Eating cats and dogs is bad, says Congress

Published September 10, 2018 4:33pm ET



Republicans and Democrats fight like cats and dogs about almost everything, but they’ll join forces this week to support a bill that says neither of those animals should be eaten by humans.

On Wednesday, lawmakers are expected to take up the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act, which would ban people from knowingly slaughtering cats or dogs for food, or from being involved in any related transaction.

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