500 Dogs Saved From Cooking Pot

[matcom]

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THAI police rescued more than 500 dogs believed destined for the cooking pot today, and arrested two men suspected of planning to smuggle them to Vietnam.

Police found the dogs when they stopped a truck at a checkpoint in Thailand's north-eastern province of Nakhon Phanom, police Major Srinakorn Naiyawat said.

They believe the dogs, many of them puppies and looking sick, were going to be shipped through Laos to Vietnam, where dog meat is a delicacy, he said.

Boonsom Khanthee, 52, and his son, Thaweesak Khanthee, 28, were arrested after failing to produce documents permitting them to transport animals and certifying the animals' health.

Each faces a penalty of up to two years in prison and a 20,000 baht ($694) fine if found guilty.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9011787%255E13762,00.html

[meti57b]

1. as one who believes that cats and dogs are ....

a gift of g-d to be our friends when humans fail us, I deplore any mistreatment of them.

Needless to say, I'm vegetarian.

[TXlib]

2. Why is it any more offensive to eat cats and dogs than other animals?

In France, they eat horsemeat.

I imagine the Hindus must think we are sick to eat beef.

Some people keep pigs as pets.

If you're a meat-eater, animal protein is animal protein, right?

(For clarification, I am queasy at the thought of people eating dogs and cats, but I recognise that it's only a cultural bias.)