S.Korea court rules "killing dogs for meat illegal"

[Catherine]

There are a number of issues at  work here. The way they kill the dogs is horrible and it is also a health hazard. They do not follow even minimum standards of hygiene. That alone should shut it down.

Dogs have long had a special bond with humans. Since before recorded history dogs have been companion animals sharing their lives with us. To eat them now is a betrayal of the interspecies trust that has developed.

Then there is the issue of eating meat. We have to kill an animal before we can eat meat. If we object to dogs being killed, what about the killing of other animals. 

We don't have to resolve all these issues at once. First we need to stop killing and eating dogs. That will make the world a cleaner kinder place. After that we can face the issue of eating meat in general.

Let's improve what we can right now. Stopping the dog meat industry is a big step towards being better. It is something that we can do.