Dog meat has sparked controversy after an Anglo South African English teacher at a children’s home-stay educational organization in Hanoi promoted it as ‘delicious!’ in a new video viewed over one million times on a children’s site. Using a young Vietnamese boy as a prop, the little boy clearly expresses his disapproval, screwing his face up in disgust at the mention of dog meat.The organization offers monthly home stays for children 7 to 15 years old, with English speaking teachers – who we now know will also educate young impressionable minds to accept the cruelty of the dog meat trade around them as normal, because as Luke justifies: “IT’S DELICIOUS!”

What will Luke’s next video be? The joy of Rhino horn? There’s rhino horn in Vietnam and Luke’s obviously out to make a quick buck, any way he can [he posts videos of himself on the same channel, pleading with You Tube to pay him money.] Considering they’re English teachers, the other ‘teacher’ enjoys regular swearing on camera on videos also posted on the same channel.

Video: not graphic. Watch teacher Luke promote dog meat, as the little boy reacts with disgust.

I am appalled at this video. Many of the dogs in Vietnam’s dog meat trade are stolen pets, wearing house collars and name tags. Every day local Vietnamese pet owners weep as their pet is snatched by dog thieves, knowing it will suffer a brutal death before ending up on a dinner plate for someone like YOU Luke.

Vietnamese dog and cat meat eaters demand tough meat, brought about when adrenaline floods the conscious dog’s body as it’s beaten, stabbed, partially drowned again and again, hung, or skinned. In a country with no animal protection laws, where dog and cat butchers answer to no one, YOU, Luke have promoted and endorsed blatant animal cruelty of the worst kind, to over one million viewers on your site, dedicated to young impressionable minds. Absolutely disgusting.

To view Luke’s video in full or leave him a comment on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpxccDmgaww

This video (above) has infuriated Vietnamese animal lovers and many of them have left angry comments under this video.

Fight Dog Meat will continue to bring you reports from dog and cat meat countries and the wonderful work their rescuers are doing despite no animal protection laws. Turning away or sitting quietly does not end the trade. We’ll keep exposing what is taking place to these animals. We’re helping local volunteers have a louder voice on a world platform. Ultimately it’s the voice of the country’s own people whom their government will eventually be forced to listen to, for positive change for animals.

Thank you for reading,

Michele Brown
Founder,
Fight Dog Meat