(CN) Beijing takes dog off the menu for Olympics

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Beijing takes dog off the menu for Olympics

 

REUTERS | July 12, 2008 | 13:22 IST

 

 

Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off

the menu for the duration of next month's Olympics and September's Paralympics.

 

Dog is eaten not only by the large Korean community in China's capital but

is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants.

 

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A directive from the Beijing Food Safety Office issued last month ordered

Olympic contractor hotels not to provide any dishes made with dog meat and said

any canine material used in traditional medicated diets must be clearly

labelled.

 

Concerned that canine dishes might offend animal rights groups and Western

visitors, Beijing said restaurants expected to be popular among foreign visitors

must stop serving dog meat " to respect the dining customs of different

countries. "

 

The directive " advocated " that all restaurants serving dog suspend it

during the Olympics but makes no mention of the many popular establishments with

donkey on the menu.

 

Criticism from Westerners caused the dog meat-loving South Koreans to ban

canine dishes for a period of time during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

 

 

 

 

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