When Choi Tae-yeon opened her restaurant 20 years ago, dog meat was a good business in South Korea. Now, she says she might have to close up shop, with a new ban on the former delicacy.
South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare.
About 200 South Korean farmers who breed and raise dogs for human consumption held a rally on Thursday near the presidential office in the capital Seoul, demanding the government scrap a plan to ban the controversial centuries-old practice.
South Korea aims to ban eating dog meat and put an end to the controversy over the ancient custom amid growing awareness of animal rights, a ruling party policy chief said on Friday.
Nguyen Van Tung, a dog meat shop owner in Hanoi’s Long Bien District, is considering whether he should switch to selling another product, or just close his business entirely.
People have condemned the dog meat festival in China's Guangxi Province where dogs are tortured before death in the belief that adrenaline released by pain improves the quality of meat.