On Wednesday, a pet cafe opened in South Korea where a notorious dog meat market once stood, replacing the former slaughterhouse with an animal-friendly playground, pet hotel, pet salon, and cafe.
Located in Busan’s Buk District, the new facility offers customers opportunities to interact with, pamper, and learn about dogs and other companion animals through its various services, including an educational program that offers courses like homemade treat-baking lessons.
Inspired by a shared community vision of a pet-friendly environment, the cafe stands in stark contrast to the Gupo Dog Meat Market, which sold chilled dog meat and offered up a live selection of ‘kill-to-order’ canines for six decades. Once South Korea’s second-biggest dog meat market, the horrifying establishment finally closed in 2019 after years of arguments between activists, authorities, and dog meat vendors.
The opposing parties finally reached an agreement through an open dialogue, as Gupo Dog Meat Market owners agreed to leave the gruesome industry for other jobs in exchange for financial support while they transitioned into new lines of work. Eighty dogs were rescued from the market and put up for adoption as part of the negotiated closure.
While replacing the Gupo Dog Meat Market with a pet-friendly cafe reflects the shift in South Korea’s general attitude toward companion animals, millions of dogs are still dying for their meat every year. If you haven’t yet, add your name to the fight against this horrifying and cruel trade by signing Lady Freethinker’s petition calling for an end to all dog meat farms in the nation.
It’s so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy.
Wonderful news!
This is truly amazing news to all. When doing something like this one, it is very soothing and comforting to the human soul. Instead of looking at Blood baths now one can see is happily smiling people and their beautiful loving pooches. Yes the Education is very important. We learn new things every day and this is another NEW chapter for the people who did not know the blessings and joy these animals could bring to the humans. Good wishes to ALL…
I’m sorry to say this but the brain-dead, evil, sick, freaking pieces of human trash probably just carry on abusing, torturing, MURDERING and eating dogs (and cats) behind closed doors. The rotten apple never falls far from the tree so I’ll actually BELIEVE this when it truly happens, until then, I’ll carry on being cynical, crying my tears and having my heart broken every time I read or hear of these wicked masses carrying on with the heinous atrocities.
Save them all
Anyone that would do this to dogs aren’t human!!! They’re MONSTERS!!!
I have to believe that the tide is turning for those lonely, suffering dogs of South Korea. It’s not only if they will close those hell holes, it is when.
does that mean that they can,t just torcher them????
does that mean that they can,t just torcher them????
Thank you, South Korea.
Thank you, South Korea.
There is already enough cruelty in the world so we don’t need any more by having dog meat markets!
This corian dog slathering has to se.
I sign petitions ever single day, evening or any time of night, it’s still the same old stories, these petitions are NOT working with due respect….. Korea, china and the other inhuman are NOT going to stop what they are doing…… they are idiots and a zebra doesn’t change their stripes
On the dog meat trade is the toughest worst cruel and inhuman ways to treat an helpless animal, you say it’s now playground heaven, I DO NOT BELIEVE YOUR STORY, THESE INHUMAN IDIOTS CRUEL AND OTHER WORDS ID LIKE TO USE WHICH I HAVE TO REALLY WATCH MY LANGUAGE HERE!!!!!!! I DONT BELIEVE IT GIVEN THEIR TRACK RECORD, A ZEBRA DOESNT CHANGE IT STRIPES
On the dog meat trade is the toughest worst cruel and inhuman ways to treat an helpless animal, you say it’s now playground heaven, I DO NOT BELIEVE YOUR STORY, THESE INHUMAN IDIOTS CRUEL AND OTHER WORDS ID LIKE TO USE WHICH I HAVE TO REALLY WATCH MY LANGUAGE HERE!!!!!!! I DONT BELIEVE IT GIVEN THEIR TRACK RECORD, A ZEBRA DOESNT CHANGE IT STRIPES
i am so glad that it is now being used as an animal friendly cafe. X🐶🐕🐾💚
How thoroughly awesome… Going from horror to happiness. Keep it up. Fabulous.
Belle victoire. Un bel exemple à suivre
Yeah, a good ending. We need more. And thanks for sharing
WHAT AN AWESOME VICTORY!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
SUCH WONDERFUL NEWS A VICTORY FOR ANIMALS AND SOMETHING FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO MODEL AFTER.