Wang

Wang’s Rescue Story

Woof!  I am a handsome four month-old survivor from South Korea.  My name translates to “king,” and I should be treated like royalty! My sister, Baksi, and I are the first South Korean rescues to join the ISDF community.  We are so thankful and lucky for all the wonderful people who love us… but we were very close to never having love at all.  Ever. 

My sister and I were two of ten pups in a litter born at a Korean dog farm.  Yes, we were born to eventually be eaten.  It’s a barbaric image, but it’s the truth.  My mother was one of 40 adult dogs who were rescued that amazing day when Last Chance for Korean Dogs (LCKD) saved all of us.  Luckily the Dog Meat Farm was shut down and we were fortunate to be offered a better life thanks to the tireless efforts of LCKD and many other kind people.  The adults barely survived the winter.  They were starving and hardly breathing.  They were found eating their own excrement, eating materials like iron, and eating trees.  Only 16 out of the 40 adult dogs survived after the rescue.  Thankfully, leader Seonae Du and the dedicated volunteers at LCKD brought them back to physical and emotional health.  My siblings and I were fortunate to have been rescued so soon after our birth!  (Did you see the photo of us snuggling together?!  How cute were we?!)  The goal of LCKD is to find Forever Homes for all of us, but often it is just not possible when many Korean families think we’re edible.

I am a darling, healthy boy who is excellent when meeting and playing with people and dogs!  I have not met any children, but my caregivers think I would be an incredible companion for kids.  I am learning all the expected things of a pup my age: leash-walking, crate-training, and basic commands.  I am also learning household routines and how to ride in the car.  My caregivers say that I am a confident, happy, calm pup who will be an absolute joy in any home!  I am so excited to meet you and cover you in kisses!

South Korea has the world’s 14th largest economy and is home to global brands such as Samsung, Hyundai, Kia, LG, SK, and Daewoo; yet this is also a country where an estimated 2.5 million dogs and thousands of cats are slaughtered and eaten each year.

Forced to endure deprivation and unimaginable torture from the moment they are born until the day they are slaughtered, dogs are imprisoned in cramped, filthy, raised cages with no protection from extreme weather.  They receive no water, exercise, companionship or medical care, and they never feel the ground beneath their feet.  Their captors often purposefully burst the dogs’ eardrums to prevent barking.  In broad daylight, often in front of other live dogs, they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten, and slashed with knives.  They are boiled or burnt to death.  This is a profit-driven, tax free, unregulated industry that aggressively promotes the myth that eating a dog enhances male virility and stamina.  Consumption peaks during the hottest days of summer (Boknal).

Koreans claim that the more a dog suffers, the better its meat.  Many dogs are sadistically made to experience extreme fear and suffering prior to death.  Cats are frequently boiled alive to make health tonics, too. (“600 Stray Cats Boiled Alive,” Yonhap News, 5/21/15).  The demand is so high in South Korea that 20% of the dogs eaten there are now imported from China.  South Korea is the only country known to have large, intensive farming systems to supply the demand for dog meat.

I am current on vaccinations and micro-chipped.

Rescue Partner: Seonae Du

Arrival Date: July 24