Do Thailand' s People Eat Cats and Dogs?

Do people in Thailand eat cats and dogs?

No. People in Thailand think that eating cats and dogs are gross. After all, there are so many diseases that could come from eating meat from cats or dogs such as the outbreak of SAR. The prospect of getting diseases from eating cats or dogs scare people in Thailand from eating cats and dogs.

People in Bangkok are more civilized than people in the countryside of Thailand. In Bangkok, people are much much less likely to eat weird food whereas if you go up North or South, you are likely to see weird food or insects eaten that you won't see in Bangkok.

As for cats, people in Thailand prefer dogs. Cats are often found on the street, astray and not cute looking. Cats in Thailand are not as cute as fluffy cats in the US so people are less likely to have the as pets.

Dogs have been around in Thailand as pets for a long time. However, nowadays there are more cuter breeds of dogs on sale in Thailand, making people even more likely to think about eating dogs. Dogs are now known as pets rather than street dogs that are often adopted by monks at temples out of sympathy.

There are however still many street dogs that are very dirty and ugly on the street of Thailand. These dogs often have diseases. They are often beaten up, starved and had nowhere to go but to rummage rubbish that they could find. Most people in Thailand grow up seeing street dogs and not the puff balls, cute pet dogs that people in the US are used to.