Siem Reap Province Bans Dog Meat Traffic (UPDATED)

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Somebody mixing up languages in their paper doesn't change the fact that it's not an English word. It's like saying you are going to Paree (Paris) for a holiday.
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Well we have all learnt something today, interesting stuff, just don't start calling them Kumar like I did a while ago,
Now back on subject, had a few beers at airport with CEO of soi dogs Thailand couple years ago , thier concern was the treatment of the dogs, so like anything once big business can take away to the local business just wait they will be in supermarkets nicely packaged.
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Roadie wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:36 pm Sorry to be a spoiler on this one but I've seen and been chased by the mangy street dogs in Thailand and Laos so I think keeping dog numbers under control is a valuable thing for this country. Sure if they start desexing all the street dogs and seeing that they get cared for, great. But I don't see that happening. It's not like its treated like a delicacy here. It's just cheap meat for the poor. I doubt too many well off Khmais eat it.
It's not cheap meat for the poor. It's not even cheap. It's expensive. It's meat for the fucked up. We don't eat dog. At least most of us.
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Asianistar wrote:It's not cheap meat for the poor. It's not even cheap. It's expensive. It's meat for the fucked up. We don't eat dog. At least most of us.
Muslims will say the same about eating pig. Hindus will say the same about eating cow. And vegans will say the same about eating any meat.

There will always be someone saying that someone else is ‘fucked up’.

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I tried it once in a nice restaurant in Vietnam. Platter of dog meat done in different ways, even a blood sausage, fried like black pudding. All tasted like shit. But all part of life's rich tapestry.
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Cambodia cools on dog meat as COVID puts Asia on disease alert
Bans in Siem Reap, China and India raise hopes for healthier, more humane future
SANDY ONG, Contributing writerOctober 27, 2020 05:52 JST

SINGAPORE -- For the past seven years, Khath Hach and her husband would wake at 2 a.m., go to the shed at the back of their house in central Cambodia, drag a rusty wire cage containing up to five medium-sized dogs to the nearby river and drown them.

The pair, owners of a dog slaughterhouse in Chi Meakh village, would then de-fur the animals, chop up their meat and load up the family's motorcycle for an hour's ride. By 6:30 a.m., they would be at a market, selling the sach pises or "special meat."

The work was both physically demanding and emotionally draining, said Hach, 37. "Every time I killed the dogs, I felt really sad. Because it's really hard to kill and take another life."

So when Siem Reap banned the dog meat trade in early July, she cheered. Also celebrating the ban -- the first issued by a Cambodian province -- are animal activists, who have long decried the business as cruel and barbaric. Public health officials are applauding, too, hoping the decision will ease the country's rabies problem.

The move came as the coronavirus pandemic cast a spotlight on the threat of zoonotic illnesses that spread from animals to humans, as well as the potential role of exotic meat. Scientists are still investigating COVID-19's origin, but it is likely to join a long list of zoonoses that includes Ebola and plague.

Rabies, although largely eliminated in the West, remains endemic in many developing countries in Africa and Asia, causing tens of thousands of deaths and costing roughly $8.6 billion annually, according to the World Health Organization.

The virus affects the central nervous system and causes swelling of the brain and spinal cord. It is spread from infected animals via saliva, with dogs accounting for more than 99% of cases worldwide.

Cambodia is vulnerable because it has a large and mostly unvaccinated free-roaming canine population, with one dog for every five people, according to epidemiologist Veronique Chevalier at the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, a research organization in Phnom Penh. Studies conducted by the institute suggest nearly half of canines in the country may have rabies -- an alarming statistic given how approximately 600,000 people are bitten by dogs there every year.
"There is no dog population management, there is no control," Chevalier said.

Siem Reap, better known for its ancient Angkor Wat temple complex, harbors a dark secret: It has been Cambodia's staging ground for the industry. Four Paws says up to 3 million dogs are killed for food in the country each year -- many of them snatched off the streets, transported to slaughterhouses like Hach's or larger-scale facilities and culled before being delivered to restaurants in the capital, Phnom Penh.

Advocacy groups concede they can only make rough estimates of consumption, citing the illicit and unregulated nature of the business. It is also true that only a fraction of these populations eat canines -- roughly 12% in Cambodia, 11% in Vietnam and 7% in Indonesia, according to Four Paws' research, and just 1% to 2% in big cities like Jakarta or Hanoi. In China, Humane Society International says a 2016 poll found about 70% had never tried the meat.
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Police Stop Van with 61 Dogs Trafficked to Siem Reap
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Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On February 22, 2021, police forces saved the lives of 61 dogs in Siem Reap. The police stopped a van plate 2S-2158 that was delivering 61 dogs from Banteay Meanchey to Siem Reap for food purposes.
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The Siem Reap specialist police in collaboration with the Four Paws NGO intervened to rescue those dogs and they have all been taken to be quarantined at the Teuk Vel Animal Health Research Station.

Dog meat trafficking is now illegal in Siem Reap province. If you see dogs being transported in cages, then you can contact the NGO Four Paws Cambodia if you think the dogs are being trafficked for meat and you want to do something about that.
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Cambodian dog slaughterhouse shut down, owner says he is “ashamed”
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After increasing calls to end the dog meat trade, a Cambodian slaughterhouse is shutting down, with its owner saying he is “ashamed.” Ouk Mol, the owner, says the dog slaughterhouse has killed more than a million dogs since opening in 1995.

According to Four Paws animal rights group, Cambodia slaughters between 2 to 3 million dogs per year, while offering the cheap meal of protein at more than 100 dog meat restaurants in Phnom Penh, its capital.

Mol’s slaughterhouse is responsible for all the supply to Phnom Penh, but he says he will no longer be killing dogs, citing increasing pressure from animal rights groups and civilians alike. The 50 year old former soldier says he feels ashamed.

“But I want to quit the business because I am getting old and a lot of people have criticised me about the dog meat trade.”

The operator was offered financial support from Four Paws to open a grocery store if they shut down their slaughterhouse with Ouk Mol’s wife, Sao Phally, saying she is glad they have found a way out of the business.

“We were always worried about sin because of our killing. People looked at us in a bad way.”

The slaughterhouse, which uses vats to drown the dogs, and blowtorches to remove their fur, slaughtered up to 200 dogs per day. Now, as of yesterday, the company has shut down, with the remainder of dogs being sent to animal charities for rehabilitation and placed for international adoption.
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Do they serve dog meat in restaurants here if you order something else?
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