挂羊头卖狗肉 莫斯科一餐馆遭调查
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Restaurant Investigated for Serving Dog
A Chinese restaurant in southwest Moscow is being investigated on suspicion of rounding up dogs on the street, killing them and passing their cooked meat off to customers as lamb, city police said Monday.
Two residents went to police after seeing suspicious activity near the restaurant, located at 88 Prospekt Vernadskogo, near the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, police spokeswoman Irina Volk said.
"They reported seeing a truck pull up to the restaurant and restaurant employees unloading bags in which something was moving and whining," Volk said.
After the tip-off, undercover police officers went and posed as clients, ordering a number of dishes from the restaurant, which is located in a dormitory near Moscow State Pedagogical University and caters primarily to Chinese and Vietnamese clientele, as well as local students, Volk said.
"Tests showed that the meat being sold as lamb was actually dog meat," Volk said.
Most of the dogs were strays, and many were sick, but several of the dogs likely had owners and had merely gotten lost, she said.
The dog meat was sold as lamb to most of the restaurant's clients, but it was advertised as dog to its Chinese clientele, she said.
The consumption of dog meat is common in some parts of Asia -- particularly China and the Koreas.
Police have opened a criminal investigation in connection with the sale of dangerous food items, punishable by up to three years in prison, and could also open an investigation into charges of cruelty to animals, which carry a sentence of up to two years in prison.
"We have reason to believe that the dogs were killed in ways that were not humane," Volk said.
餐馆因出售狗肉遭调查
莫斯科警方29日表示，位于莫斯科市西南部的一家中餐馆日前正在接受调查，该餐馆涉嫌将街头走失的狗驱赶到一起后宰杀并烹制，以羊肉之名出售给顾客食用。
警方发言人伊琳娜•沃克说，两位当地居民在位于西南地铁站附近维尔纳特大街88号的这家中餐馆周围发现可疑行为后，随即向警方报警。
沃克说：“他们报告说看到一辆卡车停在餐馆门口，餐馆雇员从车上卸下许多袋子，里面似乎有东西在活动并狺狺叫着。”
接到密报后，便衣警察乔装成顾客，前往这家位于国立莫斯科师范大学的餐馆，并点了几道菜。据沃克介绍，餐馆的主要顾客为中国和越南人，也包括当地学生。
伊琳娜•沃克说：“检验证明以羊肉之名出售的的确是狗肉。”
被餐馆捕杀的多半是流浪狗，很多已身染疾病。所谓“流浪狗”中的多数可能“名狗有主”，不过是一时走丢而已。
伊琳娜•沃克表示，餐馆对多数客人声称出售的是羊肉，但每逢中国客人光临时，商家便以狗肉之名揽客。
在亚洲的许多地方，尤其是朝鲜、韩国和中国，食用狗肉相当普遍。
目前，警方以该餐馆涉嫌出售危险食品为名对其进行刑事调查，如果罪名成立，嫌疑人将面临多达三年的监禁。如果警方以虐待动物罪起诉，嫌疑人将可能入狱最多两年之久。
伊琳娜•沃克说：“警方有理由相信这些狗被以惨无人道的方法宰杀。”（沈珺）
