▲ 160 ▼ South Korean dog meat farmers push back against growing moves to outlaw their industry (abcnews.go.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments Dog meat consumption, a centuries-old practice on the Korean Peninsula, isn't explicitly prohibited or legalized in South Korea
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Like in the past? When most of humanity was eating basically nothing but meat? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They were eating far less meat than we do today. They also respected animals a lot more usually, with a lot of cultural and religious rituals surrounding hunting. A lot of pagan religions were about "gifts of the hunt/nature" and to not squander those gifts etc. People held a lot of respect for nature in a way we don't today with our industrial meat farming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago They were eating far less meat than we do today. No they did not, that was basically the main source of food for thousands of years, agriculture didn't take hold for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They were eating far less meat than we do today. They also respected animals a lot more usually, with a lot of cultural and religious rituals surrounding hunting. A lot of pagan religions were about "gifts of the hunt/nature" and to not squander those gifts etc. People held a lot of respect for nature in a way we don't today with our industrial meat farming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago They were eating far less meat than we do today. No they did not, that was basically the main source of food for thousands of years, agriculture didn't take hold for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago They were eating far less meat than we do today. No they did not, that was basically the main source of food for thousands of years, agriculture didn't take hold for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent