Pets stolen, slaughtered and turned into bar snacks in Cambodia’s dog meat trade

[geovalin]

Around three million dogs are being stabbed, drowned, clubbed, hanged and sold on for meat every year in Cambodia.

 

The trade is largely supplied by stolen pets, strays or unwanted dogs sold to passing motorcyclists for aluminium pots and pans.

 

Captured creatures spend their days in small and rusty iron cages waiting for their gruesome deaths. Workers at unlicensed slaughterhouses are exposed to deadly health risks like rabies and say they are being traumatised by the day-to-day killings.

 

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/12/pets-stolen-slaughtered-turned-bar-snacks-cambodias-dog-meat-trade-11086604/

 

[phycokiller]

3 hours ago, secondfusilier said:

 

Still, it keeps them off the street.

yes, altho the last month I have noticed more then usual. maybe business has been so good they are taking a holiday

[Creasy]

Ruh Roh

[Tayaout]

Not much different than most intensive farmed meat. Meat is meat. 

[Odin Norway]

We have a big truck coming around our roads sometimes to collect.Just luck I havent hit any dogs in years.Many of them are  big hazards running after everything that moves.

[my friend I]

4 hours ago, secondfusilier said:

 

Still, it keeps them off the street.

Most Cambodians leave their dogs out on the street day and night. Easy pickings.

[CNXexpat]

I have an electronic cat flap in my house, so she can leave and enter it whenever she wants and walk around in the area. She also have a collar where her name and the telephone number of my wife is written. If someone would collect her and I see it, he will have a massive problem.

[Deli]

A solution to keep Sois quiet and clean

[sirineou]

2 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Not much different than most intensive farmed meat. Meat is meat. 

You are meat

[Sheryl]

My deeply belived dog, a Chihuahua who died last week at the advanced  age of at least 22 years(could have been 23-25) was rescued en route to the  meat market in Phnom Penh. His rescuer paid off the man intending to sell him for slaughter.

 

From how he interacted with humans as well as his breed, he was stolen from an owner who loved him. Probably a Western woman based on his response to me. 

 

They aren't just taking soi dogs...in fact thete are virtually none of those in Phnom Penh. They are stealing people's pets. 

[robblok]

5 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

My deeply belived dog, a Chihuahua who died last week at the advanced  age of at least 22 years(could have been 23-25) was rescued en route to the  meat market in Phnom Penh. His rescuer paid off the man intending to sell him for slaughter.

 

From how he interacted with humans as well as his breed, he was stolen from an owner who loved him. Probably a Western woman based on his response to me. 

 

They aren't just taking soi dogs...in fact thete are virtually none of those in Phnom Penh. They are stealing people's pets. 

Gruesome to say the least that they steal pets too. Not that I find it a good thing that they kill street dogs. But that is just my opinion. 

[Tayaout]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

You are meat

Yes, I am meat that eat meat. Most of my meat is plant based tho. 

[sirineou]

3 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

Yes, I am meat that eat meat. Most of my meat is plant based tho. 

But "Not much different than most intensive farmed meat. Meat is meat. "

[Tayaout]

Just now, sirineou said:

But "Not much different than most intensive farmed meat. Meat is meat. "

Actually I talked too fast. This dog meat is probably more healthy than what is sold at supermarkets. 

[tifino]

As found in superbarkets 

 

Never know your timing... what you get could have been yesterday's blue healer biter of your ankle 

 - is today's payback 

[sirineou]

5 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

Actually I talked too fast. This dog meat is probably more healthy than what is sold at supermarkets. 

probably yours too. 

[Tayaout]

2 minutes ago, sirineou said:

probably yours too. 

I don't buy any food from supermarket. I can see my meat eating grass near my vegetables. 

[NightSky]

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

My deeply belived dog, a Chihuahua who died last week at the advanced  age of at least 22 years(could have been 23-25) was rescued en route to the  meat market in Phnom Penh. His rescuer paid off the man intending to sell him for slaughter.

 

From how he interacted with humans as well as his breed, he was stolen from an owner who loved him. Probably a Western woman based on his response to me. 

 

They aren't just taking soi dogs...in fact thete are virtually none of those in Phnom Penh. They are stealing people's pets. 

Sorry you lost your friend Sheryl although at 22 years old wow that’s good going I’m sure that you gave that little one a grand innings! 

 

we have small dogs too and they become part of the family don’t they just, especially after so many years you see each dog has their own individual personality.

 

its a very sad to read article for anyone who has ever had a dog as a friend I’m sure. All dogs are certainly more compassionate and offer better companionship than some of the other posters on this thread.

 

[Tayaout]

10 minutes ago, NightSky said:

All dogs are certainly more compassionate and offer better companionship than some of the other posters on this thread.

The same could be said with cow, horse, pigs, etc. I never ate a dog but have no issue with those who do. I ate horse for example and my inlaw get a good price for his rat meat. Most Indian probably find the idea of eating beef disgusting. The way most factory farm meat is raised is not compassionate in my opinion. 

 

If it can reassure you I owned around 15 dogs in my life because of dogsled but never ate any of them. 

[Thomas J]

[atyclb]

a vietnamese friend does not take her eyes off her Chihuahua for 2 seconds. same as if he were an infant. viet has criminal gangs that grab pets, strays, doesn't matter,

 

 

 

[owl sees all]

Our dog (Lala) was killed by a farmer neighbour who said it killed one of his chickens. I went to see him to sort things out. When I approached his hut the farmer's family were roasting Lala and slicing bits off.

 

I was offered a slice, and ate it with a bit of som tam, and downed the grub with a glass or two of Lao khow.

 

Overrated in my view. I could get used to it, but on reflection I prefer pork or duck or even snake.

[khunPer]

5 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Not much different than most intensive farmed meat. Meat is meat. 

You are right, but when it comes to pets, people – most of us – react different.

[Puchaiyank]

Workers at unlicensed slaughterhouses are exposed to deadly health risks like rabies and say they are being traumatised by the day-to-day killings. 

 

Cambodia must pay more attention to these workers...meanwhile gathering animals from sewers, garbage dumps and vacant lots to be sold as safe and edible meat...does not seem to bother it's leaders...????

[sammieuk1]

A shaggy dog burger is on the menu somewhere here to no doubt????

[The Deerhunter]

On 11/13/2019 at 1:55 PM, secondfusilier said:

 

Still, it keeps them off the street.

The butcher's or the dogs?

Interesting videos turn up on YouTube and elsewhere from time to time of the efforts they take to steal pet dogs presumably for the meat trade.  Even unwanted soi dogs deserve a humane death. For this reason, even as a hunter, I do not approve of kosher or halal killing.

[Tayaout]

7 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

The butcher's or the dogs?

Interesting videos turn up on YouTube and elsewhere from time to time of the efforts they take to steal pet dogs presumably for the meat trade.  Even unwanted soi dogs deserve a humane death. For this reason, even as a hunter, I do not approve of kosher or halal killing.

In the west we have the same issue but the pets are destined to laboratory. Not sure which one is worse. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/07/from-the-leash-to-the-laboratory/378269/

[neeray]

On ‎11‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 9:55 PM, secondfusilier said:

 

Still, it keeps them off the street.

Maybe the same could be said if you were boiled alive and turned into bar treats.

Maybe nobody would buy your bits.

[bendejo]

Santiago, Chile is infamous for the number of stray dogs on the streets.  Maybe one of you guys looking to leave LOS should consider moving there and opening a Cambodian restaurant.

Call it "Fido's."

 

 

[snowgard]

On 11/13/2019 at 9:55 AM, secondfusilier said:

 

Still, it keeps them off the street.

I hope in your next life you be born as a street dog in cambodia. This will be the best place for you!!! ????