From August 2011 to August 2012, a total of 9042 animal save from dog-smuggling rings. However, the number is low when it compare to the estimated 30,000 dogs that take out of the country each month. Each year, more the 16 million dogs worldwide are butchered and serve as food in certain countries. These dogs were either captured from the streets or raised in farms.
Dog meat idps considered a local delicacy and usually eat near the end of each lunar month in the belief that it bring good luck in Vietnam. Also, the Vietnamese like to eat dog meat in winter to keep themselves warm. Each day, about 100 dogs bring to the city by trucks.
However, South Korea rank first in the consumption of dog meat, followed by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand (only in Sakon Nakhon province), said a representative of the Public Health Ministry's Disease Control Department.
Dog flesh is among the 10 kinds of animal meat Buddhist momks forbid to eat. Some people eat dog meat because they think it taste good or believe it keeps the body warm in winter, or that it brings good luck. This is probably because dog meat easily find or cheap in tha past.