200 dogs rescued from dog meat farm

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Around 200 dogs were released from wire cages at the dog meat farm in Wonju, south-east of Seoul. Many more had already been slaughtered and butchered for food.

In South Korea, as many as 2 million dogs a year are slaughtered and eaten. They suffer on a daily basis in deplorable conditions on dog meat factory farms. This is the sixth farm that Humane Society International has closed down.

Dozens of Golden Retrievers, Siberian Huskies, Rottweilers, Japanese Tosas and Korean Jindo dogs have been freed from a South Korean meat farm by animal rights activists.

Around 200 dogs were released from wire cages at the dog meat farm in Wonju, south-east of Seoul. Many more had already been slaughtered and butchered for food.

while working in countries across Asia to end the grisly dog meat trade. We participate in raids on trucks crammed with dogs headed for slaughter. We provide funding to train officials for improved enforcement of laws and support care for confiscated animals. In China, we're fighting to end the annual Dog Meat Festival in Yulin. In South Korea, we're helping dog meat farmers transition to more humane ways of making a living. We also helped form the Asia Canine Protection Alliance to end the illegal trade of dogs from Thailand, Cambodia and Laos into Vietnam.

South Koreans are believed to consume somewhere between 1.5 million and 2.5 million dogs every year, but the meat farming industry is in decline, with little demand among the younger generation.

The South Korean authorities are sensitive to the negative publicity attached to the dog meat industry, and dog restaurants in Seoul were shut down ahead of the 1988 summer Olympics.

Gong, who stumbled into the dog meat industry after many failed business attempts, admits he was 'never proud' of his farm, which only ever earned him a modest living.

In a normal year, he would sell around 200 animals, with an average price -- depending on size -- of about $200.

'I realised the dogs will become a lot happier if I changed my mind,' Gong said, while Snow, his pet Spitz, sauntered between rows of crates with dogs awaiting their departure.

Running a dog farm in South Korea requires no special licence, although Gong said there were regular government checks to ensure neighbours weren't being disturbed and dog waste was being properly disposed of.

Asked to compare the living conditions of Snow and the dogs in the cages, Gong admitted: 'It's the difference between heaven and hell

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