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   Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 02:51:48 JST Tapir
   While on the subject of other countries, I thought I'd talk about international adoption. Specifically, Korean rescues or 'meat dog' rescues.
   
   TL;DR - Most of them are a scam. The few that are legitimate, are inherently a huge gamble that I don't think most people understand.
   
   Most countries don't have rules regarding charities like we do in western countries, meaning your money is not promised to go to a 'non-profit', and many times it isn't. Whatever is left over, is probably being spent on Pachinko or something
   In my research, I have found that usually you will get a dog from these international rescues, generally the dog that is described (physically speaking). It has to have the bare minimums to get into the states, i.e. vaccine record and vet check, so you will get that by default too. But it seems a lot of these rescue dogs have no solid history or proof they were rescued. I see a lot I think are coming from pet stores. Some might just be pets people are trying to offload, or strays, so in a way it's still helping. But I do wonder how many of these dogs are pets that are stolen to sell for a profit.
   
   Then, there comes the logistics. An actual meat dog is going to be semi-feral. While I scoff at the idea that asians 'bred' a dog for meat, I do believe that they are taking street dogs for such purposes. Dogs that have been breeding without human intervention for so long, almost become their own sort of breed, sometimes called Village dogs or a Landrace breed. And those Village dogs are prone to be aloof, very aloof. They have generally missed socialization during their younger phases as well, making them uber aloof. These dogs tend to prefer the company of other dogs rather than people.
   
   People tend to get these dogs, thinking they're getting this cuddly yard trained healthy shiba inu, and probably pay over a few grand for a semi-feral untrained shiba inu. Or better yet it's a Golden or a Corgi or something, like I'm sure dirt poor Koreans eating dogs are opting for the $800 designer bred dog that has maybe #10 of meat