United States Congress has passed a bill to ban Americans eating cats and dogs.



The US House of Representatives adopted the “Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act”, which will see people fined up to $5,000 (£3,800) for slaughtering cats and dogs for human consumption.

In a rare show of unity in the House, it was put forward by Republican Vern Buchanan and Democrat Alcee Hastings.



The practice had still been legal in 44 states. The Animal Welfare Institute said a restaurant was closed several years ago after a worker was caught slaughtering cats chained in the basement to be served as meals.

Mr Buchanan said: “Dogs and cats provide love and companionship to millions of people and should not be slaughtered and sold as food.”

The congressman added his hope that China and South Korea would follow the US’s example by outlawing, and enforcing existing laws, against the cat and dog meat trade.

“The United States should be a leader against this inhumane and unsafe industry,” he said.



A South Korean court ruled the killing of dogs for meat as illegal in June.

Meanwhile, the Animals Asia charity estimates that 10 million dogs and 4 million cats are slaughtered for meat in China every year.

Source:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/us-congress-passes-bill-to-ban-americans-eating-cats-and-dogs-a3936396.html

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