Dog meat in China and South Korea: Actual conditions of dog meat consumption: Humane Society International
-China is the number one consumer of dog meat-
Dog meat consumption:
The country that consumes the most dog meat is China.
International Animal Conservation Organization
Humane Society International (HSI)
In China
10 million dogs every year
Slaughter for food.
In Yulin City, Guangxi Province, an informal “Dog Meat Festival” is held every year.
It is one-third the level in the world.
Vietnam follows.
Asian Conservation Federation (ACPA):
Vietnam
The annual amount of dog meat slaughtered in Vietnam has reached 5 million.
Korea
In the case of South Korea, the amount of dog meat slaughtered has steadily decreased and is currently estimated to be less than 1 million.
Korean dog meat regulation:
The reason why Korea seems to be the home of “dog meat” is
This is because the poor breeding environment attracted attention.
How, South Korea was not regulated by the dog slaughterhouse law.
HSI Home Page:
In particular, It points out that “dogs are raised in a terrible environment in South Korea.”
WoW! Korea
https://www.wowkorea.jp/news/Korea/2021/1010/10318206.html
Dog meat trade facts:
Our Chinese partner activists
work all year round to rescue thousands of dogs and cats from the meat trade.
Whether crammed onto trucks
—where they endure dehydration, starvation, broken limbs, shock and disease—
or huddled in the corner of a filthy slaughterhouse, our activist partners are these animals’ last hope.
In South Korea, dogs are killed by electrocution; elsewhere, they are usually bludgeoned, hanged or more rarely, boiled alive.
Across Asia, there is increasingly vocal local opposition to this trade due to cruelty, criminality and human health concerns. Dog meat is mainly, but not exclusively, eaten by older, male consumers under the misapprehension of health benefits.
In South Korea and China, most people don’t eat dogs, but there are hot spots and times of year when and where consumption increases.
In South Korea, more dog meat is consumed during Bok Nal (the hottest days in summer) than at other times of the year.
In China, there is increased consumption in “hotspot” provinces such as Guangdong, Yunnan, Guangxi (where the infamous Yulin dog meat festival takes place), Jilin and Liaoning.
The World Health Organization warns that the trade, slaughter and consumption of dogs poses human health risks from trichinellosis, cholera and rabies.
Dog meat bans exist in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore; most recently, Indonesia pledged support for a ban.
Humane Society International