Every year, in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia alone, it is estimated that around 10 million dogs and cats are brutally killed for their meat, with Vietnam accounting for approximately 5 million dogs and 1 million cats. To meet the consumption demand, many pet animals are stolen, and traffickers often use poison or homemade electric guns to steal dogs from the streets or people’s homes.

In Vietnam, the price for 1kg of dog meat is around 3-4 USD (after processing), with the average value of each dog ranging from 20-30 USD. Dogs and cats are typically killed through drowning, bludgeoning, strangulation, or electric shocks, and this process often occurs in front of other dogs waiting their turn.

Such cruel and inhumane acts of killing dogs and cats for their meat are unacceptable. Millions of innocent lives are brutally taken each year to meet the demand for meat. Dogs and cats are not food, they are companions and partners to humans. Let us work together to end the brutal slaughter of dogs and cats for profit and protect the right to life of these vulnerable creatures.