Dogs Rescued from South Korea

[Rupert Pupkin]

You guys are missing the point. They are simply trying to raise awareness. They eat around 1.5 million dogs a year in South Korea. I had no idea the number was that high until I read this article.

[Rafi Bomb]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

You guys are missing the point. They are simply trying to raise awareness. They eat around 1.5 million dogs a year in South Korea. I had no idea the number was that high until I read this article.

So whats worse, them using them as a food source and eating 1.5 million dogs a year, or us putting down 2 million dogs/cats a year cause of various reason?

[Danzig]

saw the other day that they eat dogs in switzerland too. had no idea. they eat cats, too.
but like they said, you don't see stray dogs all over either.
do i want to eat a dog? no. am i going to tell others they can't either? no, especially when one considers how much hunger there is in the world.
it's like horses. people celebrated when the knackers were shut in the u.s....but, it just meant longer journeys for those horses, to mexico or canada.


we can't breed dogs, horses, etc, like mad and then say 'but you can't eat them'.

Originally Posted by Rafi Bomb

So whats worse, them using them as a food source and eating 1.5 million dogs a year, or us putting down 2 million dogs/cats a year cause of various reason?

it's discussions like these that make me wonder, who decided what's only useful for food, and what's a pet?
you get hungry enough, nothing's a pet.

as for 'raising awareness'....india looks at cows as being sacred, and they export them--for money, they know we eat them.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Rafi Bomb

So whats worse, them using them as a food source and eating 1.5 million dogs a year, or us putting down 2 million dogs/cats a year cause of various reason?

You make a good point. It is inexcusable for us to put down so many. There are so many irresponsible owners in this country. They think it will be fun to let their dog have puppies, even though they're not going to be able to take care of the puppies. Some states are starting to have restrictions on breeding of cats and dogs. I think that is a good idea. There are simply to many irresponsible people and there aren't enough good homes to take in all the unwanted pets.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

You make a good point. It is inexcusable for us to put down so many. There are so many irresponsible owners in this country. They think it will be fun to let their dog have puppies, even though they're not going to be able to take care of the puppies. Some states are starting to have restrictions on breeding of cats and dogs. I think that is a good idea. There are simply to many irresponsible people and there aren't enough good homes to take in all the unwanted pets.

Had a guy in my office talking about his dog being in heat and him having a hard time keeping his male dog away. I said have her fixed...he said he didn't want to alter what god had made..ugh