Butcher quits dog meat trade in win for activists

Second chance at life: Four Paws International members rescuing dogs at Buth Pith’s abattoir in Chi Meakh village, Kampong Thom province. — AP

Animal rights activists in Cambodia have gained a small victory in their effort to end the trade in dog meat, convincing a canine slaughterhouse in one village to abandon the business.

Buth Pith and his wife Khath Hach this week shut down the small abattoir they had operated for about seven years after animal