Is dog meat legal in India?
Legal / not prohibited
Dog meat consumption and sale are legal, though import is restricted.
India is one of 15 countries classified “Legal / not prohibited” for dog meat — 38% of the 39 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Dog meat
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Thailand
- Slaughter/sale restricted Thailand's animal cruelty law restricts dog meat trade, though not fully banned.
- Uzbekistan
- Legal / not prohibited Dog meat consumption is legal in Uzbekistan, sometimes used for medicinal purposes.
- Cambodia
- Slaughter/sale restricted A campaign began in 2020 to end dog meat consumption in Cambodia.
- China
- Varies by region Dog meat consumption is legal in China except in Shenzhen and Zhuhai since 2020, and slaughter is legal.
- Macau
- Banned Dog meat consumption and commercial sale are illegal in Macau.
- Kazakhstan
- Banned A ban on dog meat consumption was announced in October 2021.
Other laws in India
- Fur Farming
- Legal
- Cosmetic Animal Testing
- Banned
- Plastic Bag Bans
- Banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.