Is a small fine and a little jail time the proper punishment for someone who tortures, maims, or kills another living being? A lackluster response to animal cruelty sends a troubling message about how we value life. With your encouragement, Scotland can send a very different message by fulfilling its pledge against animal cruelty.
Source: Ensure Maximum Punishment for Scotland’s Animal Abusers
Exposing the Big Game 
I keep thinking that at some point vigilantism is an answer. There is an Internet story about a village in Vietnam whose residents got tired of dognappers taking their pets for the meat trade. Authorities would not act. One night two of the dognappers were discovered. A group of men chased them down and killed them. Now they hope the law will pay attention.
There is a case in China of a man in the dog trade who got beat up by opponents.
Yes, it’s illegal and violent. So is animal abuse.