High food prices in Cambodia increase dog meat consumption

The consumption of dog meat is said to be increasing in Cambodia as higher food prices cutting into the livelihoods of the poor.Planning Minister Chhay Than says high oil prices pushed Cambodia's annual inflation rate to 22 per cent in July, the highest in 15 years and that this is seriously affecting Cambodia's poor.The chief of the Phnom Penh Municipal Veterinary Office says sales of dog meat