The controversial habit of eating cats and dogs of the Swiss people

Although cats and dogs are popular in some Asian countries such as China, Korea, Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam . a part of Swiss people also have this controversial habit. according to AFP.

"About 3% of Swiss sneaks consume cat and dog meat. You can't tell the police if someone does it, because there is no ban," said Tomi Tomek, President of SOS CHATS Noiraigue. This habit mainly exists in the regions of Appenzell, Lucerne, Jura, Berne .

Moritz Brunner, a Swiss citizen, has run a controversial advertising campaign for a restaurant that does not exist for cat meat.(Photo: SF).

Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger reported on the farmers of Appenzell and St. Gallen often killed cat and dog meat for meat or friends. Their favorite meat is a beefy Rottweiler.

Tages Anzeiger notes annotated, the respondents on the survey are in an anonymous form. All are afraid of angry animal lovers and social activists when they know what they reveal.

Switzerland has the mostbröckli spicy dried meat specialties , often made from beef or pork but people in Appenzell use dog meat. "Nobody knows what it is when you make it right , " said one. Dog meat is also used as a sausage and is included in some arthritis medicines.

Mostbröckli dry meat specialties.(Photo: Frigaliment).

Meanwhile, cat meat is often cooked like rabbit meat during Christmas, with white wine and garlic. The small market of cat fur trade makes jackets or bedsheets tended to expand in this Central European country.

Martin Buhlmann, a resident near Lucerne, said he grew up in a big family, and as a child often went to catch cats for his mother to bake."Cat meat is easier to digest and tastes better than rabbit meat , " he said on Swiss television channel SRF1.

Although cats and dogs are not traded on a large scale, the habit of consuming these meats causes resentment of Swiss animal protectors, because the government has no ban such as Germany and its neighboring countries. . Swiss law only punishes one person if they kill cats and dogs in a cruel way.

Martina Karl, president of the Swiss Animal Protection Association Mensch-Tier-Spirits-Helvetia, replied to Swissinfo: "Dogs and cats are domestic pets, should not be taken as food. Farming and taking action meat should be considered illegal and subject to punishment ".

Animal lovers in Switzerland oppose the consumption of cats and dogs.(Photo: Denis Balibouse).

AFP identified, animal protection organizations and farmers approached the problem in different directions. A farmer admitted he gave up his favorite food because it made the community unhappy.

The representative of the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office said that the habit of eating dog and cat is a problem in the cultural category, pointing out that some countries in the world have a model of raising meat dogs.

Dennis Turner, an expert in psychology and zoology in Zurich, has studied in depth cultural differences in attitudes towards animals by people in 12 countries (including Switzerland and China). and five major religions.

"The majority of people in these countries oppose eating cats and dogs. The main reason lies in the personal relationship of people with dogs and cats. Anyone who loves an animal is opposed to eating. meat them, " Turner said. He also mentioned that pet-raising habits are increasing in China, creating a change in social attitudes towards animals.

To date there have been no official reports of the number of slaughtered cats and dogs in Switzerland. The parliament has rejected a proposal to change laws to protect cats and dogs from the risk of being slaughtered in 1993.

Meanwhile, Edith Zellweger, from Salez's animal protection group, was determined to propose the Swiss government to revise its laws. In 2014, Swiss activists collected nearly 18,000 signatures in support of a campaign to ban cats and dogs for submission to parliament in Bern, according to Reuters.