,,iii  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #af  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate  
,,( ,,! ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,july #bj1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,m]kley 7= himself & ,mr4     
,scott ( ,florida7 submitt$ ! foll[+    
concurr5t resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! 
,committee on ,=eign ,relations         
,,concurr5t ,,resolution  ,urg+ all     
c\ntries 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#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bafj71 :i* 0 enact$ on   
,decemb] #bj1 #bjah2 ,:]eas ! dog & cat 
meat trade occurs ?r\gh\t ! _w2 ,:]eas  
e/abli%$ dog meat m>kets /ill exi/      
today2 ,:]eas nonpr(it organizations    
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 anti-cruelty & 
public heal? gr\nds2 ,:]eas ! ,_w ,heal?
 ,organization has l9k$ ! dog meat      
indu/ry to human outbreaks (            
tri*9ellosis1 *ol]a1 & rabies2 ,:]eas   
individuals 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=e1 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 c\ntries )
 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 !
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