The Horrific dog and cat meat markets
Nigeria is the 3rd Largest country in the World behind Vietnam and China to consume Dog and Cat meat. Despite the serious health warnings issues by the world health association about the dangers of consumption dogs and cat meat Some Nigerians are putting themselves at risk of catching deadly diseases from DEADLY trichinellosis, DEADLY cholera and rabies .
Bellow are the horrific Dog and Cat Meat Markets in Nigeria
Legislation
In Nigeria, there is no specific national law that outright bans the killing and consumption of dogs or cats for meat, in certain regions, especially in parts of southern and middle–belt Nigeria. It is widely practiced, largely unregulated, and not explicitly criminalized under Nigerian law.
Nigerian law does include general animal-cruelty provisions (e.g. Section 495 of the Criminal Code 1990 prohibits cruelly beating, kicking, or infuriating an animal). . With no enforcement by the Police animal activist within Nigerian and globally are trying to make changes and educate.
A recent motion to ban the sale and consumption of dog meat in Nigeria's Akwa Ibom State was rejected by lawmakers in early December 2025, meaning there is no nationwide ban in place
The member representing Etinan State Constituency, Hon. Uduak Ekpoufot, has sponsored a bill for dog meat consumption to be banned in Akwa Ibom State Ekpoufot argued that poorly processed dog meat exposes consumers to dangerous pathogens such as rabies, salmonella, trichinella, and other parasites Nigerian Lawmakers Reject Motion to Ban Dog Meat Consumption Read more:
Media Coverage
BBC report into the Dog & Cat Meat Trade on BBC News was truly shocking and appalling that a BBC Journalist/ presenter Nkechi Onyinyechi Ogbonna showed no sensitivity over the topic of the Dog and Cat Meat Trade you can listen on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mm9r2q or the can hear it below .
Although she touched on Health Reasons of the danger of consuming Dog and Cat Meat Journalist showed her lack understanding or the dangers instead chose make a jokes It was offensive and disgusting to play down the seriously showed lack of compassion dogs and cats and their suffering .
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Dr Mark Afua A Vet and Animal Activist based in Nigeria who like many Nigerians are against of the killing and the consumption of dogs and cat in Nigeria. Reporter and producer Ayuba Iliya feature on the Dog and Cat Meat Trade
Culture is not spreading of deadly Disease and the killing of animals and humans !!
Ban The Dog and Cat Meat Trade in Nigeria
Nigeria's Barbaric Dog and Cat meat trade involves terrified dogs that are stolen from surrounding countries such as Niger and transported into Nigeria.
While Nigeria has a growing number of pet owners who have dogs and cats as companions and not for consumption, these owners live in constant fear of having their companion stolen by local dog or cat thieves, knowing their pet would be sold to a dog trader or butcher, for quick cash. at dog markets, exhausted dogs are unloaded for sale, then crammed back into different cages and reloaded onto different trucks for more grueling journeys toward dog slaughterhouses, where they face a brutally violent death.
Nigeria's Slogan "Good People Great Nation" should also include it's animals, and consequently engage police and magistrates to be in sympathy with Nigeria's animal cruelty laws, to implement and enforce them.
Known as the conference hub and cultural nerve-center of Africa, Nigeria, with wealth from it's oil and gas industry, now participates on the world stage of fashion and design industries, and international tourism. However, local residents and international tourists are placed in jeopardy because of the constant threat to health through transmittable diseases such as rabies, related to Nigeria's dog and cat meat trade.
It is unfortunate that Nigeria's positive new image is tainted by the existence of a cruel dog and cat meat trade which casts a negative shadow over Nigeria. Dogs and cats are companion animals and not food items.
We respectfully ask that the President of Nigeria:
- Implement existing laws against animal cruelty, maltreatment and neglect.
- Provide funding for trap, neuter and release programs to prevent street dogs and cats from breeding.
- All dogs and cats to be vaccinated against rabies.
- Ban dog and cat meat in Nigeria and shut the trade down.
Nigeria : Ogun
Like the outdated Demonic Savage Evala in Togo, Ogun in Nigeria, Yulin in China and Boknal in South Korea and many more. These countries are using Animal Cruelty and Animal Sacrifices to attract tourists. They are making money from the suffering of Animals and putting people’s health at risk under the guise of culture.Animal Cruelty and Savagery is NOT CULTURE as many bad harmful and immoral practices such as Slavery, Human Sacrifices and Cannibal Cures were once Abolished and rightly so. The Barbaric and Sickening Dog and Cat Meat Trade and Demonic Animal Sacrifices
Each July three days of brutal killings of innocent Dogs known as Ogun takes place in Nigeria, Where Dog still alive ARE TORN IN HALF, FROM LIMB TO LIMB and other animals sacrificed. This is not only horrifically barbaric and inhumane.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu/ NigerianGovernment need to enforce a Ban Of Animal Sacrifices in Nigeria and implement this to stop innocent animals being murdered. .
