North Koreans overthrow dictator Kim Jong Un ordering pet dogs to be confiscated in the capital can still see some of the pooches – in zoos.
The country has shown a collection of dogs in zoos running through the state, amid Kim’s sides over the years to confiscate stray puppies in Pyongyang as they representing Western ‘decadence’, a report said.
The koki leader renewed the call to clean up the pets again in July, a source told the South Korean newspaper Chosen Ilbo.
“Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and forced them to give them up or forcibly confiscate and put them down,” the source said.
The director says keeping dogs as pets is part of a ‘civic ideology’, the source said.
Some of the confiscated dogs are going to the Korea Central Zoo in Pyongyang and other animal sanctuaries – and dining tables, the paper said.
Dog meat is a popular food in the country, and a recent food shortage has made it an even more viable food.
The owners of the poor pooches “cursed Kim Jong Un behind his back”, but there is nothing they can do, the source said.
The country has had a back-and-forth policy of no pet dogs since the late 1980s because of capitalist connotations, the South China Morning Post reported in 2018.
But the country’s elite is constantly coming back to them – and Kim has had no problem reporting possession of a collection of Shih Tzus, German shepherds and other races themselves. His late father, Kim Jong Il, also had dogs
In 2018, Kim named two hunting dogs, called “peace puppies,” to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
But days later, it came to light again that North Korea demanded dog fur from its citizens as part of an annual tribute, the Morning Post said. The fur was usable for coats.
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