Residents of Uganda's capital, Kampala, have expressed shock at the arrest of two men believed to have been passing off dog meat as goat.
The BBC's Joshua Mmali says dog meat is not eaten in Uganda and the subject has dominated radio discussion programmes. Hundreds of people went to the police station where the suspects were being held to express their anger, Uganda's state-run New Vision paper reports. One of the suspects told the paper he had not intended to sell the meat.
"This is my home dog which I have been rearing. I killed it on demand of my spirits who directed me to offer its body parts to them," he was quoted as saying. The men were caught with the carcass of the dog, which had had its head and tail cut off.
"We are investigating information that the suspects own a butchery in one of the city suburbs where they sell such meat," Inspector Bernard Otim told New Vision.
The BBC's Joshua Mmali says dog meat is not eaten in Uganda and the subject has dominated radio discussion programmes. Hundreds of people went to the police station where the suspects were being held to express their anger, Uganda's state-run New Vision paper reports. One of the suspects told the paper he had not intended to sell the meat.
"This is my home dog which I have been rearing. I killed it on demand of my spirits who directed me to offer its body parts to them," he was quoted as saying. The men were caught with the carcass of the dog, which had had its head and tail cut off.
"We are investigating information that the suspects own a butchery in one of the city suburbs where they sell such meat," Inspector Bernard Otim told New Vision.
- added August 06, 2008
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thats awful sadly ive tried goat before and its good but i dont think id ever try dog
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So the police arrest this guy and he says "This is my home dog which I have been rearing. I killed it on demand of my spirits who directed me to offer its body parts to them". And that is considered a legitimate defense in Uganda?
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I can't see eating dog myself. We raise our own beef and that is difficult to butcher, however, I live in North America. In other countries, with the societies they have, you get what you get. If you have to eat dog to survive...I think you may have to eat dog. Tell them it is dog though. Lies stink anywhere!
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- yaget1chance
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