Disturbing video has emerged showing barbecued kittens for sale in an Indonesian market that has ignored orders to stop selling cat and dog meat. Charities say officials from the Mayor of Tomohon's office pledged to end the sale and slaughter of dogs and cats at the market in February. Last month, Indonesia said it was also preparing a regulation to ban the trade of meat derived from pets and exotic animals. The animals are then blasted with blowtorches to remove their hair in preparation for butchering and sale. In August, Syamsu Ma'arif, director of veterinary public health at the agriculture ministry, told Reuters that dog meat 'is not food, according to our food law'.

Source: Daily Mail September 05, 2018 10:02 UTC