Pigs are splayed on their back then hacked into pieces with a machete sword until cut in half across their waist. Done as a sacrifice to God on the 6th day of the first lunar month.
As Asia celebrates the start of Lunar Year of the Rabbit, Vietnam will celebrate Lunar Year of the Cat. There’s much speculation why Vietnam rejected the rabbit but no official explanation why they embraced the cat.
A wonderful gift of 400 meals was organized by Wendy Nguyen, one of our FDM Directors. Wendy’s lifelong friends and family contributed funds to make this gift possible.
A dog thief held a knife to a terrified father’s neck and threatened to kill him in front of his teenage children. Three dog thieves were stealing the family’s dogs at 1am when they disturbed the sleeping family.
The city of Binh Thanh has declared war on unleashed dogs. If a dog is not in it’s fenced house yard or inside the house, or walking with it’s owner on a leash, it will be seized. Pet dogs sitting out the front of owner’s shops are seized.
Phu Quoc Island is the largest island in Vietnam. A major tourism destination for international and local tourists. It’s displayed in colorful international travel brochures and heavily promoted on Trip Advisor.
A 50 year old dog butcher in Hanoi has died of rabies from slaughtering dogs. He’d been working in the family business as a dog butcher for over two months. The family clearly do not understand how lethal rabies is.
The owner should be arrested and jailed for systematic cruelty to their defenseless pet dog. The owner bound his little dog’s mouth tightly shut with twine rope. Then tied it’s four paws together.
Eating a dog’s head and consuming dog blood is some of the most dangerous parts of eating dog meat. Dogs are not inspected prior to or after slaughter.
Thank you to Phu An Police for intercepting dog traffickers in Hue, central Vietnam. Dogs had their mouth bound tightly shut to stop them screaming and attracting attention.
June 15, 2022 we had Dr. Nghia’s vet team on standby to accept a critically injured dog who escaped a slaughterhouse. We called her Coco. An unexpected 24 hours passed before Coco arrived to the hospital.
