The Story of Cinta

Added on Monday, 24 December 2018

Cinta was brutally captured by dog meat traders in Sukabumi whilst our team was there conducting investigations. Cinta was destined to be sold to a dog slaughterhouse in Jakarta. But we just couldn’t leave her and had the opportunity to save her. “Cinta” means love in Bahasa and that is exactly what she represents to all of us… Here is her story…

Cinta was brutally captured by dog meat traders in Sukabumi whilst our team was there conducting investigations. After being caught, she was tied up for two days with no food or water, and was so, so afraid. The traders pulled out the nails on her paws…. one by one – can you imagine the pain?

Cinta went through all of this trauma just so the traders could make a few dollars profit selling her to the dog slaughterhouse in Jakarta. But we just couldn’t leave her and had the opportunity to save her and two others – Samba and Manis.

twodogsorig Samba and Manis are now living with their loving forever families in Washington DC.

Beautiful Cinta is now living the life she deserves in Jakarta and is just a boundless source of joy and love

Cinta is one of the lucky ones who survived the cruel and dangerous dog meat trade, and she will be celebrating Christmas this year with her family who loves her very much!

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In Bobby’s Honour

We found Bobby sitting in a wire cage in a busy dog meat market in North Sulawesi whilst we were conducting investigations in December 2017. He was surrounded by scenes from a horror movie, and the terror in his eyes was haunting. We knew we couldn’t leave him.

It breaks our heart that he left this world too soon, but he left having known love and with a name. And in his name, we will never give up until the dog and cat meat trades end throughout Indonesia.

Hero’s Story

The Dog Meat Free-Indonesia coalition spent many long and heartbreaking months investigating the inner-workings of the dog meat trade throughout Indonesia. As people who do what we do because we care so passionately about animals, doing investigations never gets any easier. It is soul-destroying and heart-breaking, but essential in documenting the reality of the trade so that we are best-positioned to fight it, and to ultimately realise our goal of ending the dog meat trade.

But we always save those we can…

On one particular day, we had the chance to save a dog who we named 'Hero'.

Change is coming in Indonesia and throughout Asia… Never before has the dog meat trade or the consumption of dog meat been questioned the way it is now. People are turning their backs on a trade and a practice that can no longer hide behind a defense of ‘culture’ or ‘tradition’.