Lost of word. I had my first hand experience when I was a kid, we're having supper at one of those local wet market, when I witness the butcher took out a pup from the cage, raised the huge wooden stick and... Following are too colorful to describe, but you get the gist of it. That was like 40 years ago, I don't know how to report it, and I don't see those shops anymore.
It's surprisingly not illegal to consume dog and cat meat in Malaysia. I just learned that today. Cruelty to animals is illegal though and that is a good start I guess. Theft and dog-napping is illegal in Malaysia as well as Vietnam but it is kind of unenforceable. If the demand stops, so does the supply though and that is likely the way forward. It's tough for me to think that some people out there actually PREFER to eat dog meat. I can't imagine the mind of such a person.
Just in case if you're wondering, I am a Chinese descendants. Here's a little history of how doggo became our food was way before written language being created.
《周礼》和《左传》中，将猪、牛、羊、马、鸡、狗并称为“六畜”。
Sorry had to bring this up so I can explain to you thoroughly. The food our Chinese race has recorded is always been Pig, cow, lamb, horse, chicken and dog, 6 type of land grown meat in general. Whenever the Chinese having an in official banquet, these 6 type of meat are to prepared.
However, when dog meat are to be listed on the menu, they don't call it dog meat, instead they call it "fragrant meat", similar to early Korean peninsular (in general the entire north and south Korea, earlier called Chosôn Pando), “dog meat” are seen to be more vulgar. So, instead of calling it "dog meat", the Chinese called it "fragrant meat", the Korean called it "sweet meat" 🤣
No I'm not promoting, I'm just bringing you some historical facts that how these ended up on a dinning table.