Urging all countries to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade.

House Concurrent Resolution 59 is a bipartisan measure that officially expresses the sense of the U.S. Congress that all nations should prohibit the consumption and trade of dog and cat meat. The resolution urges foreign governments to adopt new animal welfare laws and strictly enforce existing regulations to end the commercial slaughter and sale of these animals. While the resolution does not change U.S. domestic law or carry the force of a mandate on other countries, it serves as a formal diplomatic statement of American policy intended to encourage international animal rights standards.