"We believe this ban marks a significant turning point in South Korea's attitude to animal protection," said Lee Sang-kyung, a spokesperson for the local branch of the Humane Society International, an animal rights group. "(This) is testament to the passion and determination of our animal-loving public and politicians who reached a tipping point to consign this outdated industry to our history books."

This doesn't look like it will do anything for "animals" as people will just eat other animal meat. It just appeases western sensibilities about what the world is allowed to eat.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

It's more shallow than that: dog consumption was already nearly eradicated except among the poorest in South Korean society. This is a cheap optics win for a fascist administration trying to take eyes off of the failures of President Yoon's economic policy, or him targeting women, minorities, and disabled people.

It's good that dog meat is banned, but it was already rapidly fading. It wasn't a delicacy, it was for the poorest of the poor and now Yoon gets to pat himself on the back.

[–] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Stock up before it's too late: https://www.elwooddogmeat.com/

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love how if you click "I get it now" they assume you now don't want any animal killed instead of you having rationalised that proper dog meat is okay to consume.

The reason they are generally banning dog meat is not really because it's a dog, but because it's linked with animal theft iirc. I don't know anything so if this is wrong I'm wrong lmao.

[–] Radicalized@lemmy.one 3 points 10 months ago

There is one specific breed of dog kept for meat and no one has them as pets. They’re basically cattle.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I don't understand I want to order some dog meat? What kind of scam is this.

[–] survivalmachine 2 points 10 months ago

chickens are intelligent

They had me convinced until that point. Clearly they've never raised chickens.

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

But where can I actually get some dog meat to eat? Gotta at least taste it to see if it's nice.

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The loony left is taking away our dog burgers! I will not eat the bugs!!!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I get the joke, but it was a fascist admin that banned the dog meat, far from a leftist administration. Yoon just wanted a cheap optics win to distract from his horrible economic policies and targeting women, disabled people, and minorities, despite dog meat having close to no consumption anyways. Dog consumption was only popular as an extremely cheap cut of meat during and after the Korean War, it isn't a delicacy and only the poorest of the poor were eating it recently.

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Only poors? Weird. In my country it's acceptable for a president to eat dog.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Culture varies! In Korea, dog wasn't really seen as a traditional or normal meat staple, but became popular as millions of people were starving during the Korean War and needed food, as well as in the aftermath. Dog happened to be cheap to produce.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

::: spoiler Eat it. Eat the bug! bug butt

[–] konki@lemmy.one 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good. Now do the other meats as well.

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plants feel pain and communicate with each other.

[–] bear@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Plants aren't sentient. When we say they "feel pain" and "communicate" we don't mean like sentient creatures. We just don't have better words to accurately convey the mechanics at play here. Computers also "communicate".

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ive see an African pour gasoline on a dog to burn its hair before cooking it... not sure they had any other meal options

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Like yeah good but still odd we decided it's weird to eat those intelligent, social, domesticated cuties but totally normal to systemically abuse torture and butcher similar, more intelligent, social, domesticated cuties.