More than a dozen dogs saved from a farm of dog meat in South Korea are now safe on Canadian soil.
An animal rights organization has saved dogs to be slaughtered and eaten.
Now that they are in the Montreal region, the long process of physical and emotional rehabilitation begins.
“We all see dogs like these happy and fun companions that we love and live with all the time, but for these dogs, they do not know this life,” said Jasmine Gallienne, the main director of Humane World for Animal Rehabilitation Center in the west of Montreal.
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Twenty canines recently saved from a farm of dog meat in Cheongju, South Korea, recently arrived in the center.
According to the organization, some animals are in a good mood, but others are afraid and traumatized.
“These dogs were confined 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in small sterile cages,” said program director Ewa Demianowicz.
The trade in dog meat was prohibited in South Korea last year, but the prohibition will not take full effect before 2027.
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