34 Dogs Rescued from Dog Meat Trade Are Preparing for Homes ‘Where They Can Finally Enjoy Life’

Humane Society International/Korea and its partners saved the dogs from South Korea’s dog meat trade and are now preparing the canines for adoption in the U.S.

Dozens of dogs are set to fly to the U.S. to find their forever homes.
The canines, including friendly pups named Romeo, Nuri, Daisy, Phoenix, Brown Bear, will soon fly from HSI’s facilities in South Korea to the Washington Dulles International Airport to begin their adoption journeys.

The canines will receive love, comfort, beds, enrichment, and veterinary care at the rehab center — a far cry from the uncomfortable conditions of a barren dog meat farm cage. Once the pups are ready to find homes, the HSUS will move them to shelters for adoption.

“For these dogs flying to the United States, South Korea’s dog meat industry will soon be a distant memory. But hundreds of thousands of other dogs are still languishing in terrible conditions on dog meat farms for a meat that very few Koreans want to eat, and most want banned,” Sangkyung Lee, a dog meat campaigner for Humane Society International/Korea, said in a statement.

The animal lovers behind the rescue of these 34 dogs know the lives of the canines are only going to get better, and they are hopeful that they can give the same happy ending to the pets remaining in the dog meat trade.