CAMBODIA-DOG 3

A man (R) scrubs a dog to remove hair after steaming it on a fire in Phnom Penh in January 2002, while other men in the background clean other dogs. Eating 'man's best friend' or other small animals or insects in Asia is not considered all that extraordinary. Eating dog meat was started with the first Chinese Kingdom, Shang Dynasty and is eaten in many countries including Vietnam, China, Korea and Cambodia where it is considered a delicacy. There are a number of these foods which in some cases have become delicacies which date back many years and have now almost become traditional eating being prepared and cooked in many different ways using herbs, spices, ginger and garlic to enhance flavours. Some restaurants even have dishes of some animals as their main drawcard and is considered a normal cuisine. The Japanese love their whale meat and pufferfish, Cambodians are known to eat tarantulas-hairy spiders, while a number of other cultures incourage the eating of rats, snakes, bugs, beetles, monkeys (brains), crocodile, bats, bear paws, scorpions, honey ants, grubs, embroyo eggs and many more. AFP PHOTO/Philippe LOPEZ (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)