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Thailand is infamous for its stray animals, particularly cats and dogs. It is a centre of major illegal dog trade for meat. In addition to domestic use, dogs are exported to China and Vietnam. These animals are cramped up in bags or cages in transit sometimes resulting in death. There are also numerous reports of pet thefts.
Menus with live vertebrate are now illegal in Thailand. [6] Trading in and consuming dog and cat meat is now illegal in Thailand under the 2014 Act. [6] Feeding live prey to snakes, crocodiles or other animals is also prohibited. [6] It prohibits neglect, torture, and uncaring transport of live animals.
South Korea joins a growing list of Asian countries and territories that have banned the dog meat trade, including India, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Show comments ...
The Thai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TSPCA) is a Thai animal welfare organisation. The society was instrumental in the passing of Thailand's first animal welfare legislation, the Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act B.E. 2557 in 2014.
Until 2014, Thailand was known for its dog meat trade, with many animals being exported to Vietnam and China. [7] Thailand's largest island, Phuket, is the location of the Soi Dog Foundation's Gill Dalley Sanctuary, where many former meat trade rescues have been sheltered, rehabilitated, and eventually rehomed through Soi Dog's international adoption programme. [17]
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Minister says government will ‘provide full support to farmers, butchers and other businesses facing closure’ due to new law South Korea to ban divisive practice of eating dog meat, ruling ...
The 2006 Thai film Kao Niew Moo Ping by Siwaporn Pongsuwan focused on the relationship between a runaway girl and the stray dog she befriends. [11] In 2007 the film Ma-Mha 4 Ka Krub, also Mid-Road Gang, debuted. It is about a pack of stray dogs in suburban Bangkok who want to cross a busy highway in hopes of finding a better life on the other ...