The Humane Society International is on a mission to rescue dogs from the South Korean meat trade industry. HSI/Canada recently rescued nearly 30 dogs in late August, and they’re expecting more rescues next month. “These dogs on dog meat farms are housed in very horrible conditions. They spend their entire lives in cages and receive […]
So if anyone remembers back before the 2018 Winter Olympics. There was a whole bunch of dogs taken from South Korean meat farms.
My roommate at the time worked at the local animal shelter and was the person responsible for the assessment of animals on intake, working with them and her signature was one of the ones needed to sign a dog off before it was available for adoption.
This shelter received about 5 of the dogs from Korea. As soon as they got the dogs a local news story was written about it and they were flooded with calls from people wanting a Korean meat dog. None of which were anywhere near ready.
Despite the shelter having good dogs that were ready and waiting for their forever home. People only wanted the Korean meat dogs.
In the end none of the Korean meat dogs were able to be socialized to the point that they were safe to be adopted out. They all ended being euthanized.
So basically the thing was a complete failure best a quick minute of good PR to make people feel good about themselves.
So if anyone remembers back before the 2018 Winter Olympics. There was a whole bunch of dogs taken from South Korean meat farms.
My roommate at the time worked at the local animal shelter and was the person responsible for the assessment of animals on intake, working with them and her signature was one of the ones needed to sign a dog off before it was available for adoption.
This shelter received about 5 of the dogs from Korea. As soon as they got the dogs a local news story was written about it and they were flooded with calls from people wanting a Korean meat dog. None of which were anywhere near ready.
Despite the shelter having good dogs that were ready and waiting for their forever home. People only wanted the Korean meat dogs.
In the end none of the Korean meat dogs were able to be socialized to the point that they were safe to be adopted out. They all ended being euthanized.
So basically the thing was a complete failure best a quick minute of good PR to make people feel good about themselves.