Anger as Seoul aims to reclassify dogmeat

[Mugu]

SEOUL (AFP) - The Seoul city government is seeking to classify man's best friend as livestock in order to set food safety standards for South Korean lovers of dogmeat, officials say.

Somewhere between two and four million dogs are estimated to be consumed in South Korea every year but the slaughtering and processing is carried out in dirty environments and poses a risks to diners' health, they said.

Since dogs are not currently classed as livestock there are no hygiene regulations on their slaughter, officials said.

"Dogs are consumed in their millions in this country every year. That's a fact. We have to take care of this situation," said Lee Hae-Woo, head of the city government's department of food safety.


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[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. And they are on our side

sick

[shain from kane]

2. Now, if only they could get that dog taste and smell out of it.

[ellenfl]

3. who's angry?

different cultures . . . this kind of thinking got us into iraq.

ellen fl

[DCKit]

4. How do the Hindu feel about the tens of millions of cattle we slaughter every year?

The Buddhists about how we treat each other? Any deeply religious people about how the factions of American society that would have the ten commandments placed as public monuments, but ignore them in daily life?

I'm a dog person, but hey folks, it's a different society. We horrify other societies with our rampant consumerism, crass behavior and ignorance, and are in no position to tell any culture, especially one as ancient as Korea's, they can't eat traditional foods because we attribute human behaviors and feelings to their lunch.