The following was originally posted in February 2020. Leading international veterinary surgeon Dr. Nghia wrote the post in response to stories circulating on line about pets and covid.
Pets are being thrown from high-rise windows by their owners, because of misinformation about coronavirus. The photo (above) is a little French Bulldog, thrown to his death. Dogs and cats do ‘not’ spread coronavirus.
This laughing butcher is a monster. The dog is fully conscious and writhing in agony as he begs for mercy. The dog’s snout is tied to prevent him biting or screaming in full voice.
The butcher’s deliberate cruelty is despicable. This poor dog is alive as the butcher uses a hand held blow torch to slowly cook the dog from the outside, inwards.
American Pastor Steve Sparks describes himself as a “minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ” and owns his own church in Jakarta. He’s been promoting eating dog and cat meat for years.
The butcher has already stabbed the dog in the chest but it’s still fully conscious and very much alive. As the dog unmistakably wails in agony the butcher starts sawing off the dog’s lower front leg.
Flayed alive the dog is hung by one hind leg chained to a tree branch. Being flayed alive is a barbaric slow and painful torture where the skin is systematically removed from the live body.
Dog skin fur pelts are readily available across China. The top photograph is Golden Retriever dog skin fur pelt made into a motorbike seat cover. Last time I was in China I came across market stalls selling hundreds of dog skins; mainly pedigree purebred dogs.
Harbin dog meat market today. Still alive the dog is hoisted off the ground by a chain around his neck. A butcher leaves the flailing dog hanging for a minute then stabs him in the side of his neck.
A call for help was launched about a stricken dog in Hue, in central Vietnam. The dog had escaped a slaughterhouse with his mouth was bound tightly shut, stopping him from eating or drinking.
