Sentences with phrase «dog meat farmers in»

HSI has found that many dog meat farmers in South Korea are eager to leave the trade and transition to new livelihoods.

We provide funding to train officials for improved enforcement of laws; help local partner groups on the ground with veterinary and shelter care for confiscated animals; raise global awareness of the suffering involved in illegal dog theft, transport and slaughter, including at China's annual Dog Meat Festival in Yulin; expose the horror of subterranean killing pits in Nagaland in India; and work with dog meat farmers in South Korea to transition them to more humane ways of making a living.

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Part of the region's profitable dog meat trade, these dogs — ranging in age from 4 months to 2 years — were instead rescued by Humane Society International (HSI), a Washington D.C. — based animal welfare organization that's working diligently across Asia to end the dog meat trade and provide alternate options for dog meat farmers.

The family provided custom butchering and smoking for local farmers in Woodstock, Ill., but when word got out that the best cuts of meat also produced the best bones, Jones Natural Chews was born, introducing the first baked dog chews to the public in 1987.

One of the critical factors in achieving political support is showing that the dog meat trade can be successfully phased out in cooperation instead of conflict with the dog meat farmers, so we are working together with those who are eager to leave the dog meat trade to shut down their operations and transition to humane livelihoods.

HSI is working with farmers who express an interest in leaving the cruel trade behind them to close down dog meat farms and fly the dogs to freedom in the USA, UK and Canada.

HSI's Animal Rescue Team traveled to South Korea to transport 50 dogs to safety in the United States after a fifth dog meat farmer agreed to switch to an alternative livelihood.

This is the ninth dog meat farm that Humane Society International has permanently closed since 2014, rescuing and rehoming nearly 1,000 dogs by working in cooperation with dog meat farmers keen to get out of the trade.

A South Korean dog farmer has signed a pact with an animal welfare organization, agreeing to stop raising dogs for meat and, in exchange for some financial assistance, devote his acreage instead to growing blueberries.

«Attitudes and behaviours are changing in South Korea and we're hopeful that the country's new president will take action to hasten an end to the dying dog meat trade, helping millions of dogs and thousands of dog meat farmers.»

As part of its campaign to end the dog meat trade, HSI has so far permanently closed down eight dog meat farms in South Korea, working in partnership with dog farmers to help them transition to new, humane livelihoods such as blueberry growing.

The farmer involved had bred dogs for meat for 20 years and was facing criticism from family members for his participation in the trade that sees about 2 million dogs consumed in South Korea annually, said Adam Parascandola, the group's director of animal protection and crisis response.

HSI came to an agreement with the farmer, Mr. Kim, to permanently end raising dogs at his farm for meat in Chungcheongnamdo and switch to growing rice instead.

HSI's Animal Rescue Team is once again in South Korea, this time rescuing 50 dogs from the fifth dog meat farmer we've convinced to shut down his operation and switch to an alternative livelihood.

The growing pet culture in South Korea, and the clear interest of many farmers to transition out of this industry, is a strong indication that the dog meat trade's days are numbered.

As a part of our campaign to ban the dog meat trade in South Korea, HSI works to transition dog meat farmers to more humane industries and transports the dogs to regions where they can receive care and rehabilitation.

I know that I'm feeding our dogs proteins that come from humane farmers, that none of the meat is being processed in China, and I know she won't add a bunch of chemicals or weird ingredients in the treats.

HSI officials said they are working in some Asian countries to help dog meat farmers transition to other ways of making a living.