Photographer Eko Siswono Toyudho took the graphic pictures after gaining access to a dog slaughter house in Jakarta through a friend who runs a dog meat restaurant
THESE sickening images lift the lid on Indonesia's dog meat industry – where stray pooches are beaten to death with hammers and served in curries for just £1.65.
Photographer Eko Siswono Toyudho took the graphic pictures after gaining access to a dog slaughter house in Jakarta through a friend who runs a dog meat restaurant.
The 37-year-old said stray dogs are bought for 150,000 to 250,000 rupiah (£8 to £14) depending on their size and chained up and fed rice and vegetables in a 'quarantine house'.
Eko said he witnessed dogs being beaten to death with hammers in the tourist hotspot before their flesh was chopped up and cooked with "special spices" in the nearby restaurant.
The journalist, from Jakarta, captured the gruesome scenes on camera in September 2015 but has never released his photographs until now due to their shocking nature.
But he claims both the slaughterhouse and dog meat restaurant – based to the east of Jakarta – are still running, with three to six dogs killed there each day.
Eko said: "I was able to gain access to the quarantine house because the owner of the dog restaurant is a close friend of mine, so he let me take the pictures.
"I witnessed the dogs beaten to death with hammers and left bleeding before being sliced up in order to be cooked.
"Mongrel dogs are obtained from across West Jawa and Banten for 150,000 to 250,000 rupiah (£8 to £14) per animal, depending on their size.
"Each day, between three and six dogs are processed there to be made into a food named 'Saksang'.
"The flesh is cooked with special spices such as Andaliman and Asam Glugur before being served at special small restaurants for 30,000 rupiahs (£1.65) per portion.
"Dog meat is a typical cuisine from this area of Indonesia, and is much in demand.
"It is a traditional food for the Batak people from North Sumatera, who like it because it is part of their tradition. According to them, the meat is delicious.
"However, it can only be served in certain dishes and restaurants, and is sometimes hidden from the menu.
"Both the quarantine home and the restaurant are still open now."
Eko's final photographs show what appears to be the dog meat – which resembles pork – being cooked before curries are made using the flesh.
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