Dog abattoirs exposed in Taiwan

Dog abattoirs exposed in Taiwan

A man preparing dog meat for his customers

Two illegal dog abattoirs in Taiwan were found tobe killing at least 500 canines a month.

One of the shops also cooked the meat for the customers. Braised dog intestines was its specialty.

Another shop only sold frozen dog meat. A packet, weighing some 2kg, cost about NT$500 (RM52.50).

The shops -located in Pingtung -which only catered to regular customers,alsoprovided home delivery services.

One of the abattoirs located in a secluded place

Theywere run by two families.


The operators would catch the dogs and kept them elsewhere and sent them to the abbatoirbefore dawn to be slaughtered.

Members from the Kaohsiung Concern for Stray Animals Association (KCSAA) went on an undercover mission to collect evidence.

They pretended to be dog meat lovers, and went to the shops with their friends who frequented the premises.

When they arrived at a shop, several customers were there waiting for their food to be served while discussing whether long-fur dogstasted better then those with short fur.

A young man (right) weighing the dog legs to a customer

At the other shop - operated by a 50-year-old man surnamed Wang -the members found a lot of dog organs and meat in the fridge

According to local residents, Wang would tie up the dogs before drowning them in a pool in front of his house.

Wang's shop slaughtered some 500 dogs a month while the other killed several dozens a week.

Evidence gathered by the association have been handed over to the authorities.
Source: KCSAA website / Agencies