PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) — The dogs bark and stare as Kim Jong-kil approaches the rusty cages housing the large, short-haired animals he sells for their meat. Kim opens a door and pets one dog’s ...

In the face of a proposed dog meat ban in South Korea, about 200 dog farmers held a protest near the presidential office in Seoul on Thursday. The Korea Dog Meat Farmers’ Association—which has long ...

The dog meat industry is set to be outlawed in South Korea by 2027 after the country's parliament passed an almost unanimous bill on Tuesday to ban slaughtering the animals for food and the ...

Nearly 80 percent of dog meat farms in Korea have closed as of this month, revealing the fast pace of shutdowns ahead of the ...

The annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival is about to begin—the latest edition of an event at which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for consumption. The 10-day gathering, which takes place in southern ...

The dogs bark and stare as Kim Jong-kil approaches the rusty cages housing the large, short-haired animals he sells for their meat. Kim opens a door and pets one dog’s neck and chest. Kim says he’s ...

Humane Society International removed 58 puppies from two farms in Vietnam and will help the dogs find loving homes Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

A controversial dog meat festival is set to start next week in China, once again raising the ire of local and international activists and animal rights groups. The so-called “Lychee and dog meat ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Three small refugees from a half world away arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport this past weekend, preparing for new lives in Texas. They are dogs that were rescued in ...

The owner of the slaughterhouse that killed "10-15 dogs every day" for the past five years is closing his dog meat business after joining Humane Society International's Models for Change program ...