{"id":13222,"date":"2011-01-28T17:38:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T22:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13222\/activists-expose-dog-meat-trade\/"},"modified":"2011-01-28T17:38:25","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T22:38:25","slug":"activists-expose-dog-meat-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13222\/activists-expose-dog-meat-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists expose dog meat trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activists expose dog meat trade
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AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122and all living creatures)<\/a><\/p>\n

Butterfly Ascending<\/a><\/p>\n

Phil<\/a><\/p>\n

January 17th, 2011<\/p>\n

Animal protection activists yesterday accused government agencies of not being active enough in prosecuting dog slaughterhouses and dog meat restaurants.

Kaohsiung Concern for Stray Animal Association chairwoman Wang Hsiao-hua, right, points at photos taken at a dog slaughterhouse and a dog-meat restaurant in Pingtung County at a press conference in Taipei yesterday<\/i><\/p>\n

Watching a video clip shot with a hidden camera in a dog slaughterhouse that has a restaurant attached to it selling dog meat dishes, Kaohsiung Concern for Stray Animal Association (KCSAA) chairwoman Wang Hsiao-hua (\u738b\u5c0f\u83ef) burst into tears during a press conference hosted by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tien Chiu-chin (\u7530\u79cb\u5807).<\/p>\n

The video showed equipment used for slaughtering dogs and processing dog meat, as well as customers enjoying various dog meat dishes in the restaurant.
\u201cYou can always trust the food in this restaurant, it\u2019s been around for more than 50 years,\u201d an elderly customer having a dog meat meal with his two grandchildren was filmed as saying.<\/p>\n

The dog slaughterhouse, run by Wang Tien-chih (\u738b\u5929\u679d), not only serves dog meat in the restaurant, but according to his business card, Wang also provides a home delivery service for frozen dog meat.
\u201cThis is a well-known dog slaughterhouse and a large dog meat supplier in Chaojhou Township [\u6f6e\u5dde], Pingtung County. If you ask anyone in Chaojhou who slaughters dogs, they would tell you it\u2019s Wang Tien-chih,\u201d Wang Hsiao-hua said. \u201cHow come government agencies are so reluctant to prosecute?\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Animal Protection Act (\u52d5\u7269\u4fdd\u8b77\u6cd5), the slaughter of pet animals \u2014 mainly dogs and cats \u2014 and the sale of the meat is prohibited.<\/p>\n

Slaughter of dogs and cats can be punished by a fine of between NT$200,000 and NT$1 million, while those selling dog or cat meat are subject to a fine of between NT$50,000 and NT$250,000, the law stipulates.<\/p>\n

Repeat offenders can be jailed for up to a year, according to the law.
Wang Hsiao-hua said her organization had reported the case to the Pingtung County Department of Agriculture, which is in charge of animal protection, three years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, when agents from the department went to Wang Tien-chih\u2019s shop, he insisted that he sold only goat meat and he refused to allow agents into his slaughterhouse or to take samples of the meat,\u201d Wang Hsiao-hua said. \u201cThe agents could do nothing about it because they did not have a search warrant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dog abattoirs exposed in Taiwan<\/b><\/p>\n

Two illegal dog abattoirs in Taiwan have been found to be killing at least 500 canines a month, members from the Kaohsiung Concern for Stray Animals Association (KCSAA) found.<\/p>\n

The members went on an undercover mission to collect evidence. They pretended to enjoy dog meat and went with their friends who often visited the place in Pingtung as the shops only caters to regular customers.
Home delivery services were also available. The shops are run by two families.<\/p>\n

One of the shops cooked the dog meat for the customers, and hailed braised dog intestines as its specialty, while the other shop only sold frozen dog meat at MT$500 ($22.10) for a 2kg packet.
Dogs will be caught by the operators and kept elsewhere to be sent to the abbatoir to be slaughtered before dawn.
When the group arrived at a shop, they overheard several customers discussing on whether long-fur dogs tasted better than short-fur dogs while they waited for their food to be served.<\/p>\n

The members of KCSAA visited the other shop, operated by a 50 year-old man surnamed Wang, and found a lot of dog organs and meat in the fridge.
Local residents said that Wang would tie up the dogs and drown them in a pool in front of his house. He slaughtered about 500 dogs a month. The other shop killed several dozens a week.
The evidence gathered by the association have been handed over to the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n

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Kaohsiung Concern for Stray Animals Association (KCSAA) <\/a>
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