Outrageous. Shocking. And very sad indeed... This poor dog met a very unhappy end to its no doubt misserable life. The eyes are stricken with terror and pain - the mouth still snarling viciously, even after the poor creature has been roasted to a cinder. Until I saw this, I could somehow never really believe that people actually eat dogs in the Philippines. And, to be fair, even now, I am sure that the percentage of the population that do so is pretty small. I stumbled across this dog's head on a barbecue when I was taking my neighbor's dog for a walk around the back of a newly constructed house on the estate where I live. On enquiry, I found out from one of the construction workers that they had bought the dog when it was still alive, for 200 pesos - (about US$ $4.00 - slightly less than a day's wages for a building laborer here.) The dog was, apparently, killed by being beaten to death and then knifed, in order to let the blood out. Now, I have to admit, I do enjoy eating "balut" (duck embryos - they are very tasty and do wonders for the libido!) But this is one item on the menu here in the Philippines that I would dearly love to see removed forever...