The World Should Stop Eating Animals ! | Nagaland to ban dog trade for meat | Piyush Rai
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Date: 03/07/2020

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News Link, TOI : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-activists-rejoice-as-nagaland-bans-cruel-dog-meat-trade/articleshow/76773299.cms

Mumbai activists rejoice as Nagaland bans cruel dog meat trade MUMBAI: In a landmark decision, government of the state of Nagaland to ban dog trade for meat

NDTV : https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nagaland-bans-sale-of-dog-meat-2256619
Nagaland Bans Sale Of Dog Meat
Recently, Pritish Nandy, a prominent poet, and former Rajya Sabha MP, took to Twitter, appealing to his followers to join a movement to ban the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nagaland markets.
Kohima: Nagaland's Chief Secretary Temjen Toy on Friday declared that the State government has decided to ban the commercial import and trading of dogs and dog markets and also the sale of the meat, both cooked and uncooked.
"The State Government has decided to ban commercial import and trading of dogs and dog markets and also the sale of dog meat, both cooked and uncooked. Appreciate the wise decision taken by the State's Cabinet", Mr Toy wrote in a tweet, tagging BJP MP Maneka Gandhi and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio. The decision comes in the wake of the image of dogs being sold at Dimapur markets surfaced online on social media, causing an outcry.
Recently, Pritish Nandy, a prominent poet, and former Rajya Sabha MP, took to Twitter, appealing to his followers to join a movement to ban the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nagaland markets.
"This is urgent. You can help make history by sending an email tonight to csngl@nic.in saying Nagaland must stop dog markets, dog restaurants, and smuggling of dogs into the state. Eating dog meat is inhuman, not just illegal. The issue comes before the cabinet tomorrow", he wrote.
People also took to social media urging to sign a petition such as ''Chief minister: Ban dog killing and eating in Nagaland''.

THE HINDU : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/nagaland-asked-to-ban-dog-meat/article31980627.ece

Decision follows an appeal by an apex body of animal rights organistaions
The Nagaland government has decided to ban commercial import and the sale of dog and dog meat. The Mizoram government had taken a similar decision in March.The announcement followed an appeal by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), an apex body of animal rights groups, to the Nagaland government to ban the sale, smuggling and consumption of dog meat besides enforcing stringent animal welfare laws.

“We are once again hit by shock and horror at recent images that have emerged from ‘animal markets’ in Dimapur (Nagaland’s commercial hub) where dogs are seen in terrified conditions, tied up in sacks, waiting at a wet market for their illegal slaughter, trade and consumption as meat,” FIAPO executive director Varda Mehrotra said in a statement on July 2.
The FIAPO said it has been engaging with the Nagaland government since 2016, underlining how dogs suffer because of the demand for meat. It also claimed to have carried out undercover investigations on dog meat in the northeast.
Dogs smuggled
The organisation said dogs are smuggled regularly to Nagaland from Assam and West Bengal. A dog, caught in Assam for ₹50, is sold for ₹1,000 in Nagaland’s wholesale market.
“Dog meat sells for ₹200 per kg on the streets of Nagaland, which is about ₹2,000 per dog,” it said.
“The State Government has decided to ban commercial import and trading of dogs, and dog markets, and also the sale of dog meat, both cooked and uncooked,” Nagaland’s Chief Secretary Temjen Toy said on July 3.