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 on a "dog farm", when dogs are caught on the street, or during the transport and slaughter of the animals.

Slaughter methods are deliberately designed to make the animal's suffering 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 by beating them to death, hanging them by the neck, electrocution, strangulation, or by skinning or boiling them alive.