[exDemMom]

Sure, *those* dogs were saved, but there are still millions more being raised for meat. That won’t stop until the culture changes and makes it unacceptable.

[Ghost of SVR4]

That won’t stop until the culture changes and makes it unacceptable.

And then there are those cows and bulls. I mean, we can't go on eating hamburgers and steak. They are being raised for meat. That won't stop until the culture changes; (been to India?). And Balut; seriously, how? Or monkey on a stick, of rattlesnake (mmmmm...I do love me some rattlesnake). When overseas, I've eaten pretty much everything that moved minus humans. Camel burgers? Yep. Balut, yup. Americans just identify with dogs as friends. I have had cat "steaks" and know good and well I have had dog as a platter among other warm blooded creatures. Just wait until the EBT cards flash $0.00. YOU will be on the menu.

[Oberon]

I don’t see this as being different from any other sort of ranching. Some animals are pets, other animals are food. There is no hard and fast rule about which side of the line a particular species should fall on.

I don’t imagine that dog meat would be to my taste; but I’m not going to waggle a finger at Koreans for eating it.

[5th MEB]

I am not going to bust on the Korean culture; hell I remember when I could go to the butcher shop and buy horse meat here in California.
It was better than beef, more lean, not as good as mutton.
Now horses are pets and it is illegal to slaughter them for food, 50 years ago they were just livestock.
In Korea and a lot of the rest of southeast Asia dogs are livestock and not pets or family.
I would not even consider eating my 7 boys and girls, even if I was starving to death. Of course if I starved to death they might eat me, can't think of a better way to dispose of my corps other than to feed my family.
Just leaned over to pet my Honey Bunny (178 pound English Mastiff, she snores when she sleeps by my chair), she requires a lot of calories per day.
My dogs are my family, I would never allow any body to hurt them, hell they get better medical care than I do, but in Korea dogs are considered livestock.
Someday, hopefully they will recognize the connection between Man and Dog and realize it is devine and given by God.
Hell in North Korea they will eat their brothers and sisters.