China is the first to draft a law against animal abuse, aiming to protect animals from being hurt or killed. Dog meat has been a source of food in some areas of China since 500 BC and possibly even earlier.
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The draft was completed by a group of experts and was due to be raised for legislation in April. The proposal included jailing people who eat dog meat for up to 15 days.
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Dog meat is an renowned cuisine in some parts of China, as certain breeds of dogs are raised up to 3 or 4 months old and slaughtered on farms. Eating dog is a socially acceptable practice in parts of southern China.
Check out some graphic photos of dogs being slaughtered in China.
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A man hits a dog that is about to be slaughtered in the backyard of his home in Beijing March 26, 2008. The man breeds dogs partially as pets and partially for food delivered to restaurants.
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Vendors at a wild animal market in Guangzhou, the capital of China’s sell dogs to be served as food.
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Chinese vendors prepare to weigh a cage of dogs to be sold as food at an exotic game market in Guangzhou Janaury 15, 2004.
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A Chinese vendor displays a cat to be sold as food at an exotic game market in Guangzhou Janaury 15, 2004.
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A woman carrying her baby walks past dead dogs at a market in the Baiyun district of China’s southern city of Guangzhou October 20, 2003.
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A man pulls a dog that is about to be slaughtered in the backyard of his home in Beijing March 26, 2008.
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Slaughtered dogs are seen in basins at a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 24, 2009.
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Preserved dog meat is hung to be dried outside a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province November 25, 2009.
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A worker slaughters a dog at a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 24, 2009.
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A worker slaughters a dog at a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 24, 2009.
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A worker hangs preserved dog meat to be dried outside a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 25, 2009.
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A worker hangs preserved dog meat to be dried outside a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 25, 2009.
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A worker removes a dog’s fur at a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 24, 2009.
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A worker kills a dog with a stick at a slaughter house in Dongbei county of Lianzhou, Guangdong province, November 24, 2009.
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Chinese vendors prepare slaughtered dogs and wild boars to be served at a wild animal market in Guangzhou, the capital of China’s southern Guangdong Province, January 5, 2004.
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Dogs rest in cages at a train station in Wuhan, Hubei province, as they await to be transported to Guangzhou, Guangdong province, January 3, 2003.
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Chinese vendors prepare to weigh dogs to be sold as food at an exotic game market in Guangzhou Janaury 15, 2004.
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A dog is wrapped for sale at a market in the Baiyun district in China’s southern city of Guangzhou September 16, 2004.
