An "extreme" Indonesian market bans the sale of dog and cat meat.

After years of activist pressure to eliminate the trade and its cruel methods of slaughter, a notorious Indonesian animal market has stopped selling dog and cat meat, according to campaigners.

At the Tomohon Extreme Market on the island of Sulawesi, which was well-known for its horrifying food selection until a ban was put in place on Friday, canine and feline meat was served alongside bats, rats, snakes, and monkeys.

According to animal rights organization Humane Society International (HSI), the previously unyielding bazaar is the first of its kind in the nation to eventually back down and end the trade in cat and dog meat.

The mayor of Tomohon city has authorized a prohibition on future commerce at the market, and the six remaining dog and cat meat vendors in Indonesia have agreed to stop selling their products. This historic agreement attempts to prevent the blowtorching and beating of thousands of animals for human consumption.

"The impact will be far-reaching, shutting down business for the traders' vast network of traffickers, dog thieves and slaughterers," Lola Webber, HSI's director of campaigns to end the dog meat trade, said.

On Tomohon Island, where up to 130,000 pups are killed annually, the rights group HSI and Indonesian rights organizations have inked an unprecedented agreement to spare thousands of pups. As campaigners have decried the techniques used to slaughter animals, such as beatings, hangings, and blowtorching fur, the deal may save the lives of thousands of puppies.

Additionally, the trade is being attempted to stop the spread of the lethal rabies virus.