South Korean Dog Eating

aken (in part) from It's Their Destiny Websight:http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/phil.html
It seems that cruelty toward animals is endemic throughout Asia, although the South Koreans are truly outstanding in this field of endeavor. The exact figures vary according to the source, however it is certain that at least 2 million dogs are tortured to death each year.No-one is prepared to hazard an estimate of the number of cats that are boiled alive to produce "Goyangi soju" (literally, "cat juice"), that they superstitiously believe to be a cure for arthritic problems. The "medicine" is considered to be more effective if the cat is slowly boiled to death in a pressure cooker.Dogs die a slow death for a different reason. In the early 1980's, when new-found prosperity saw an increase in demand for beef and pork, the dog butchers propagated the myth that dog meat was an aphrodisiac. The final touch to this lie was the embellishment that the more the animal suffered in its death, the more tender and "potent" its flesh would be.The dog butchers are very imaginative in the administering of this slow death. Slow strangulation or hanging is one of their favourite methods, since there are no costs involved and they can regulate the suffering and length of time it takes the dog to die. Often, the strangulation ends before the dog is dead, and it dies from shock as its fur is burnt off with a blow-torch.Another favourite method is to suspend the dog by its hind legs and beat it to death with sticks or bats. This method has the advantage of not having to rely upon adrenaline to tenderise the meat and can take up to an hour.