Dog meat in Korea!

[CamCamPup33]

I have never really thought about it before but after some resarch:::: Dog meat is considered a delicacy in South Korea, China and Philippines. Dogs are being sold in markets for human consumption. They are kept in filthy animal farms where they are crammed in cages not even able to move. At the markets they are hung by the back of their necks, beaten for up to an hour and then skinned alive at the time of purchase. The reason why they're beaten first is to tenderize the meat which is thought to give men verility. They suffer for hours before finally having their throats slit. Other dogs tremble in fear as they watch their fellow friends being tortured and killed.

Poor dogs!
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Here is one of the sites i got info from

And this one also

[Desert Arabian]

Yep, I have heard all about that. In France, their delicacy is horses. I am not even going to go into how they slaughter them, it so so sick you will want to throw up.

[popcornbird]

EWWW EWWWW EWWWWWWW! I've heard of that, and my dad's old barber, who's a Korean, told my dad he ALWAYS ate dogs when he was in Korea and SO misses eating them!

I never knew that about horses. I don't think horses are really animals that should be eaten, however, I find eating a dog FAR more disgusting! Bleh!

[gini]

If I were to respond to this thread I would make myself upset all day.

Let me just say that part of that culture has been brought over to the United States.

It is against the law here - however, I know for a fact that the law is ignored.

It makes me ill.

[Soledad]

Will you get just as upset about your Thanksgiving turkey or your Easter ham?

It's just cultural. While *I* could not/would not eat a dog, I eat plenty of other animals, so why judge?

The problem I have is that they are abused and inhumanely slaughtered, but that happens ALL the time in our own country.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Soledad
Will you get just as upset about your Thanksgiving turkey or your Easter ham?

I just find eating the meat of a carnivore animal.........any carnivore animal disgusting. I mean, not every animal is the type you can eat. I just find it sickening. That's why I find eating dogs far more disgusting than eating horses. I don't know........that's just how I feel.

[Soledad]

Yes, but I don't think that's why this was posted. It was posted because we regard dogs as pets, not food. I can see your point.

[CamCamPup33]

it just upsets me to see people eat dogs.. I know cattle is also eatten but, some people are very used to it and not bothered by it.. And i am for one bothered by eating any animal..

[Soledad]

So you're a strict vegetarian?

[CamCamPup33]

No.. *Occasionally* I eat meat.. I *DO NOT* eat meat much..

[RICHARD]

That's how eddie was covered in mustard.....

I wanted a hot dog.



I do not condemn or crucify people for what they eat.
After all, we can go to New Dehli.....DEHLI ,NOT DELI....
and watch Ronald Mc Donald's stock wander the streets.

As distasteful, pun intended, as this seems, there seems to be injustices that equal eating dogs on this side of the ocean.

As we see the cruelty done to these poor animals think of the opposite thought.

"STUPID AMERICANS, what a waste of a meal......"

And any animal dumb enough to drown itself when it rains is more than welcome on my thanksgiving table.


Trust me,

Some of the stuff we look at as being cruel and unjust, is a just way of life somewhere else on the planet.

And while I do not condone eating Spotty or Puff, Why is it o.k.
for us to jump all over Koreans for their long time eating habits and customs???

Or should we invade Korea, again, and end it once and for all?

This is another topic that will not be solved by me or any other person on the site.

that's why it's called a Custom...people have done it for so long they are accustomed to it.

[Soledad]

We should really stop agreeing so much, RICHARD.

[CamCamPup33]

This is the dog house where you can post about things people may see as bad and may see as good.. So i want to hear everyones opionion.. Everyone is welcome to have there own.. And Richard you made several good points, that are so true..

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Soledad
We should really stop agreeing so much, RICHARD.

While I do find the concept of DOG FOOD in those countries as
well as the way the animals are prepared from consumption
beyond my ability to partake in such a meal, I can see where they are coming from.

I choose to ignore that 'custom' because my eating habits would disgust someone from another cultures/religions-Islam, Hindus and Popeye's chicken.

It's one of those uncomfortable facts of life that make me uneasy...yet I choose the blinders as a way to deal with the subject.

The 'Horse fights' in Asia are far more disgusting to me because those animals are kept, trained and made to fight each other..
Animals as entertainment is far more foul, evil and just plain barbaric.......Ask Roy....

Don't feel too comfortable standing shoulder to shoulder with me..
I eat meat.

[Soledad]

Originally posted by RICHARD

Don't feel too comfortable standing shoulder to shoulder with me..
I eat meat.

So do I.