Did you know dog meat is served in restaurants in South Korea?
Did you know dog meat is served in restaurants in South Korea? I didn't. In the United States and most western countries, Fido is a family companion and while it's not ethical to judge another culture by our standards, anyone who doesn't at least (humanely) butcher the animal first is acting without proper care.
South Korea relies on western consumerism for their economy and needs to be aware that we do not accept the practice of skinning and boiling dogs alive.
Originally shared by April Benney
Over 6,000 restaurants in South Korea are still serving dog meat even though it is now illegal. In many Asian countries dogs are boiled alive or skinned alive when slaughtered. It's an unbelievably horrendous & torturous way to die.
I know a lot of you hate seeing this kind of posts on G+, but the Asian industry slaughtering dogs & cats is how I first got involved in animal rights & it will always be my main animal welfare concern. It's intolerable what is happening, please take a minute & sign this petition. The more awareness we bring to these activities maybe we can finally stop them.
http://www.uniteddogs.com/stopkillingdogs/
Comments
However I honestly don't see the difference between this & boiling lobsters live.
I agree with you that all animals should be treated humanely, but playing devil's advocate, if I had a pet lobster I'd be furious at Red Lobster.
It's the hipocracy I don't like. It's ok to eat cows, but not horses. It's ok to boil lobster, but not dogs.
People become enraged when they hear of these injustices that another class, group, country commit but make excuses about similar behavior from their own class, group, country.
http://youtu.be/gUpNz6NY-KE
I had tried numerous times before to go vegan for animal rights reasons. It wasn't until I realized meat was making me sick (my body can't digest it properly) that I finally was able to go vegan.
I'm giving this off memory so I may have a detail wrong. The US used to ship quite a bit of horse meat to Japan until an animal rights group fought to make it illegal to kill horses for meat. So the horses are shipped to México alive, & slaughtered less humanely there & then shipped to Japan. That same animal rights group is now trying to undo the law because conditions are worse in Mexico & it didn't stop a thing.