#Act4 Pets As investigated by Eurogroup for Animals’ member, Four Paws, every year over 10 million dogs and cats are killed for their meat in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam hosting the most robust dog meat trade in the region. The dog and cat meat trade: Interview with MEP Petras Auštrevičius 18 February 2022 Four Paws
#Act4 Pets FOUR PAWS closed a second dog meat slaughterhouse in Cambodia. Rescued slaughterhouse dogs 7 September 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 Pets North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has ordered pet dogs to be confiscated in the country’s capital, saying the pooches represent Western “decadence’’ — but their owners fear Fido is really headed for someone’s dinner table. Kim Jong Un orders pet dogs to be confiscated in North Korean capital 24 August 2020
#Act4 Pets Activists hope coronavirus epidemic will be the death knell of tradition. China dog meat festival goes ahead but COVID-19 takes a toll 29 June 2020
#Act4 Pets China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus outbreak that the Humane Society called a potential “game changer” in animal welfare. China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock, in post-virus regulatory push 14 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Draft policy released by agriculture ministry cites concern over animal welfare and prevention of disease transmission as factors behind move. China signals end to dog meat consumption by humans 10 April 2020
#Act4 Pets The southern Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen is moving to outlaw the consumption of dogs and cats as the country clamps down on the wildlife trade that scientists suspect led to the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus: Shenzhen prepares ban on eating cats and dogs after outbreak 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets A FOUR PAWS report on the dog and cat meat trade in the Southeast Asian countries. Report advises on how to end the dog and cat meat trade in Southeast Asia 17 February 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 Pets South Korea's capital city has declared it is free of dog slaughterhouses, after the final three dog meat shops ended the practice of the on-site killing of canines. Seoul declared free of dog slaughterhouses 31 October 2019
#Act4 Pets The Yulin Dog Meat Festival returns today, which will see between 10,000 and 15,000 animals beaten, tortured and killed for their meat as part of the controversial event in China. 1.5 million people sign petition to ban China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival 11 June 2019
#Act4 Wildlife A study of coyote scat in LA found the animals are attracted to fruit in gardens, where they are also finding cats and dogs High-cat diet: urban coyotes feast on pets, study finds 12 May 2019