(IN): Ship stray dogs to Korea, says New Delhi councillor

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Ship stray dogs to Korea, says New Delhi councillor

 

NEW DELHI: New Delhi's stray dogs lead a difficult life. But if it was up to

one city councillor, they would find themselves in more hot water soup to be

precise.

 

Shipping the thousands of strays to Korea, where dog meat is widely

consumed in soup, was one of the more outlandish ideas proposed at a city

council meeting to deal with the problem, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

 

None of the ideas - from the aforementioned Korean plan to drug the canines

so they sleep through the day - are likely to be implemented anytime soon.

Instead, the council chairman asked the presumably more responsible

veterinary department to come up with a workable plan.

 

Tens of thousands of strays live in New Delhi. Many are often cared for by

people in the areas they live, but some become aggressive, and bites and

rabies are a problem. Efforts to sterilize them have been largely

unsuccessful.

 

City councillor Mohan Prashad Bharadwaj said he had read that Koreans are

fond of dog meat and " maybe we can send all the stray dogs of Delhi there, "

the paper quoted him as saying.

 

A soup with dog meat called boshintang is popular in Korea, especially on

the three hot " dog days " of summer on the lunar calendar. The traditional

belief is that dog meat helps boost stamina and virility, but activists

regularly criticize the practice and call for bans on eating dog meat.

 

City officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

 

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