One of Southeast Asia’s most iconic tourist attractions is making major strides for the country’s millions of dogs.
The Siem Reap Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestries and Fisheries published a letter on 6th July banning the slaughter and trading of dogs for meat in the province.
FOUR PAWS has been working closely with the Cambodian government since 2018, advocating for a ban on dog meat due to the extreme animal cruelty involved and public health risk, largely due to rabies and the spread of zoonotic diseases.
The province’s dog meat trade is of considerable magnitude, involving upwards of 7,000 dogs per month, most of them ending up in slaughterhouses where they are drowned en masse.
During FOUR PAWS’ investigations, a total of 21 restaurants serving an estimated 2,900 dogs per month were visited in the Siem Reap city area alone.
