The Tomohon Extreme Market was once a top tourist attraction in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi — a live animal market filled with everything from fileted pythons to skewered bats and rats.
Activists urged major travel companies to stop recommending the market as a tourism site, said Lola Webber, Humane Society International's director of campaigns.
"Bali dealt with this issue by poisoning stray dogs, which ended up being just as bad, if not worse, than those that have been subjected to the dog meat trade."
In a Tripadvisor post on March 5, a user discusses reading about Sulawesi's dog meat trade.
The post states: "Well the next trip was going to be to Sulawesi, Indonesia ...
Persons:
Lola Webber, —, you'll, Webber, Caroll Senduk, International's Lola Webber, Michael, Frank Delano Manus, We've, who've, Manus, Rahul Sehgal, Tripadvisor
Organizations:
Humane Society, Companies, Tripadvisor, Free, Friends, CNBC Travel, World Health Organization, Animal Welfare, Animal Friends, Humane Society International, Free Indonesia, CNBC, Soi Dog
Locations:
Indonesian, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Tomohon's, Free Indonesia, Indonesia, Bali, Karanganyar, Java, Medan, Jakarta, Asia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Vietnam