HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Authorities in Vietnam’s capital are urging residents to cease consuming canine meat as a result of it hurts town’s picture and improper elevating of the animals might unfold rabies.
For a lot of Vietnamese, canine meat is a delicacy that’s thought to extend stamina.
Hanoi Vice Mayor Nguyen Van Suu mentioned in a message revealed Tuesday on town’s web site that slaughtering and consuming canine and cat meat are disturbing to foreigners and harm the capital’s picture.
Suu instructed native governments to boost consciousness of the danger of rabies when elevating canine and cat meat.
The transfer is a part of a nationwide program to stamp out rabies by 2021.
Officers say there are 493,000 canines and cats in Hanoi, of which greater than 10 p.c are raised for business functions.