The stopping of trucks and confiscating dogs on their way to a slaughter house is dangerous work that requires a large group of dedicated volunteers whose sole purpose is to save dogs from the horror in which they’ve been living and a very painful death. This includes boiling or skinning dogs alive and, in some areas, severely beating the dogs to increase their level of adrenaline. The “custom” of consuming dog meat requires that the dogs be slaughtered in a certain way in order to make the meat more succulent. The slaughtering of dogs is extremely unpleasant. Many of the dogs butchered and sold for meat are sick or have died from poison or disease. This is not because of any animal rights laws, because there are zero animal rights laws, but because dogs are not only nabbed off the street but are also poisoned, shot with spear guns, caught in leg traps, and kept in large, unsanitary conditions. Strictly speaking, the selling and eating of dog meat is against the law in China. Most of the time, in cases like this, the owner will never see that dog again! Millions of pet dogs are stolen every year and sent to slaughterhouses. Here is a possible scenario: someone is walking his/her dog down the street (off leash), a van pulls up, a guy jumps out and snatches the dog before the owner can react. Dog meat trade vans will cruise the streets of Beijing and surrounding towns looking for dogs. Many of the dogs rescued from the dog meat trade are stolen pets! Due to the lack of awareness dog ownership responsibilities and of the risk, many people in China do not keep their dogs on leashes. You may be under the misconception that there are dog farms in China, similar to our cattle ranches: dogs are bred, born, raised then taken off to the slaughterhouse for a humane demise.
Please don’t paint the Chinese people with a broad brush. As you read through this account of the dog meat trade, you must keep in mind that this is not a cultural tradition and that there is a rapidly growing outcry against the practice not only internationally but from the Chinese people themselves.
Unfortunately, as a result, this has continued into prosperous times. The “tradition” of eating dogs in some areas may have started during periods of famine when the only option for survival was to eat the stray dogs.
China’s dog meat trade has been going on for decades.
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