The pet meat trade and culture is not just confined to Asia. Donna Armes and Josa Depre launched an investigation into the pet meat trade within Africa only last year and have located many markets throughout Africa trading and killing dogs. One in particular is that of Jos and Lagos in Nigeria. Dogs are smuggled over the border mainly from Niger into Nigeria in horrifying conditions. Sil vous plaît soutien international Animal Rescue Foundation Afrique et son organisation sœur et nous aider à la fois fin à ce commerce barbare. Please note: If this article or our work to halt animal and environmental abuse bothers you, you have two options. 1. Unlike our news sites and look away, forget its happening, dont help. 2. Take action and help us stop this trade so we can fill our news sites with positive articles and pictures. (Please though do not complain to us) about whats happening in other countries were trying to help. International Animal Rescue Foundation Africa and Say No To Dog Meat.Net now have a total of 37,155 signatures on this one Africans petition of which when stage one is completed a full lobby of the Nigerian government in Lagos and Jos will commence. International Animal Rescue Foundation Africa exposed the entire pet meat trade within Africa over a year ago. Some twenty countries on the African continent are in some way actively involved within the meat trade. West Africa is the main player with many people killing dogs for medicinal reasons. While Kenya, Somalia, Zimbabwe and more believe dog meat cures ailments such as malaria and aids impotence. There are many reasons why the trade in Nigeria MUST be banned. Read below for more information; In some communities in the Niger-Delta, eating dog meat is a taboo, but among the Efiks in Calabar and other tribes in Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom States, eating ‘404’, ‘J5’, ‘pepperoni’, among others, as dog meat is prevalently known, is a way of life. The guzzlers tell you bluntly that it is a delicacy that goes smoothly with beer besides the medicinal and healing power. …Know no tribe In a chat with Niger Delta Voice, Mr. Ubong Udofia who has been in the business of dog meat since 1994, said the delicacy knows no tribe as people from different ethnic backgrounds, including Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Efik, Ibibio patronize the joint. “One thing they share in common is the satisfaction they get from consuming the meat, which for some is an everyday affair. We do not in this part see dog meat as a taboo like in some places,” he said. Remedies Udofia added, “Most people here believe that it cures malaria and other forms of ailments due to the varieties of leaves and other ingredients that we use in preparing it. Truly it works because I and my family have not had malaria in a very long time.” Preparation “It takes approximately two hours to prepare the delicacy, I do the killing and butchering, while my wife takes care of the cooking, we add local gin while cooking it to bring out the natural oil from the meat because no other oil is used in the preparation.” Some like it with plantain while some prefer it with rice using the scent leaf as sauce, but I sell at least two dogs every day and sometimes three at weekends,” he asserted. In separate exchanges with Niger Delta Voice, two other dog joint owners, Mr. Mbe Akpan at Big Qua Town and at Mr. Etim Edibe Edibe reinforced Ubong’s assertion. They said most people prefer dog to goat meat and beef because of its nutritional and medicinal values and also, because of the way it is prepared with plantain and rice. A customer, Ms Edem Awan, who spoke to Niger Delta Voice said,” I eat it every day because it is very delicious; I particularly like the liver and the head, especially when cooked with plantain pottage. King of meat An Ekpe title holder, Chief Okokon Ita, told Niger Delta Voice that it is like a traditional meat, without which stuffs for most traditional ceremonies were definitely incomplete, especially in Efik land, but that there was no voodoo attached to it. He asserted,” When someone commits suicide, a dog is used to do spiritual cleansing of the land to prevent the re-occurrence of such bad omen. The dog is used to drive away the evil spirits responsible for such evil happening and it is an age-long tradition among the Efiks.” “Also, when a child who is growing up finds it difficult to walk, there is a concoction we make with the bones, we use it to massage the leg of the child and within few weeks, the child will start walking,” said Ita. No evidence- Medical experts However, medical experts say there is no proof whatsoever that dog meat cures malaria. But some said it helps to maintain osmotic blood pressure caused by plasma protein because of the high content of albumin and can also prevent arteriosclerosis (the thickening, hardening and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries). Sign the petition hereto; https://change.org/p/governor-of-lagos-hon-babatunde-fashola-ban-the-nigerian-dog-meat-trade-lagos Contact us here; [email protected] saynotodogmeat.net [email protected] speakupforthevoiceless.org
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