re: South Korea bans the trade of dog meat..

I watched a documentary and it was sickening seeing all these nice breeds of dogs in cages to be killed in horrific measures to be meat.

Lets round up the pit bulls and send to Asia

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There's absolutely nothing wrong with eating dogs.

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So long as I don't ever have to see it happening or hear it about other than a post like this, I'm fine with it.

I will say however, I can watch clips of pretty much anything on the internet and not be bothered. But the one video I saw a few years back about that nasty arse open market in Wuhan China (or wherever), had a booth/table/whatever with skinned dogs for sale. I have to say, that shite fricked me up for a bit.

I’ve never heard a good argument for a why you can eat one animal, but not the other. Most common arguments are intelligence, cute, or personality, but any of those scenarios there will be an animal in that species that is an outlier, for example it’s not OK to eat a dog unless it is not cute. Or it’s OK to eat a chicken unless it’s really intelligent. One argument here about the evolutionary bond between a dog and a human is compelling, but it is not universal.

To exclude a few animals from your diet is really just one step away from being a vegetarian. Vegetarian’s and vegans pass along the same feelings one has for a dog, but to all animals. They believe that preventing the suffering of an animal is more important than their taste buds, and do not eat meat if it’s not necessary. Just like most would not eat a dog, even if it was the best meat in the world, because it’s more important to them to prevent the suffering of that dog.

And to those who mentioned they are OK with it if it’s humane- there’s nothing humane about factory farming, contrasted to something like hunting, or old school farming. it’s only humane if the animal can live out its life as it would naturally. And even then many can argue that bringing an animal into existence just to kill it is wrong.

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French eat horses.

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Its not just the French; really, everyone on the continent has horse in their cuisine to some extent, save the Anglo-Irish, who phased it out after the 1930s, largely.

Its fairly common in Central and Eastern europe, often in forms like deli sliced meat. Mostbröckli in Switzerland is a very common one, though it can be made with horse or beef, and if you are in Northern Italy, make sure you get the larger Salami (3 to 4 inches in diameter) if you want to avoid horse-- the smaller 1 to 2 inch salametti is often made with horse meat in the North. You'll find donkey meat in some salametti made in Provence.

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And to those who mentioned they are OK with it if it’s humane- there’s nothing humane about factory farming, contrasted to something like hunting, or old school farming.

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i think what most mean by that is absence of cruelty as intent. No mass produced farming and slaughter method is without its problems. its just the nature of the beast.

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Have you eaten dog before? Sounds like people just aren’t liking it as much.

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No reason to eat dog, when pussy is plentiful

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That sounds like a pretty dumb frickin' animal to me

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Ok, so some cows are dumb … or deeply depressed.

I’ve seen dogs eat their own feces. Dogs lick their own assholes clean.

And yet Human Centipede is a cult classic.

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There's absolutely nothing wrong with eating dogs.

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That's just sick! I'm not eatin' ole Rover!

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Most people in America would be disgusted by dog farms and their meat for sale

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The three nations of North America are considered some of the most horse-friendly cultures in the world-- and are 3 of the top 7 producers of horse meat.

What people are disgusted by matters little. What you can make cash from, does. We have zero qualms about providing horse meat for others to eat.