Dog-eating unlikely to be made illegal

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00a.m.

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The Food Safety Authority (FSA) says it will not impose rules on people telling them what they can and can't eat, despite pressure from the SPCA.

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24 Jun 2011 12:35a.m.

vsdgvs wrote:

pleasee..we eat wat we eat and please don't tell us wat to eat..gosh do we tell you all wat to eat...and plus it's a normal thing for our culture to eat dog's and if you gotta problem wit it deal with it...

31 Jan 2010 02:22p.m.

churrr wrote:

hey sarah when you say live by our culture in nz who you talking about, you must be paake'aa because maaori use to eat kurii(dog) well before all your introduced animals and next time anyone goes to a hangi stop and think is the meat your eating really what you think it is or just good old fashioned juicy dog yum yum..lmfao

30 Oct 2009 10:22a.m.

Gracey wrote:

I believe that all the hate is based on the emotional connection that some of us have with dogs as pets . It is very wrong for some to judge the tongans based on one incident , not all tongan eat dog so you can talk all you want about how you maybe digusted, appaulled bla bla bla who cares it is no different to eat pork an animal is an animal get over it and 3 news obviously added ther 5 cents to this story so its really unfair. Although dogs are suppose to be a mans best friend it has also caused harm to our very own causing young children to be in hospital with stitches and permanent scars has a pig, chicken, cow caused us that much trouble? build a bridge and get over it !

28 Oct 2009 05:21p.m.

JMO wrote:

Who cares? So long as they have the permission of the dog owner, and the animal is killed humanely, then I don't see a problem. There is absolutely no difference between a "companion" animal and "livestock" as far as i am concerned. Pigs are quite intelligent, but nobody is kicking up a fuss over bacon. You know what, being a dog farmer should be a legitimate business option. Just like it is for nearly every other non-endangered species of animal on the planet.

04 Oct 2009 06:04p.m.

jason wrote:

let the man eat dog people eat pigs,cows,and chickens and you say thats not cruel ?

10 Sep 2009 03:38a.m.

Superman wrote:

First if all I believe as per usual media always adds extra spice to the news to make it more wanted for readers to read.
Second I believe its wrong for any community or culture to eat dogs. There are some animals that can be eaten and some animals are to live lives like us humans.
I don't blame tongans as 100 years ago they used to eat humans as well.

08 Sep 2009 11:25a.m.

Jokerboii wrote:

it should be illegal . humans like togans shouldnt eat animals .

03 Sep 2009 03:19p.m.

STEVE-O wrote:

I think you should try dog burger, dog sandwich, hotdog, dog toastie and my number 1 favorite bbq dog with horse on the side with good old watties tomato sauce... dont judge me because im hungry

24 Aug 2009 06:08p.m.

Anon wrote:

It isn't right to say that about other peoples culture. Some may feel that it is disgusting for Europeans to eat beef or pork. It is no different.

21 Aug 2009 10:40p.m.

Sarah wrote:

I understand that this is a cultural issue but doesn't matter where your from, you live in NZ now therefore should live by our culture and here it's not right to eat a dog! It disgusts me that this isn't illegal! If you wanna eat your dog, go to some country where that's acceptable.