Dogs Deserve
Better
The Dog Meat Trade: A Cruel and Dangerous Trade
Every year, millions of dogs are brutally transported throughout Indonesia to supply the demand for dog meat. Our nationwide investigations have revealed the crude and brutal methods of capture, transport and slaughter, and the immense suffering caused to millions of dogs each year is unimaginable. Many are stolen family pets and illegally trafficked dogs collected from the streets and rural communities. They are crammed into cages and sacks so tightly that they can’t move, their mouths bound shut so they can hardly breathe. They are taken on long journeys on bikes or in overcrowded trucks to supply markets, slaughterhouses and restaurants. Many die from suffocation, dehydration or heatstroke before they reach their final destination. For those who survive, they watch others being brutally killed in filthy slaughterhouses whilst they wait their turn.
Their fear is unimaginable….
The Dog Meat Trade and Rabies Transmission
The dog meat trade involves large-scale, illegal movement of dogs of unknown disease and vaccination status between regencies (and islands), and disrupts herd immunity to rabies achieved through mass vaccination programs. For these reasons, the World Health Organization (WHO) has explicitly highlighted the trade in dogs for human consumption as a contributing factor to the spread of rabies in Indonesia – a deadly disease that has a devastating impact on human and animal health. So, whilst only a minority of Indonesians consumes dog meat – in fact it is estimated that just 7% of the population nationwide ever consumes dog meat – the trade threatens the health and safety of the whole country.
The brutal and unhygienic slaughter and butchery of dogs and consumption of meat from rabies-positive animals puts humans at risk. Human deaths from rabies have been reported that have been directly linked to involvement in the slaughtering, butchery, handling and even consumption of meat from infected dogs.
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Why Regulation is not a solution?
We therefore campaign for an end to the production and consumption of dog meat because any argument that suggests that regulation of dog meat production would resolve the systematic cruelty involved, or alleviate all the risks posed to human health, is unsubstantiated.
In order to safeguard animal welfare and to protect human and animal health and safety, the dog meat trade must stop.
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