Dog meat consumption in Vietnam

rdf:langString Dog meat consumption in Vietnam

rdf:langString Dog meat is also known as Thịt chó in Vietnamese. The traditional practices of dog meat consumption are seen in some regions of Asia including South Korea, Vietnam, and China. To illustrate the scale of this practice in Vietnam, according to the FOUR PAWS February 2020 report on dog and cat meat trade in Southeast Asian countries, roughly 5 million dogs are killed for their meat each year. It is important to note that although the figure indicated that Vietnam is the second biggest consumer of dog meat, this practice is common only among a minority of the population Recent contestation over ' dog meat consumption in Vietnam has become more frequent. This increased contestation was impacted by animal activists within and outside of Vietnam, by health regulators, and the government, via globalization and expanding market development. Part of the contestation may be illustrated as the clash of values due to globalization. Dog meat consumption is regarded as a taboo in the West, and such belief is deeply associated with the human-animal relations because dogs were connected to humans as family members.