Police say a Ho Chi Minh City dog thief confessed, on Tuesday, to stealing 200 dogs in the past seven months with the help of a stun gun. Binhs gang used homemade stun guns fashioned out of wooden stocks, metal contact wires and motorbike batteries to take down dogs and sell them to restaurants. Many Vietnamese people raise dogs as pets. Dog meat restaurants typically pay strangers between VND100,000 and VND200,000 (US$4.8-$9.6) per stolen pet dog. Demand has fueled the thefts, which carry little legal risk. Stolen dogs are often valued at less than VND2 million (around $100) – the threshold for criminal charges and people are not happy with the idea that thieves will only suffer a fine.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:30:57 +0000
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