Our country’s laws currently do not prohibit the killing or eating of dogs. Dogs are not nationally protected animals, nor are they endangered, so Chinese law does not stipulate the killing and eating of dogs. Chinese laws are freely implemented in accordance with the law, so killing and eating dogs is not illegal. For dog lovers in society to prevent others from killing dogs and eating dog meat, this is actually an illegal act in the name of love. For now, eating dog meat can be a moral condemnation, but it has not yet risen to the level of requiring legal bans and penalties for eating dog meat.
Legal Basis
Article 34 of the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that the production and operation of the following foods, food additives, and food-related products are prohibited: (1) ) Foods produced with non-food raw materials or with the addition of chemical substances other than food additives and other substances that may harm human health, or foods produced with recycled food as raw materials; (2) Pathogenic microorganisms, pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues, Foods, food additives, and food-related products whose content of biotoxins, heavy metals and other pollutants and other substances harmful to human health exceeds the food safety standard limit; (3) Foods and food additives produced with food raw materials and food additives that have exceeded their shelf life; ( 4) Foods that use food additives beyond the scope and limit; (5) Main and supplementary foods for infants and other specific groups whose nutritional content does not meet food safety standards; (6) Spoilage, rancidity of oils, mildew and insect infestation , Food and food additives that are dirty, mixed with foreign matter, adulterated or have abnormal sensory properties; (7) Poultry, livestock, beasts, aquatic animal meat and their products that died of illness, poisoning or whose cause of death is unknown; (8) ) Meat that has not been quarantined in accordance with regulations or fails to pass quarantine, or meat products that have not been inspected or failed to pass inspection; (9) Food and food additives contaminated by packaging materials, containers, transportation vehicles, etc.; (10) Labeling Foods and food additives with false production dates, shelf life or expired shelf life; (11) Unlabeled prepackaged foods and food additives; (12) Foods whose production and operation are prohibited by the state for special needs such as disease prevention; (13) Other foods, food additives, and food-related products that do not comply with laws, regulations, or food safety standards.