To so many people canine lovers in the USA, our canine companions are each our greatest associates and beloved relations. However in different cultures, canine are typically captured, killed, after which consumed. Which not solely places harmless animals in danger, however spreads rabies like loopy.
That’s why, shutting down a canine meat slaughterhouse in Vietnam is such an enormous victory for Humane Society Worldwide.
A lot to our dismay, there’s a marketplace for canine meat. Not everybody sees canines as companion animals, however reasonably, as a way to make a revenue. Sadly, canine go lacking on a regular basis in Vietnam, and households are left questioning what occurred to their beloved finest associates.
Yearly, 5 million canine are stolen from their household or are snatched from the road to be slaughtered for human consumption. And Vietnam kills extra canine for his or her meat than another nation in Southeast Asia. Which is strictly why Humane Society Worldwide is working so onerous to close down canine slaughterhouses.
The truth is, earlier this month, Humane Society Worldwide managed to find a slaughterhouse, shut it down, and spare 18 lovely infants from being on somebody’s plate. The slaughterhouse had been butchering 10-15 canine on daily basis for the previous 5 years. However the proprietor had a change of coronary heart, and was able to give up his remaining canine, and shut down for good.
“I do know in my coronary heart that killing and consuming canine is incorrect, and it was turning into more durable and more durable for me to do it,” stated the proprietor.
He stated that he felt that being a part of the canine meat commerce was “bringing his household unhealthy karma,” and that he was relieved to now be working with Humane Society Worldwide. He’s now the primary former slaughterhouse proprietor in Vietnam to be a part of HSI’s Fashions for Change program, which helps individuals transition out of the detestable and harmful canine meat commerce.
Not solely does the canine meat commerce pose a risk to canine all all through the nation, nevertheless it additionally places people in danger.
“The canine meat commerce isn’t solely unbelievably merciless but additionally poses a grave danger to human well being from transmitting probably deadly illnesses like rabies,” stated Phuong Tham, Humane Society Worldwide’s nation director in Vietnam.
Now, all 18 canine that have been surrendered are destined for a future that’s stuffed with a number of love. First, they’ll obtain the medical care they desperately want after which they are going to be off to loving properties. They are going to lastly be dwelling the life they honestly deserve!
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