Animals, an ngo, Dog Meat Free Indonesia has brought into focus how disgusting it goes on Indonesian dierenmarkten. The footage shows how dogs are being burned alive, in pieces torn, and then also be sold on the market. “Disgusting”, what it sounds like.

“The animals that we saw were terrified, and often sick and wounded,” says Lola Webber of Dog Meat Free Indonesia. “They were huddled in cages, while they saw how others were massacred. The fear in their eyes, their screams of pain and the smell of burning flesh are unbelievable and unforgettable”.

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According to the organization, every year-certainly a million dogs and cats are traded in the market. It pertains particularly to animals that have been stolen or roamed about on the streets. Many of them are also hondsdol, which is extremely dangerous and even deadly for humans.