The Korean Taste for Dog

The Korean appetite for dog meat is huge. And the way the animals are dispatched is hell on Earth.

According to a recent report by the non-profit animal welfare organization In Defense of Animals (IDA), "two million South Korean dogs are electrocuted, strangled, or bludgeoned to death each year. Then they're boiled, skinned, browned by a torch, chopped up and eaten."

The sale of dog meat has been banned in the country since 1984. But it is hardly enforced -- up to 30% of Koreans have tasted the flesh of "man's best friend."

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• Send an IDA letter urging South Korean officials to enforce existing laws to protect dogs

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image: IDA