Dogs given new lives after meat farm rescue

Animal rights advocates are seeking homes for scores of dogs that had been raised for the canine meat market in the Republic of Korea but were sent to the United States for adoption after their breeder switched to growing rice, the head of a regional Humane Society said on Wednesday.

Nine of 25 dogs rescued by the Humane Society of Southwest Washington have already been adopted, and 78 other dogs from the same ROK farm have been taken in by other shelters in Washington state and California, said Stacey Graham, president of the nonprofit organization.

The animals were aiming at persuading breeders across 17,059 ROK dog farms to halt the practice of raising domestic dogs for meat.