November 11, 2019 - South China Morning Post

Inside Cambodia's brutal dog meat trade, which claims millions of animals each year

Cambodian dog meat traders drown, strangle and stab thousands of canines a day in a shadowy but sprawling business that traumatises workers and exposes them to deadly health risks like rabies.

Khieu Chan bursts into tears when describing a job that haunts him as he goes to sleep: he kills up to six dogs a day, slicing their throats.

"'Please forgive me. If I don’t kill you, I can’t feed my family'," the 41-year-old would tell the dogs awaiting their fate in a cage.

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