DOG meat from Spain may have been used to make Dutch meatballs
Saturday, April 6, 2013 @ 1:21 AM
DOG meat is thought to have been found in meatballs in Holland, having come from Spain, say Dutch authorities.
Investigations began 18 months ago when the owner of an animal shelter in Pontevedra, in the north-western Spanish region of Galicia, reported dogs having gone missing.
The woman, Olga Costa, claimed a firm which was paid by owners of deceased pets to dispose of the carcasses was shipping meat from the animals abroad.
A dog owner who went to the animal crematorium in question to bid her last farewell to her beloved pet, having not been there when he was put to sleep, said she saw workers de-boning dog carcasses.
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