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Posted on 09/18/2015 4:10:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
enty-nine dogs that were once part of a "meat farm" in South Korea arrived Thursday in San Diego for possible adoption, part of a Humane Society program that hopes to end the Korean tradition of eating dog meat.
"The dog meat trade is one of the most horrific forms of cruelty," said Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society.
The Humane Society International has taken possession of more than 100 dogs from a South Korean farmer in recent months, paying the farmer to transition to other crops, according to news coverage in Korea.
The dogs have been sent to Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.
The 29 dogs -- mostly mastiffs, Jindo-mixes and Chihuahuas -- arrived Wednesday night on a 14-hour flight from South Korea to San Francisco International Airport.
A "special response team" from the San Diego Humane Society drove the dogs to San Diego, where they will be evaluated by veterinarians before being placed for adoption.
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Dog meat is legal for human consumption in South Korea although increasingly controversial.
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Which camp?
Anybody here have a pet pig?
At the split in Uijongbu, (the police station), take the left side .. sr51, I think it was called .... CRC to the right (or straight) and 51st to the left
And this in a state that is loaded with high-kill shelters. smh
Do they speak English?
chikin!
Camp Casey, here. ‘74-’75
Camp Red Cloud (I Corps) 1978-79 and Camps Casey & Hovey 1981-82.
I once watched the movie MASH at the CRC theatre, stepped outside and saw the exact same scenery.
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