Every year, more than 18 million dogs are killed for human consumption. Their short, miserable lives are entirely marked by suffering. The commercial production of dog meat inevitably brings cruelty at every stage, whether it is in a "dog farm", when catching dogs on the street, or during the transport and slaughter of the animals.

Slaughter methods are deliberately intended to make the suffering of the animal as intense and prolonged as possible. This is because people mistakenly believe that by torturing a dog before its death, you get tastier meat that is rich in adrenaline. The animals are slaughtered in various ways, including being beaten to death, hung by the neck, electrocuted, strangled, or skinned or boiled alive.