This short video report about the dog meat trade in
north-east Thailand is interesting for the figures it gives on the illegal
smuggling of dogs into Vietnam. Along with their talk of political and police
corruption plus mafia-style gangs, the report also claims that around 1,000 stray
dogs collected from farms and villages are smuggled from Thailand to Vietnam
via Laos every night. With the value of each dog jumping from $2 at source in
Thailand up to $20 in Vietnam making the annual trade worth about $3,600,000 in
an otherwise poor region it is easy to see why dog trafficking is so attractive
and why it will be difficult to stop.
Some of the cruelty
involved in this trade comes from traditional beliefs as to how to improve the
meat but it is also caused by the fact that the trade is illegal and therefore has
to remain secretive and hidden from the view of the wider public.
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