Dog meat is touted as a stamina-boosting dish by some in South Korea, but the first nationwide food safety inspection of the meat has revealed that it is not safe and clean: 64 percent of ... Read More
Category: Korea News Dogs
Animal activists are outraged about the Korean government’s plan to expand the puppy and pet trade in a bid to boost the economy. President Park Geun-hye said at the 10th official trade and investment meeting ... Read More
Nonprofit organization, Korean Animal Welfare Association, continues its advocacy to stop animal cruelty as it holds events that aim to raise the South Koreans' awareness on animal rights. Organization head Jo Hee Kyung shares that ... Read More
In a victory for dogs and those working to end the dog meat trade in South Korea, rescuers have successfully shut down another farm and topped off a rescue effort by demolishing the cages that ... Read More
Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee prefers pork chops. The Republican’s stream of conscious evoked a tweet casting a racial stereotype of dog-eating Koreans during Tuesday’s Democratic primary debate — all while bashing Bernie Sanders.
Humane Society International thus far in 2015 bought out three South Korean breeders of dogs for meat, or several puppy millers breeding primarily for the pet trade, and/or unwittingly bought a dogfighter’s culls, and/or just ... Read More