Someone from my hometown of Phoenix AZ recently sent me an article about a similar Korean dog rescue operation there. I contacted the person and noted I live in Korea and wanted to learn more about it. I never got a reply although people writing from within the US to the person do get replies. Also the varieties of dogs offered as “Korean rescues” in Phoenix were odd ones for Korea, such as Beagles and Labs. From what I see here there are few such breeds and I doubt either rare breed, in Korea, would be raised for meat. All in all I wonder about the reality of such dog rescues from Korea.
ChickenHead
9 years ago
There is a good deal of dishonestly in the animal rescue racket.
It seems the more emotional the topic, the easier it is to get people to part with their money.
@1: You may be on to something. 💡 It could just be a racket to get increased donations.
observer
9 years ago
All they showed as evidence in the Phoenix news piece was two dog crates at what seemed to be a Korean airport and a photo of an Asian man in a car with a dog. You could not see what dogs, if any, were in the airport crates. I am going with the view its a scam. Labs in Korea belong on TV or in good neighborhoods, not meat farms.
Just to add to the oddness: here is the link I got from Arizona. Its a German Shorthair Pointer, from Korea! A person from the US received an email back from the person who posted it and also spoke by phone. The importer claims to have brought in 10 dogs so far, mostly all unusual for Korea breeds like this.
I also have a photo purported to be from a Korean airport but I don’t know how to embed a photo here.
ChickenHead
9 years ago
I see.
…300 dollar “adoption fee”.
Korean Rescue Dog seems to be the pet lovers’ equivalent of Will Work For Food.
Someone from my hometown of Phoenix AZ recently sent me an article about a similar Korean dog rescue operation there. I contacted the person and noted I live in Korea and wanted to learn more about it. I never got a reply although people writing from within the US to the person do get replies. Also the varieties of dogs offered as “Korean rescues” in Phoenix were odd ones for Korea, such as Beagles and Labs. From what I see here there are few such breeds and I doubt either rare breed, in Korea, would be raised for meat. All in all I wonder about the reality of such dog rescues from Korea.
There is a good deal of dishonestly in the animal rescue racket.
It seems the more emotional the topic, the easier it is to get people to part with their money.
@1: You may be on to something. 💡 It could just be a racket to get increased donations.
All they showed as evidence in the Phoenix news piece was two dog crates at what seemed to be a Korean airport and a photo of an Asian man in a car with a dog. You could not see what dogs, if any, were in the airport crates. I am going with the view its a scam. Labs in Korea belong on TV or in good neighborhoods, not meat farms.
http://www.adoptapet.com/pet/13159542-litchfield-park-arizona-german-shorthaired-pointer-mix
Just to add to the oddness: here is the link I got from Arizona. Its a German Shorthair Pointer, from Korea! A person from the US received an email back from the person who posted it and also spoke by phone. The importer claims to have brought in 10 dogs so far, mostly all unusual for Korea breeds like this.
I also have a photo purported to be from a Korean airport but I don’t know how to embed a photo here.
I see.
…300 dollar “adoption fee”.
Korean Rescue Dog seems to be the pet lovers’ equivalent of Will Work For Food.
PETA rescues animals… and then kills them…
Sourced from that famous right-wing rag: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/pets-shelter-euthanization-rate_n_6612490.html
So the only difference between PETA and Mr. Kim, dog soup restaurant owner, is that he doesn’t waste all that lean meat.