American Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy and his boyfriend Matthew Wilkas visited a dog meat farm in South Korea in what he described as "one of the saddest places” he had ever been.
"I am honestly feeling heartbroken," the 2014 Olympic silver medalist said as he and Wilkas, a theater and film actor, explored the property on Friday.
The pair traveled to the farm in an effort to raise awareness of the treatment of dogs brought up to be slaughtered for their meat, The Associated Press reported.
Both said they were not trying to dictate to Koreans what they should or shouldn’t eat, but believe even animals raised for food should be given a better quality of life.
"They are out here in the snow, they're shivering, they're barking, Kenworthy told The AP. "They just want attention. Some of them look like they haven't had food in ages. And it's just something that needs to change."
Officials counted 87 dogs, some of which were pregnant, at the farm located about 100 meters off a busy road in Siheung, about 45 minutes away from Seoul.
Puppies and their mothers were housed in a narrow planthouse surrounded by rusty pipes, dirty ceramic pots and old mattresses.
Source: Yahoo News
Friday, February 23, 2018
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