Help End the Barbaric Dog Meat Trade

This year's walk will be from Monday 16 October to 20 October.

Walking to Save Dogs is a Not for Profit Organisation that has raised funds to help end the Dog Meat Trade since 2013.

My dogs and I do this through long-distance walks, raising awareness of this barbaric trade and raising funds to help grassroots organizations operating in countries such as Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Dogs are eaten in most countries in South East Asia, and the cruelty involved is beyond anything imaginable. After days of torture, dogs are boiled, skinned, and barbequed alive. The perceived idea is that the more the dogs are tortured, the better it is for the meat. It simply has to stop treating any sentient being like this, especially man's best friend.

All the money we raise goes directly to the beneficiaries. The funds raised will help pay for veterinary treatments, food and housing.

My dogs are not the usual type of dogs associated with long-distance walks since they are Shih Tzus, Chihuahuas and a Tibetan Spaniel. However, these cute little dogs are the face of our efforts.

In past years, we have walked Land's End to John O'Groats, The Jurassic Coastal Path, The West Highland Way, The Great Glen Way, Hadrian's Wall, Rathlin Island Walks, St Patrick's Pilgrimage, Giants Causeway, the Mourne Mountains, Banagher Glen and The Weardale Way.

This year we are walking in Northern Ireland:

Portrush & East Strand Beach Loop 

Garvagh Forest Loop

Kinbane Head & Castle from Whitepark Rd

Barmouth and Portstewart Strand loop

Bushmills Heritage Rail Way Path