Canine butcher



A canine butcher is a butcher shop specializing in the sale and processing of dog meat.

History
Over the centuries, the consumption of dog meat has occurred, usually as a result of hardship, but sometimes as part of a culture. As a result, shops specializing in dog meat have opened.

France
In France, during the Franco-Prussian War, butcheries of dogs opened, along with butcheries of many other strange animals, due to food shortages caused by the war and the Siege of Paris.

Netherlands
Dog butchers existed in the Netherlands, as an advertisement for a "hondeslagerij" from 1928 attests.

China
In Yulin, Guangxi, canine butcher shops slaughter around 300 dogs a day. During a dog meat festival in 2010, reactions were heavily divided between animal rights advocates and dog meat lovers. However, the practice of eating dogs is slowly dying out due to pressure from the growing middle class in China, who prefer keeping dogs as pets over eating them. As a result, the number of canine butchers is dwindling year by year.

South Korea
The largest dog butchery in South Korea, located in Seongnam, closed in May 2017.