This was reported in the Daejon Daily newspaper on July 15, 2011, so it is probably not a hoax.

A man bought some dog meat, took it away to cook it, and when taken out of the pot and sliced, he struck an iron plate and screws. What this means that the meat must have come from someone’s pet whose leg had been broken and received surgery.

The man went back to the dog meat vendor and complained about it. At first, the dog meat vendor denied any wrongdoing, but afterwards gave a refund.

The man then went to Daejun City Hall only to have officials tell him there was nothing they could do because there was no law governing the dog meat industry. How convenient. It is also illustrative of how the government dodges all other problems with the despicable dog meat industry.

But there are other things to consider here, such as how did the dog end up in the hands of a dog meat trader. It might have been abandoned or even disgracefully betrayed and sold by its owner to a dog meat trader.

Unfortunately, when dogs get old and sick in Korea, some owners simply abandon them. Could that have happened to this dog, even though an owner had previously cared enough to pay for surgery? We'll never know.

But the incident is further proof of what we have been saying all along, which is that any dog can end up as dog meat.