Originally posted by WolfChan
And what we do in the US to cattle raised for food is any better?
Well, actually, I have to say that it is. People try, to the best of their ability, to ensure that the cattle do not suffer as they die, even though that's not always possible in a literal sense, because we can never know the extent of a cow's emotion. In the US there are also external bodies who monitor the slaughterhouses and enforce laws created to protect the cattle.

The difference in Korea is that the dog butchers actively try to make the dogs suffer as they die, to make a better 'quality' meat. The dogs die a slow, painful death.

To me, this isn't a difference of cultures issue so much as an animal cruelty one, which essentially comes down to the questions: what exactly is a humane, economically viable, method of death?