North Koreans forced to give up pet dogs for restaurant meat
New Delhi, Aug 19: Pet becomes family but North Korea's controversial leader Kim Jong-un's order to the nation does not follow it.
Kim Jong-un issued a ban on pet ownership in July, a leading news agency there reported.
People in the country are reportedly being forced to give up their pet dogs so the dogs can be used as meat for restaurants amid food shortages in the country.
The move by the leader Kim Jong Un is thought to be aimed at appeasing rising discontent among the public amid a dire economic situation in the secretive country, including food shortages.
Pet dogs are thought to be owned mostly by the elite and wealthy in the capital Pyongyang and are seen by authorities a symbol of capitalist "decadence", while ordinary people have pigs and other livestock.
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According
to
the
report,
"Authorities
have
identified
households
with
pet
dogs
and
are
forcing
them
to
give
them
up
or
forcefully
confiscating
them
and
putting
them
down."
Some
of
the
dogs
are
being
sent
to
state-run
zoos
or
sold
to
dog
meat
restaurants,
the
source
added.