BRIBING SOUTH KOREAN DOG FARMERS FOR US EXPORT

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>From Dog Farms in South Korea to New Lives as Pets Abroad
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>Highlights
on his farm in a valley southeast of Seoul, Mr. Gong, 55, also raises dogs for their meat.

Humane Society International... is offering financial incentives to farmers — $2,000 to $60,000 depending on the number of dogs involved — who give up their animals to be adopted as family pets in the United States and elsewhere and switch to other livelihoods, like growing pepper or blueberries.

Since last year, the group says it has shut down five farms.
>US: That's a nice business you got there...
>hope nothing bad happens to it...
>freedom.jpg

Animal rights groups estimate that 30 million dogs, mostly stolen or feral, are killed each year for their meat in Asia, in countries such as China and Vietnam.

South Korea has industrialized its dog-meat trade. Each year, more than 17,000 dog farms, some of them raising more than 1,000 animals each, supply 2 million dogs to meet the country’s centuries-old appetite for dog meat, according to government data.

Koreans are fiercely proud of their culinary history. Even those who shun dog meat often bristle at foreigners who criticize the practice; to them, eating snails is unthinkable and force-feeding ducks to produce foie gras cruel.
>Proud of your country
>A good thing
Pick one

the younger generation, find the idea of eating dog meat appalling.

“I am not particularly proud of eating dog meat, but I don’t think it’s something we should be ashamed of either... No nation should be criticized for its food.”

Andrew Plumbly, a Humane Society International campaigner, said, “Culture is never an excuse for cruelty.”
>Especially South Korean culture
>Let the US guide your people to civilization!

“I was not ashamed of my way of making a living, but I was not proud of it either... No one would do this if he could avoid it.”