Help dogs rescued from the barbaric dog meat trade

With your help, Soi Dog Foundation has been fighting the dog meat trade in Thailand for many years. With an animal cruelty law being introduced and enforced in Thailand, and a significant drop in the number of dogs being smuggled into the dog meat trade in Vietnam, it is now time to fight this cruel practice where it is most prevalent - Vietnam. 

Recently, Soi Dog Foundation was invited to a meeting of the People's Committee of District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, and asked if we would work with them to provide permanent and sustainable solutions for District 12 to become the first district of Vietnam to be dog meat trade-free.

We expect this development to create a snowball effect throughout other districts in Vietnam. The People’s Committee asked us to provide direction, practical help, and insight in the following areas:

1. Research into the scale, volume, and location of local slaughterhouses, holding areas, markets, dog and cat meat restaurants and dog thieving activity
2. Develop a proposal for a total ban on dog meat and present it to the board of the People's Committee of District 12
3. Launch an action plan to eliminate all aspects of the dog meat trade across District 12
4. Review and improve the status of dog and cat animal welfare within District 12

The Chairman of the People's Committee is committed to achieving these goals, and Soi Dog Foundation will commit all resources necessary to make this happen

It is only because of your generous support that such a huge difference is being made in the lives of dogs and cats in Asia. These dogs and cats have no one else to turn to but you and other compassionate individuals.

Links:

• http://www.soidog.org