Dog eating in Korea, and China

[Guest guest]

Excerpts from a longer report by ANIMAL PEOPLE dated March 2004:

Dogs and cats are eaten in large numbers

in certain regions of China and in both South and

North Korea. Cat-meat restaurants flourish in

some parts of Indonesia, as in the province of

Guangdong in China. Dog-eating is also prevalent

in parts of Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia,

Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines, the Asian

portions of the former Soviet Union, the

northeastern states of India and a portion of

Thailand. There are reports of isolated

instances of dog and cat eating in Japan,

Malaysia, and Singapore, but almost exclusively

by either members of an ethnic Chinese or Korean

minorities.

ANIMAL PEOPLE estimates that 13-16

million dogs and 4 million cats are butchered

each year for human consumption in Asia, as of

2003.

CHINA, Peoples Republic of:

estimated 6-8 million dogs eaten annually, with

3.65 million cats consumed in Guangdong. In

addition to cat eating, dog eating is also very

popular in Guangdong, along with the neighboring

provinces of Yunnan as well as Guangxi, and

also the three extreme northeast provinces on the

Korean border -- Heilongjiang, Jilin, and

Liaoning -- with the farming of dogs for meat

most prevalent in the eastern provinces of

Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Hebei.

CHINA, REPUBLIC OF (Taiwan): an

estimated 5,000 dogs are killed for meat

illegally each year after the prohibition;

there is little or no cat eating.

SOUTH KOREA : 1.1 to 1.3 million dogs

are eaten and 100,000 cats. (NOTE: Dog-eating

was introduced into Korea by the Chinese and not

the other way around.)

 

>Jeff He <jfhbj What a

>courage to challenge the so-called " tradition " .

>Hope this could be stopped before this tradition

>is imported to China fully!

>

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>July 16, 2005 Ǧ Facing the hottest time of the year, many Koreans

>traditionally head for restaurants that serve dog meat soup in the

>belief such a meal bolsters stamina in the debilitating summer

>humidity and heat.

>

>But to confront those looking for dog meat, animal rights activists

>and dog lovers took to the streets yesterday around Seoul to protest

>against the culinary practice.

>

>Members of eight local animal welfare civic groups gathered at the

>Government Complex building in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, and

>appealed to public officials to stop eating dog meat.

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>full story:

>http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200507/15/200507152228117879900090409041.html

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