. And this has been going on for years. So it's not that forbidden and whether they do something about it Hmm is me hardly a question.
Thai people are becoming more and more fond of dogs? Do not make me laugh. Every day I have to close my eyes not to see the suffering of the dogs. I live in the Ban Pong Ratchaburi area but I have also seen it in Cha am and so many other places. Stray dogs, stray dogs and stray dogs again. Open wounds and covered in fleas. They get good food because the Thai are so crazy to feed them. But that's where it ends. They don't care. The single Thai who has a dog that is well cared for must be a male because people are not waiting to get puppies. I am a big animal lover and do not like to kill animals, but I often think that the government should do something about it. Get the stray dogs off the street and if there is no other option, put them to sleep in a humanitarian way. I don't like it, but I don't see any other solution. Shelters? For 100 thousands of stray dogs? Who's going to pay for that? Government? He prefers to spend the money on other prestigious projects that are of no use to anyone.
Quote…”In Thailand, many dogs are traded to neighboring Vietnam, where they end up in restaurants for human consumption. Dog meat is a delicacy in North Vietnam. At present, there is no law in Thailand that can restrict these reprehensible practices.”
I don't want to start an argument, but I read this as 'eating dog meat is objectionable'…
In the Netherlands we also eat cattle, while the average Indian goes over his neck?
Of course, the Thai government cannot come up with a law if the dogs in Vietnam die horribly. However, I have an uncanny 'western sense of direction' with this article!
The article mentions trade in dogs IN Thailand, so does that imply that foreign trade is allowed?
This Is Thailand!
It's not so much about which animals they eat, but how they are treated or die. No pen to describe. Especially in China an unprecedented horror:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL0u7o8EJds
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http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/2661/Dieren/article/detail/1655900/2013/06/21/Chinezen-vieren-zonnewende-met-stoofpot-van-10-000-honden.dhtml
Pure madness. They call it a party.
The only way to get these people convicted is on the basis of "animal transport". Joop I would like to say that the dog occupies a special place in human history, incomparable to other animals.
I have the same experience with stray dogs. Masses. And some very dangerous. The Thai government would do well to put them to sleep in a humanitarian way. I hate eating a dog. This also happens in Isan. In the villages. Officially it's not allowed, but many people don't care. Hence my aversion to isan.
I hate eating a dog. In my opinion, the dog is in a higher ranking than a cow. For many people, the dog is a companion. And you don't eat it. I respect traditions. This tradition (dog hunting in China, Laos and Vietnam) is absolutely not. Because then I say maybe there are also cultures where cannibalism is a tradition.