Indonesia’s dog meat business booms despite welfare concerns
FOR civil servant Silas Sihombing, the reasons for eating dog meat could not be
much simpler.
“Today I’m eating dog because I’m
hungry,” Sihombing told Al Jazeera in between mouthfuls of grilled dog meat at a
restaurant in Medan, North Sumatra. “And look, it’s making me sweat. Dog
will do that, the meat makes you feel hot.”
Dog meat restaurants are found all
over Medan, where the indigenous Batak people are known for their taste for
the protein.
About 7% of Indonesians are estimated to eat dog meat, according to Dog
Meat Free Indonesia, a group that campaigns against the dog meat trade.
