“Sweet Caroline,” a beautiful puppy lucky enough to be rescued from the South Korean dog meat trade, now has a completely new life in America, where she is working hard to become a trained therapy dog.
Rescued by Nami Kim – a South Korean woman who founded Save Korean Dogs – the six-month-old Jindo mix reportedly has the perfect personality for this new vocation. Her caretakers say she is inquisitive, playful, gentle and loving; she dances when you call her name, and tilts her head from side to side when you get her excited.

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In the last six years, Kim’s organisation has successfully rescued and transported over 1,300 dogs from South Korea to various homes in the US, Canada and UK. She works closely with the South Korean government, and raises awareness through protests and advertising campaigns.
South Korea has more than 17,000 dog meat farms, and millions of dogs are killed every year for consumption. They live in deplorable conditions, trapped in tiny metal cages and denied proper nourishment. They have no contact with humans and no medical attention.
“To be honest, I shed tears often seeing the older dogs blossoming,” says Kim. “These dogs were never allowed to be dogs and needed to learn how to be a dog. These dogs grew up having never been handled by a human, never knew the gentle touch of love and kindness.”
With a Facebook following of over 135,000 people, Kim also runs a page where people can share their success stories and follow the beautiful transformations of the dogs she has re-homed over the years.
“We are taking what some South Koreans consider the lowest form of dog – a ‘meat dog’ – and we are not only making it a pet dog, but we are showing how it can become a ‘therapy dog’ – one that helps humans in the very best way,” says Jennifer Harding, a supporter from the US. “This is how we can change the minds and perceptions of the South Koreans that continue to raise, sell and slaughter dogs on dog meat farms, and those that consume them in restaurants while they have their ‘pet’ dogs safe at home with their families.”
Melissa Munoz, the force behind Pawsitive Perspective Animal Training, is handling the training process with this precious pup, and says that in spite of her brutal past, Caroline is a very special dog.
“I really believe that certain animals, certain people, have a certain spirit about them, and she just really does, so it’s been an instant connection with pretty much everyone who has encountered her,” says Munoz. “We are thrilled to be helping Caroline and we welcome bringing her message to the world. [She] has been working hard learning her basic obedience skills and public manners.”

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This is great news so glad thing’s are starting to get positive for all these poor animals, thank you for getting back to me
Thank you. So happy for Sweet Caroline. Hope all the dogs and animals get recused.
Thank you for rescuing and helping these dogs.
God bless this lady. And to the author of the piece, Carly Day, please in future be a little more respectful. Either call this lady by her first name, Nami, or Ms. Kim.
Please how save all God’s creatures they were put here for us
to LOVE and take care of them!!
God bless all those who fight to end the dog and cat meat trade, try to save these dogs and cats and adopt these dogs and cats. We must end the horrible, torture of this trade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely a BEAUTIFUL puppy! BEAUTIFUL! Dog & cats are not to be eaten, that’s not what they were put on earth for. I’m sure God cringes when he sees His creatures being cruelly mistreated and murdered. These doing such things to helpless, innocent animals WILL, one day, answer to their maker. Nobody will escape this! “And the mouth of hell shall be wide open” saith the Lord our savior. On the other hand, those who work so hard to save, love, trade the animals will have a mansion in Heaven “if it were not so I would not say it”. Just wish I could be there when the mouth of hell swallows up all these terrible, cruel, awful people! This puppy……God Sweet Caroline saved and Nami Kim’s name was called to do so and thank God she did! Bless you, Nami!
Wow to think that one dog being saved/rescued from such tortures and evil trade! From one table in one country to another countries dinner table! YES that’s right the same fate millions of dogs right here in America suffer the same fate!
A happy ending or should I say beginning for this special, lucky pup.???? I just think of all the other dogs suffering horrendous torture, skinning, boiling, choaking, dying of thirst, lack of food & human love!!!! I wish we could save them all. ????
HOW CAN WE HELP STOP THE DOG MEAT TRADE?? I AM APPAULED OF THIS AND I WANT TO HELP!!! I SIGN PETITIONS AND DONATE MONEY, BUT I FEEL IT’S NOT ENOUGH??? I AM AN ANIMAL LOVER AND THIS BREAKS MY HEART
Sign and share petitions regarding ending the dog and cat meat trade.
Beautiful — thank you so much for rescuing them and giving them new happy lives — thank you for all your work and dedication — now if only we could SHUT DOWN all dog/cat meat farms in Korea — Korea should make it a LAW not to perpetuate such sadistic, horrific, unconscionable rackets — the Government should urge these owner/individuals to go into another line of business starting NOW — this is the 21st Century — all modern, respectable, proud, moral, courageous societies would NEVER tolerate such brutal, depravedly indifferent, monstrous treatment of animals — SHUT DOWN THESE HELL HOLES and save the animals.
Thank God Caroline was rescued and has gone on to be a therapy dog. Little by little we shut donev these dog meat farms.
17,000 dog meat farms? How can we be expected to change such an ingrained way of thinking, I think its impossible. Each dog saved is just a drop in the ocean, it makes me so depressed.
This is such a happy story! I’m so glad she got rescued, she is absolutely adorable!!!!! Good luck little Caroline!!!!
God bless you for all of your great work!
THAT DOG WOULD HAVE BEEN EATEN IN MINUTES BUT NOW HOPEFULLY HE WILL LIVE FOR YEARS. THANKS TO HIS RESCUER.
I’m happy for little Caroline she’s such a cute little dog and look at her helping out people now it’s great. I hope these dog meat trades get shut down very soon this should not be happening anywhere on this Earth it’s wrong in everyway,just look at this little dog jyou never know what some of these other dogs could be doing now.
COMMENT wat geweldig!!!!…ik ben blij dat deze hond is gered!!!!…nu nog verbieden deze wreedheden!!!!!
It breaks my heart to think of these poor dogs never having felt love and kindness.This barbaric treatment of dogs must stop. I have had dogs all my life and they are amazing ,loving animals, highly intelligent and sensitive.