,,iii  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #bi  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate  
,,( ,,! ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,novemb] #e1   
#bjai,mr4 ,m]kley submitt$ ! foll[+     
concurr5t resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! 
,committee on ,=eign ,relations         
,,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 ! kn[+ slaught]1 transportation1     
possession1 pur*ase1 or sale ( a dog or 
cat = human consumption 0 includ$ 9     
section #abeae ( ! ,agriculture         
,improvem5t ,act ( #bjah 7,public ,law  
#aae-ccd71 :i* 0 enact$ on ,decemb] #bj1
 #bjah2 ,:]eas ! dog & cat meat trade   
occurs ?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 
trade1 & ^? organizations h f\nd t a    

consid]able numb] ( ! dogs & cats 9 ?is 
trade are /ol5 pets /ill we>+ coll>s :5 
!y rea* ! slaught]h\ses1 9 addition to  
/ray dogs & cats :o are captur$ =       
slaught]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$ ,/ates & o!r c\ntries2 ,:]eas _m 
gov]nm5t (ficials1 civil society        
advocates1 & activi/s are work+ to end !
 dog & cat meat trade on anticruelty &  
public heal? gr\nds1 & ! ,gov]nm5ts (   
,s+apore1 ,taiwan1 ,?ail&1 !            
,philipp9es1 & ,hong ,kong h pass$ laws 
bann+ ! dog meat trade2 ,:]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 & cat 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 or cat meat   
trade to adopt & en=ce laws bann+ t     
trade2 &  7#c7 affirms ! commitm5t ( !  
,unit$ ,/ates to advanc+ ! cause (      
animal protection & animal welf>e1 bo?  
dome/ically & ar\nd ! _w4