A dog meat restaurant owner from Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam, died last week after a days-long struggle with rabies. The man had handled and butchered cats and dogs on the regular at his restaurant, which is thought to be how he caught the disease.
[Nguyen] Van B. initially sought medical care after experiencing fatigue and breathing difficulties. He was then diagnosed with rabies at Cho Ray Hospital and confirmed at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Despite treatment, the man requested to leave the hospital to return home.
While at home, his condition worsened, leading to severe rabies symptoms, including agitation, frothing at the mouth, muscle spasms and confusion. He eventually succumbed to his illness.
I'm sure many of the dogs and cats featured on the menu at this restaurant are strays, which I have to assume increases the risk of rabies.
Possibly if this guy had been serving beef, pork, poultry, lamb - something, you know, normal - he wouldn't have met his death by way of rabies.
But at least those other folks in Vietnam who serve these animals on the menu will learn from his mistake and take the proper precautions when handling meat from dogs and cats - and all the other random animals they eat over there.
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