Submitted and translated by Daniel, 2007/01/21 14:07:42, from an SBS news report by reporter Ha Dae-Seok.

Anchor:

If you want to give up raising your dogs and ask others to raise it, you should carefully find out new owner whom you can absolutely believe. There are many traders who first ensure the owner of dog that they will protect and provide an adoption to those who looking for a companion dog, after that they secretly sell dogs to a dog-food restaurant.

Reporter:

We can find an advertisement on a newspaper talking about protecting dogs that an owner cannot bring up anymore due to any reason. To find whether it is true, we really met one trader and gave a dog. (My personnel opinion: some people, who have their own stores such as cafe, grocery store, restaurant, and B&B, are raising a dog in their store due to the effect of attracting a customer. For this reason, the owners normally have an expensive and large dog such as Siberian Huskey) He introduced himself as a dog lover (protector).

Dog meat trader: (filmed with hidden camera)

“Since I like an animal, I like doing this job. Also I will select next owner-to-be through a very strict procedure.”

Reporter:

We shadowed his car, and we finally arrived at Gyoung-Dong Farm Market in Seoul. When he found us, he suddenly took the dog out of a cage in front of a dog-restaurant.

Dog meat trader:

“Since I do not have a space to keep the dog, I put it on the cage just for making it rest.”

Reporter:

After a while, he confessed every detail of his behavior.

Dog meat trader:

“No one want to adopt a dog and provide a fostering place. It is the only way to make money.”

Reporter:

For only one day, 100 dogs are abandoned by their owners in Korea. Dog-meat is $3.00 per pound. As we investigated, there is a lot of illegal dog slaughtering in Korea, however, we do not have any law which can protect an animals from human cruelty.

Dog meat trader:

“How can a customer know that this dog was a companion dog after being shaved? Rising and falling of a dog-restaurant’s popularity only depend on each restaurant’s special sauce not a dog’s breed.”