Raised for meat in South Korea, these dogs head for new homes in the US

A dog is pictured in a cage at a dog meat farm in Wonju, South Korea.

Published on: Jan 10, 2017 5:35 PM IST

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A dog is pictured in a cage at a dog meat farm in Wonju, South Korea.

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A rescued dog is seen as it waits for transport, at a dog meat farm in Wonju, South Korea on January 10, 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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These dogs are among those rescued from a farm in Wonju, 90 km (55 miles) from the South Korean capital, Seoul, where 200 dogs were being raised for human consumption, to start new lives as pets. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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Rescue workers from Humane Society International rescue a dog at a dog meat farm in Wonju, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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Dogs are pictured in cages at a dog meat farm in Wonju, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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The campaign to rescue the animals was launched by Humane Society International. (REUTERS / /Kim Hong-Ji)

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Rescue workers from Humane Society International rescue a dog at a dog meat farm in Wonju. (Kim Hong / REUTERS)

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The Wonju farm is the sixth that the group has helped close down in South Korea since 2015, and follows six-months of negotiations, medical examinations and vaccinations. Hygiene here is “non-existent” with waste collecting beneath cages where dogs are exposed to extremes of weather and fed once a day, according to HSI. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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An empty dog cage is seen at a dog meat farm in Wonju. Because airline flights can only carry a limited number of dogs a day, it will take a couple of weeks for HSI to rescue all 200 of the dogs at the farm. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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Dogs are pictured in cages at a dog meat farm in Wonju. Consumption of dog meat is on the decline in South Korea, where it is mainly eaten by older people and dogs are increasingly popular as pets. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)

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Dog waste is seen stacked under dog's cages at a dog meat farm in Wonju. Humane Society International hopes the government will ban the breeding of dogs for meat ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS)