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I really don't mind what people of different cultures decide what is worthy of eating. It is the manner of their life, captivity and death which moves me to making a stand and adding my voice to pressure groups.

In the case of the dog-meat trade, the fact that the dogs are offered for sale live in market places appals me since they are usually random strays snatched from the streets who are 'muzzled' with a rusty tin can whilst they have both front legs pulled backwards over their heads and tied with wire, thus breaking both shoulderblades.

They are then left sometimes for days on end without food or water in extreme pain in blazing heat until sold, or they die from body shock (the lucky ones die naturally). The sold ones are beaten and clubbed around the head until the vendor believes they are 'probably' dead, then thrown onto a fire pit to singe the fur off, ready for butchering. Those dogs only rendered stunned eventually die either by choking and burning in the fire pit, or endure that and are then hacked to death.

Therein lies the sin. Not the eating of the eventual meat product by protein-starved locals.