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TAMPA, Fla. (970 WFLA) - Several dogs that were nearly put to death and served up as meals will be available Friday to live the rest of their lives in a loving home.
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay will have Billy, Banjo, Bambi, Alphie, Jenna, and Zoe up for adoption.
They lived at a meat farm in Wonju, South Korea in deplorable conditions with little or no medical care.
Food was considered more of a luxury rather than a necessity.
“They hang them,” Sherry Silk of Humane Society Tampa Bay told News Channel 8 last month.
“They electrocute them and then they slice them up. It’s awful.”
Rescuers with Humane Society International (HSI) transported 200 dogs in all.
The dogs are bred for their meat and that brings in a pretty penny in countries like South Korea, China and Vietnam.
But now, there’s a cultural shift with people realizing the animals’ lives are worth more than just food on the table.
“We’re really gratified that many of the Korean people are no longer eating dog meat so these farms are starting to close down,” Silk said.
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photo credit: Humane Society of Tampa Bay