Owning a pet has been illegal in the country since July this year. According to the dictator, domestic dogs are a symbol of capitalist decadence and bourgeois ideology. The North Korean government, which maintains strict control over its population, has already identified all dog owners and intends to take their pets away! Although the government describes the event as a fight against the capitalist trend, according to an anonymous source who spoke about the situation with the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, dogs are sent to restaurants for meat.
Is there running out of food?
Dog meat on the Korean peninsula is a delicacy, one million dogs are eaten in South Korea alone every year, but the younger generation in particular is increasingly protesting against the dog meat trade. In North Korea, dogs are still a source of food for most people, but for the richer elite, pets have become a symbol of status in recent years. Pet ownership in the DPRK is subject to trends. Prohibitions and permits have alternated since the 1980s, and Kim Jong-un “domestic dogs” have been allowed to breed again after taking office in 2012. So the recent ban can also be interpreted as a sign of insufficient food supplies.
