article_snippet: This is a nightmare moment for any dog owner: recognising their missing pets served in a roast shop.
article_snippet: A few days later, when the child passed by a local dog meat stall, a little girl crying by a dog she believed to be her pet instantly recognised a dog lying on the street - and already cooked. '
article_snippet: Many agreed that the tragedy is too much for a five-year-old to take and have appealed for a ban on the consumption of dog meat.
article_snippet: Dog meat is treated as a delicacy in several Asian countries, including Korea, Vietnam and China.
article_snippet: A documentary made by Channel 4 last autumn revealed that seven tonnes of live dogs are shipped to the nation's capital Hanoi every day with one slaughter house owner saying one slaughter house owner killed up to 30 dogs a day.
article_snippet: Many of up to 30 dogs a day are pets stolen from gardens and front porches at night.
highlights_snippet: Child searched  for pet in vain but found pet accidentally by a dog meat stall .