“It’s not about cultural difference or anything else,” he said. “It’s a horrendously cruel business from start to finish. The dogs are crammed into cages, and it’s not unusual that live dogs are thrown into pots of boiling water.”
The police in Sakon Nakhon Province agree that dogs are often treated cruelly.
But butchers here who slaughter dogs for local consumption say the killing is as humane as possible, and no different from the way other animals are slaughtered for meat.