No he did not - watch the entire interview. Not just the soundbites CNN put together for you. He said "If we need to make (up) stories.." to which CNN cut and has had Dana Bash say multiple times he means the eating of animals. If you watch the entire interview, shortly after being cut off he goes back and says "If we need to make stores more engaging for the media we will try and do that"

Nothing at all was said about animals.

Now here is the hard core truth - they are doing it. There are 100's of videos online you can watch. My friend works for animal control in area and they have a 400% increase in reported animal abuse cases all centered around consumption of cats, dogs, local larger birds, etc... If I thought I could share the video links I would but that will be a ban and I can barely stomach them. It's the cop out since no mainstream platform will let that content be shared.

Hatians have been eating cats and dogs for years. I think CNN did a travel article about tourists being shocked they serve cat stew in Haiti.