Sentences with phrase «barren metal cages»
The dogs were housed in barren metal cages, and suffered from teeth and ear problems.
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Most are killed by electrocution or hanging at one year old, and breeding dogs spend their entire lives in barren metal cages producing endless litters of puppies.
Working in co-operation with dog farmers keen to get out of the trade, HSI has so far permanently closed down eight dog farms where dogs are confined their whole lives in barren metal cages with little food or protection from the harsh climate.
More than 2.5 million dogs spend their whole lives in barren metal cages on those farms before suffering agonising deaths by electrocution or hanging.
The farm in Yesan is a typical dog meat farm with row upon row of bored, frustrated, frightened dogs in barren metal cages, many with injuries and deep pressure sores.
Dogs on South Korean meat farms are kept locked in small, barren metal cages, left exposed to the elements and given just enough food, water or shelter to keep them alive.
HSI's rescue team is used to dealing with the filthy, deprived conditions where dogs are kept in barren metal cages, but this latest farm in Goyang, just 12 miles north - west of central Seoul, is unlike anything the team had seen before.
Born into a dog farm outside of Seoul, South Korea, the Tosa mastiff puppy was just another «meat dog» doomed to a wretched existence inside a barren metal cage, where he would remain until he grew large enough to be sold and slaughtered for his meat.