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Knocked out with a club and blowtorched ALIVE: How 'hundreds of thousands' of dogs and cats are being cruelly slaughtered for meat in Indonesian markets

Knocked out with a club and blowtorched ALIVE: How 'hundreds of thousands' of dogs and cats are being cruelly slaughtered for meat in Indonesian markets

The overpowering stench of charred skin wafts through the 'meat section' of Tomohon market, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
As flies buzz around the carcasses of dogs, cats, pigs and snakes which are strewn across the blood-stained floor, two teenage girls pick out the dog they want for dinner. 
The emaciated dogs cower from the lasso of a slaughterhouse worker who reaches into the metal cage they have been trapped in for days - without food or water.
Their eyes widen with fear as he yanks another pup out by its neck and clubs it over the head until it lies motionless on the ground.
The dog looks dead but dreadful footage, shot only this week, shows the animal frantically kicking out as the market worker fires up a blowtorch and burns it to death.
This dog was among the 'hundreds of thousands' of strays and pets which are inhumanely slaughtered every year to supply Indonesia's dog meat trade, animal protection groups claim.


The heartbreaking video, and equally disturbing photographs, were taken by Rupert Imhoff, a research officer at the Bob Irwin Wildlife and Conservation Foundation, who flew to northern Sulawesi after he heard that dogs were being beaten and burned to death.
He saw other domestic animals such as cats and rabbits - as well as wild bats, jungle rats, pigs and snakes - suffering the same gruesome fate.
MailOnline has even seen disturbing footage which shows market workers cutting open a cat which had two unborn kittens inside.
Many of the dogs who end up in slaughterhouses are strays and pets. Dog snatchers on motorbikes lasso them around the neck and speed off, animal rights groups have claimed.
Some dogs are captured while their owners are walking them, and a rare few are bought from poor villagers for 'a few dollars'.

Many Indonesian street dogs are accustomed to people, who feed them

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'hundreds of thousands' of dogs and cats are being cruelly slaughtered
Knocked out with a club and blowtorched ALIVE: How 'hundreds of thousands' of dogs and cats are being cruelly slaughtered for meat in Indonesian markets<br /> <br /> The overpowering stench of charred skin wafts through the 'meat section' of Tomohon market, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.<br /> As flies buzz around the carcasses of dogs, cats, pigs and snakes which are strewn across the blood-stained floor, two teenage girls pick out the dog they want for dinner. <br /> The emaciated dogs cower from the lasso of a slaughterhouse worker who reaches into the metal cage they have been trapped in for days - without food or water.<br /> Their eyes widen with fear as he yanks another pup out by its neck and clubs it over the head until it lies motionless on the ground.<br /> The dog looks dead but dreadful footage, shot only this week, shows the animal frantically kicking out as the market worker fires up a blowtorch and burns it to death.<br /> This dog was among the 'hundreds of thousands' of strays and pets which are inhumanely slaughtered every year to supply Indonesia's dog meat trade, animal protection groups claim.<br /> <br /> <br /> The heartbreaking video, and equally disturbing photographs, were taken by Rupert Imhoff, a research officer at the Bob Irwin Wildlife and Conservation Foundation, who flew to northern Sulawesi after he heard that dogs were being beaten and burned to death.<br /> He saw other domestic animals such as cats and rabbits - as well as wild bats, jungle rats, pigs and snakes - suffering the same gruesome fate.<br /> MailOnline has even seen disturbing footage which shows market workers cutting open a cat which had two unborn kittens inside.<br /> Many of the dogs who end up in slaughterhouses are strays and pets. Dog snatchers on motorbikes lasso them around the neck and speed off, animal rights groups have claimed.<br /> Some dogs are captured while their owners are walking them, and a rare few are bought from poor villagers for 'a few dollars'.<br /> <br /> Many Indonesian street dogs are accustomed to people, who feed them