As many as 200,000 dogs a year are smuggled out of Thailand, across the Mekong River and into Vietnam. The cruel journeys — in which the dogs are crammed in cages — last for days. The destination is even, by Western standards, meaner yet. While smuggling the dogs is illegal, killing, cooking and eating them is not, and remains a tradition among some in China, Vietnam and South Korea. This CNN report, based on a new documentary, The Shadow Trade, looks at both the supply and the demand — and the cruel road between
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:23:02 +0000
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