More than 40 dogs including a litter of 10-day-old puppies were set free from a slaughterhouse after its owner quit the dog meat trade.
An estimated five million canines are killed for meat every year in Vietnam – the second highest in the world behind China – with some believing that eating the meat can help dispel bad luck while others consider it a delicacy.But attitudes towards eating dog meat are slowly changing, particularly in cities, as the animals are increasingly kept as pets.
