Raised for meat in South Korea, dogs head for new homes in U.S.

Reuters ^ | January 10, 2017 | Nataly Pak

[C19fan]

You're OK, you're OK," Lola Webber, a campaign manager with the Humane Society International (HSI), whispers to a lab-mix puppy, cradling her in a jacket as dozens of dogs bark in nearby cages.

The puppy is moved from a rusty cage on a dog-meat farm in South Korea to a plastic crate, given the name Demi, and placed in a truck where she begins the long journey to a shelter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be put up for adoption.

[MarMema]

Actually dogs are far more resilient than you think.

WATCH THIS TO SEE HOW FRIENDLY THESE WERE

[MarMema]

57 DOGS RESCUED FROM MEAT FARM

Good one!

[MarMema]

here is one that was adopted!

[MarMema]

Did you feel like you should decide for other Americans where they can adopt a dog? Hillary been on your TV too much lately?

I have dogs from shelters in several parts of the country and one from the streets of Taiwan.

It's MY MONEY and MY Choice.

I thought conservatives loved freedom.

[MarMema]

You think this kind of treatment of animals is ok, no matter where it happens?

boiled alive

People who are ok with extreme cruel to animals are often quite a bit up the scale on sociopathy.

[MarMema]

oops, cruelty.

[MarMema]

click here to rethink your post

[Mears]

Oh my God-——a warning would have been nice.

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[GOPJ]

Ummm, they’re just expanding the market for dogs...

[MarMema]

No they are not. They close the farms down, remove all the cages. And set the farmers up in a new industry, such as blueberries.

Much like a woman in England has done with bear bile farms.

[minnesota_bound]

They do make great Won Ton Ton and Rin Tin Tin soup...

[Neoliberalnot]

Good. It seems so wrong to me to do this to man’s best friend! I am not a vegetarian, but feel strongly that dogs are special creatures.””

Agree. I like the South Korean people but this practice of eating dogs sickens me. No finer friend was ever had than a good dog. Lock your spouse and dog in the car trunk, come back two hours later and see which one greets you with love.

[GOPJ]

New people don’t step in to supply the ‘dogs for food’ market? I would like to believe that’s possible...

[hal ogen]

I agree that people shouldn’t torture that which they kill to eat. However, I am for reasonable freedom of choosing what you want to eat. There are reasonable limits agreed upon by most.

[hal ogen]

Why? Aren't you for freedom of choice in what you eat? My suggestion: rethink your post.

[MarMema]

Your logic could then lead to the cannibalism of infants.

[hal ogen]

Didn’t I say reasonable people would agree on some limits? You are blinded by your fervor for dogs. I do not wish to further comment.