Stop Nigeria's Barbaric Dog & Cat Meat Trade
Stop Nigeria's Barbaric Dog & Cat Meat Trade
The Issue
16th December 2026 :
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.
Etinan State Constituency, Hon. Uduak Ekpoufot, has sponsored a bill for dog meat consumption to be banned in Akwa Ibom State Ekpoufot argued that exposes consumers to dangerous pathogens such as rabies, salmonella, trichinella, and other parasites.
BBC reported 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
Listen to the discussion
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 of the suffering of innocent animals and people .
Nkechi Onyinyechi Ogbonna was the BBC Journalist to make. a complaint to the BBC Africa Email : Focusonafrica@bbc.co..uk
Contact them on Whatsap +44 7842617766
Watch the BBC Africa report on the Largest Dog and Cat Meat Market in Nigeria which gave a insight to the dangers of consumption of Dogs and Cats
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Recent investigations and reports have revealed an ongoing, widespread trade in dog and cat meat in Nigeria, marked by extreme cruelty, illegal pet theft, and serious public-health risks. Nigeria is a now the 3rd country behind China and Vietnam who largest consumption of Dog and Cat meat.
Updated BREAKING NEWS
Investigation by Wlid @ Life exposing the torture and suffering of dogs and others animals. Many are stolen pets and other animals
This not only inhumane and cruel for animals but a breeding ground for virus and potentially a second pandemic.
Other media investigations are exposing The horrific cruelty and barbaric torture of
dogs and other animals at Ogun.
Animal cruelty does not appease the gods its not culture or tourism and like many outdated and harmful practices From the pass these barbaric animal cruelty trades must be abolished.
There is no place for animals cruelty in the 21st century. #CrueltyFreeNigeria #CrueltyfreeTourism
Nigerian Tourist Board & Global tourist boards: Stop promoting Animal Cruelty
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.
Arriving 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.
19,875
The Issue
16th December 2026 :
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.
Etinan State Constituency, Hon. Uduak Ekpoufot, has sponsored a bill for dog meat consumption to be banned in Akwa Ibom State Ekpoufot argued that exposes consumers to dangerous pathogens such as rabies, salmonella, trichinella, and other parasites.
BBC reported 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
Listen to the discussion
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 of the suffering of innocent animals and people .
Nkechi Onyinyechi Ogbonna was the BBC Journalist to make. a complaint to the BBC Africa Email : Focusonafrica@bbc.co..uk
Contact them on Whatsap +44 7842617766
Watch the BBC Africa report on the Largest Dog and Cat Meat Market in Nigeria which gave a insight to the dangers of consumption of Dogs and Cats
Please continue to share the petition and listen to the discussion
Recent investigations and reports have revealed an ongoing, widespread trade in dog and cat meat in Nigeria, marked by extreme cruelty, illegal pet theft, and serious public-health risks. Nigeria is a now the 3rd country behind China and Vietnam who largest consumption of Dog and Cat meat.
Updated BREAKING NEWS
Investigation by Wlid @ Life exposing the torture and suffering of dogs and others animals. Many are stolen pets and other animals
This not only inhumane and cruel for animals but a breeding ground for virus and potentially a second pandemic.
Other media investigations are exposing The horrific cruelty and barbaric torture of
dogs and other animals at Ogun.
Animal cruelty does not appease the gods its not culture or tourism and like many outdated and harmful practices From the pass these barbaric animal cruelty trades must be abolished.
There is no place for animals cruelty in the 21st century. #CrueltyFreeNigeria #CrueltyfreeTourism
Nigerian Tourist Board & Global tourist boards: Stop promoting Animal Cruelty
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.
Arriving 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.
19,875
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Petition created on 15 February 2020