After Social Media Outrage, Nagaland Govt Bans Sale of Dog Meat

The Nagaland government on Friday announced a ban on the sale of dog meat in the state amid outrage over a widely-shared picture on social media showing the animals at a market in Dimapur city.

“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 Chief Secretary Temjen Toy wrote on Twitter.

Social media users and animal welfare organisations had expressed anger over the picture of the dogs, which were tied in sacks with their mouths shut with a rope. “These dogs were being taken from West Bengal to Nagaland on the 26th of last month [June] to be sold for meat for meat,” a Twitter user had posted on Wednesday.