A Premier League club partner up by signing a deal with a brand who say and promote that having dog meat is good to have with a beer.
Arsenal have signed a controversial deal with Cambodian beer company Ganzberg who promote dog flesh as the perfect snack to have with a the beverage.
The Gunners signed a three-year deal with the company, whose noticeable street adverts are said to feature meals made of the meat, in 2019.
Arsenal have since understandably come under fire from animal rights groups for joining up with Ganzberg.
Under the deal, Ganzberg will use Arsenal branding across their billboards, digital advertising and cans.
When the deal was announced, Ganzberg said: “This is a great partnership because of our shared values.”
But the deal has been widely criticised from animal rights groups such as those at Four Paws.
A Four Paws spokeswoman told the Independent: “We have raised our concerns with the club, and while they share our disgust at the trade, they have not cut ties with the brand, which is widely accepted as the best accompaniment to dog meat.”
They are urging the Gunners to reconsider their connection with the company and hope they’re not supporting the dog meat trade.
Many of the dogs and cats used for the trade in Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam are pets just taken from the streets. They are transported long distances, often lasting days, and are killed by shocking and horrid methods such as beating, blowtorching, drowning and electrocution, as The Independent has reported.
Four Paws rep Emily Wilson added: “We hope that this has been an oversight and that this isn’t a trade that Arsenal Football Club is outwardly supporting.”
According to the Independent, Arsenal have since strongly denied having any links to the dog meat trade and said Ganzberg have assured them they are not complicit in any promotion of it.
An Arsenal spokesman said: “We have been in regular contact with Four Paws and Ganzberg on this serious issue.
“Ganzberg have assured us they do not endorse the consumption of dog meat and they are working hard to remove any independent advertising that does promote this.
“Since we were first made aware of this issue, Ganzberg have removed over 800 independent lightboxes and implemented stricter advertising regulations on independent restaurants.
“We welcome Four Paws’ continued support in helping Ganzberg to identify these independent lightboxes so that they can be removed as a matter of urgency.”
But despite the Gunners claims, Four Paws are adamant that nothing has been done to stop Ganzberg’s promotion of the trade and new adverts are still being put up, as recent as last week.
They added: “In April we were assured by both Arsenal and Ganzberg that they did know about the close connections between the beer and the consumption of dog meat and that they would remove any advertising in which this was conveyed. But last week we have seen evidence of not only the posters continuing to be displayed, but of new ones being erected.
“We cannot stand by and allow for these two brands to be seen to support a trade which involves unacceptable levels of cruelty and suffering.”
The trade is not just “incredibly cruel” but also “serves as a significant public health threat, most notably in the form of rabies”, activists argue.
Social media users on Twitter reacted after seeing the Premier League club partner up with a brand who say dog meat is good to have with beer…
As a dog owner and lover, this makes me ashamed to be an @Arsenal supporter. The club should cut all ties to this company
Beer company linked to dog meat signs deal with Arsenal https://t.co/SrhcMz03Ia
— CobblerBob (@The_Back_Issues) November 12, 2020
That’s disturbing
— V #IASIP (@V_IASIP) November 13, 2020
Banta club pic.twitter.com/rbu7auGKZ3
— Aristotle (@Christonzy1) November 14, 2020
Arsenal has descended this low? @peta where are you?
— Nikee (@CaptainNikee) November 13, 2020
Filthy subhuman cunts
— Michael Houston™ (@Houston1888) November 14, 2020
Why don’t people do their bloody homework before sponsoring businesses with their backing? Fgs are they brain dead, or don’t they care? Well done ARSEnal your name is apt!!!!
— ??????? Mo Shone ??????? (@TaylorShone) November 12, 2020
Money before animal suffering every time
— Hunting is animal abuse (@AgainstHunting) November 12, 2020
“This is a great partnership because of our shared values.” Wow. Four Paws, thank you for your continued efforts to stop condoning this vile ‘practice’. ????
— Yvonne French (@Yvonnefrench469) November 12, 2020
Dog meat obtained by snatching people’s pets and torturing them to death. Horrific.
— James Orr (@james__orr) November 12, 2020
Well @Arsenal @ArsenalFC – glad you seem to have so much in common with this brand. Are @ArsenalFC_fl @AFSCLondon aware of this firm’s association with dog & cat meat? Most humans find it an horrific combination – cooked pets & beer.
— Jenni Goldsmith (@MistyMum2) November 13, 2020
Absolutely no shame it would seem. How can you sign a deal with a company like that?
— Sharmin Barton (@SharminHaque86) November 12, 2020
@Arsenal Heartbroken to hear you’re a part of this.
— Leo (@Leo_Co1) November 12, 2020
@Arsenal what have you done?? Stop this!
— sgvk27@aol.com (@SueKelly10) November 12, 2020
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