South Korea banned dog meat. So what happens to the dogs?

TLDR: nothing good

South Korea banned dog meat. So what happens to the dogs?

TLDR: nothing good 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20r7lkel68o

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Why would anyone eat pigs. Or bugs. Or ….

It’s part of their culture ! Or was

Oh that’s really interesting 
Could perhaps think of the practice as catching a stray as global fertility declines….

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off the cuff, i'd say it's more in parallel: similarly impacted by western modernization - heavy industrialization, processed foods (convenience), wage driven lifestyles, influence of globalization on societal values, etc.

fwiw, even in my childhood (was there from age 4-12) it was considered food only old men eat

Oh that’s really interesting 
Could perhaps think of the practice as catching a stray as global fertility declines….

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67958480

like with most "less palatable" food items, on the belief that it helps with male virility

back in my korean corporate days (late 2000s, early 2010s), it wasn't common but still a dish male coworkers would go out to eat together, particularly on hot days and or when a colleague was trying to have kids

personally only had it once myself, not so much a fan but kinda sad to see more "culture" get faded by modernity