Police in the northeastern part of Thailand's Sakhon Nakhon province and members of the Watchdog Thailand Foundation, a non-governmental organization focused on safeguarding dogs, inspected a meat shop in Tha Rae district and confiscated some dried meat to undergo DNA testing in order to confirm whether it is from a dog.
The inspection of the shop, situated on Tha Rae-Si Songkhram Road in the city area, came after reports that the shop has been vending dried dog meat along with other types of meat.
The road used to be a well-known market for dog meat over ten years ago. However, the trading of dog meat was banned, leading to the closure of all the shops in the area following a vigorous campaign against the trade.
Pol Col Thanakrit Charoennetikul, the deputy superintendent of the police in Muang district, stated that they scoured the shop, alleged to be selling dried dog flesh, and another location where it is suspected that dogs are being killed.
He mentioned that no evidence of dog carcasses was discovered at the suspected site of slaughter, but two pieces of dried meat were confiscated from the shop for DNA testing. He also stated that if the samples are confirmed to be from a dog, the shop owner will be prosecuted in accordance with the Infectious Animal Disease Control Act.
