Is it true that the country forbids eating dog meat?

It is not true that the country forbids eating dog meat.

Recently, the official website Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs published the National Catalogue of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources (hereinafter referred to as the Catalogue), but dogs are not among them. This has aroused widespread public concern.

The staff of the Livestock and Poultry Seed Industry Division of the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs told this newspaper that the catalogue is aimed at livestock and poultry management in agriculture, and dogs are not included in the catalogue of livestock and poultry genetic resources, which is not regarded as agricultural animal husbandry management, and has nothing to do with whether they can be eaten or raised.

It is also mentioned in the Catalogue that with the progress of human civilization and the public's concern and preference for animal protection, dogs have been "specialized" from traditional livestock to companion animals, and are generally not regarded as livestock and poultry internationally, so it is not appropriate to include them in livestock and poultry management in China.

Categories mentioned in the catalog:

The catalogue includes 3 1 species of domestic traditional livestock and poultry and special livestock and poultry. Among them, the traditional livestock and poultry are: pigs, ordinary cattle, beef cattle, buffalo, yak, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, camels, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, quails and so on.

Special livestock and poultry include sika deer, red deer, reindeer, alpaca, guinea fowl, pheasant, partridge, wild duck, ostrich, mink, silver fox, blue fox and raccoon dog.

According to the catalogue, livestock and poultry refer to livestock that have been domesticated and propagated by human beings for a long time. They have a certain population size and are used for agricultural production. The population can reproduce under artificial feeding conditions, which is essentially different from the wild population. They provide human beings with products such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, fiber and medicinal materials, or meet the needs of service and sports.

Among them, mammals are domestic animals and birds are poultry.