,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ff  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se   
,,( ,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #bf1    
#bjai,mr4 ,ha/+s 7= himself & ,mr4      
,bu*anan7 submitt$ ! foll[+ concurr5t   
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,=eign ,affairs1 & 9 addition to !  
,committee on ,agriculture1 = a p]iod to
 be subsequ5tly det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9 
ea* case = consid]ation ( su* provisions
 z fall )9 ! jurisdiction ( ! committee 
conc]n$  ,,concurr5t ,,resolution  ,urg+
 all nations to outlaw ! dog & cat meat 
trade & to en=ce exi/+ laws aga9/ su*   
trade4  ,:]eas a bip>tisan dome/ic      
prohibition on ! consumption or trade ( 
dog & cat meat 0 includ$ 9 section      
#abeae ( ! ,agriculture ,improvem5t ,act
 ( #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-ccd71 :i* 0 
enact$ on ,decemb] #bj1 #bjah2 ,:]eas ! 
consumption ( dog meat has occurr$      
?r\gh\t ! _w1 prim>ily 9 ,asia2 ,:]eas  
e/abli%$ dog meat m>kets /ill exi/      
today2 ,:]eas ,humane ,society          
,int]national1 ,animals ,asia           

,f\ndation1 & o!rs e/imate t #cj1jjj1jjj
 dogs & #aj1jjj1jjj cats die annually   
worldwide z a result ( ! dog & cat meat 
trade2 ,:]eas due to a traditional      
belief t high adr5al9e levels produce   
t5d] meat & increase suppos$ heal?      
b5efits1 dogs kill$ = _! meat may be    
int5tionally subject$ to extreme fe> &  
suff]+ ?r\gh hang+ & bludgeon+2 ,:]eas  
!re h be5 reports ( abuse1 poor liv+    
conditions1 & cruel slaught]+ te*niques 
= dogs & cats f>m$ = _! meat2 ,:]eas _m 
dogs & cats die dur+ transport to       
slaught]h\ses aft] days or weeks cramm$ 
into small cages on ! back ( vehicles   
)\t food or wat]1 & o!rs suff] illness &
 injury dur+ transport2 ,:]eas ! extreme
 suff]+ ( dogs & cats at su*            
slaught]h\ses & on 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 ! ,_w ,heal?        
,organization has l9k$ ! dog meat       
indu/ry to human outbreaks (            
tri*9ellosis1 *ol]a1 & rabies2 ,:]eas ^?
 involv$ 9 ! dog meat indu/ry are at an 
increas$ heal? risk = zoonotic diseases1
 su* z rabies1 :i* c transf] f dogs to  
humans ?r\gh infecti\s mat]ial su* z    
saliva2 ,:]eas ! spread ( disease may be
 exac]bat$ by unsanit>y conditions (    
slaught] & by ! sale ( dog meat at      
op5-air m>kets & re/aurants2 & ,:]eas ! 
,_w ,heal? ,organization & ! ,global    
,alliance = ,rabies ,control h bo?      
ackn[l$g$ ! l9k betwe5 ! spread ( rabies
 & ! dog meat trade :i* sees l>ge numb]s
 ( dogs ( unkn[n disease /atus mov$ va/ 
di/ances3 ,n[1 !re=e be x  ,t           
,congress-- 7#a7 calls = an end to !    
consumption & trade ( dog & cat meat on 

cruelty & public heal? gr\nds2  7#b7    
urges all nations ) a dog & cat meat    
trade to adopt & en=ce laws bann+ !     
consumption & trade2 &  7#c7 affirms !  
commitm5t ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates to advanc+ !
 cause ( animal protection & animal     
welf>e1 bo? dome/ically & ar\nd ! _w4