,h4 ,,res4 #dja  ,9 ! ,h\se (           
,repres5tatives1 ,u4 ,s41  ,septemb]    
#ab1 #bjah  ,,resolution  ,:]eas !      
consumption ( dog meat has occurr$ 9 e  
corn] ( ! _w includ+ 9 ,asia2 ,:]eas    
e/abli%$ dog meat m>kets /ill exi/ 9    
,asia2 ,:]eas ! ,humane ,society        
,int]national1 ,animals ,asia           
,f\ndation1 & o!rs e/imate t #cj million
 dogs & #aj million cats die annually   
across ,asia = ! trade 9 dog & cat meat2
 ,:]eas x is e/imat$ z _m z #bjj1jjj    
live dogs are traffick$ ea* ye> f ,?ail&
 across ! ,mekong ,riv] to ,vietnam1 :]e
 dog meat is consid]$ a delicacy2 ,:]eas
 cat meat1 kn[n locally z little tig]1  
is also a delicacy 9 ,vietnam &1 al?\gh 
(ficially bann$1 is widely available 9  
specialty re/aurants2 ,:]eas due to a   
traditional belief t high adr5al9e      
levels produce t5d] meat & increase     
suppos$ heal? b5efits1 dogs kill$ = _!  
meat may be fir/ int5tionally subject$  
to extreme fe> & suff]+ ?r\gh hang+ or  
bludgeon+2 ,:]eas !re appe>s to be      

little sci5tific evid5ce to support     
traditional claims ( ! heal? b5efits (  
consum+ dog meat2 ,:]eas !re h be5      
reports ( abuse1 poor liv+ conditions1 &
 cruel slaught]+ te*niques ) respect to 
dogs & cats f>m$ = _! meat2 ,:]eas _m   
dogs & cats die dur+ transport to       
slaught]h\ses1 aft] days or weeks cramm$
 into small cages on ! back ( vehicles  
)\t food or wat]1 & o!rs suff] f illness
 or injury dur+ su* transport2 ,:]eas 9 
,febru>y #bjae1 ,vietnamese au?orities  
imp\nd$ a truck 9 ,hanoi smuggl+ #c tons
 ( live cats f ,*9a t 7 int5d$ = !      
illegal cat meat trade1 b !n buri$ ?\s&s
 ( ! seiz$ cats--_m1 report$ly1 :ile    
alive--claim+ a desire to avoid ! spread
 ( disease2 ,:]eas ! extreme suff]+ (   
dogs & cats at su* slaught]h\ses & on   
su* transportation trucks w\ld brea*    
anti-cruelty laws 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 su*
 z ! ,animal ,welf>e ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#baca et seq47 & ! ,humane ,me?ods (    
,slaught] ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aija et   
seq472 ,:]eas _m gov]nm5t (ficials1     

civil society advocates1 & activi/s are 
work+ to end ! dog & cat meat trade on  
anti-cruelty & public heal? gr\nds1 & ! 
gov]nm5ts ( ,s+apore1 ,taiwan1 & ,hong  
,kong h pass$ laws bann+ ! slaught] (   
dogs = meat consumption2 ,:]eas ,*9ese  
activi/s h claim$ t /ol5 pets are       
sometimes us$ 9 ! dog meat m>ket 9 ,*9a2
 ,:]eas ,*9ese dog transport]s report$ly
 r\t9ely fl\t regulations su* z ! ,*9ese
 ,m9i/ry ( ,agriculture ,vet]9>y ,bureau
 ,circul> ,no4 #af 7#bjac71 :i* requires
 dogs to be qu>ant9$ & issu$ a qu>ant9e 
c]tificate be=e be+ transport$ across   
prov9cial b\nd>ies2 ,:]eas ! ,_w ,heal? 
,organization has l9k$ ! dog meat       
indu/ry to human outbreaks (            
tri*9ellosis1 *ol]a1 & rabies1 al?\gh   
consumption ( dog meat alone has n be5  
confirm$ to spread rabies to humans2    
,:]eas ^? involv$ 9 ! dog meat indu/ry  
are at an increas$ heal? risk = zoonotic
 diseases1 :i* c transf] f dogs to      
humans ?r\gh infecti\s mat]ial su* z    
saliva2 ,:]eas ! spread ( su* diseases  

may be exac]bat$ by unsanit>y conditions
 ( slaught] & by ! sale ( dog meat at   
op5-air m>kets & re/aurants2 & ,:]eas   
,betsy ,mir&a1 ,asia ,coord9ator = !    
,global ,alliance = ,rabies ,control1   
said 9 ,june #bjac t ! spread ( disease 
?r\gh ! dog meat trade 0 rampant across 
,s\!a/ ,asia1 & t ,! risk t ! animals   
are 9 poor heal? & n vacc9at$ is v high4
 ,if !y move across bord]s !y risk c>ry+
 ! disease across l>ge di/ances3 ,n[1   
!re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (               
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 calls = an end to
 ! dog & cat meat trade on cruelty &    
public heal? gr\nds2  7#b7 urges all    
nations to outlaw ! dog & cat meat trade
 & en=ce exi/+ laws aga9/ su* trade2 &  
7#c7 affirms ! commitm5t ( ! ,unit$     
,/ates to ! protection ( animals & to   
advanc+ ! progress ( animal protection  
ar\nd ! _w4  ,cl]k4