Do you eat dog meat?

[Kawaiine]

Eating dog meat was a tradition in east asia*, but nowadays not every east asian still do that: Certain areas such as Korea and Vietnam, dog meat is still commonly eaten. In (mainland) China dog meat is commonly eaten in certain areas and ethnic groups, such as Guizhou & Guangxi, for metropolitan areas such as shanghai and beijing, most people consider dog as "men's best friend" and think eating dog meat is an uncivilized action (due to urbanization and westernization), eating dog meat is uncommon; For certain ethnic groups such as Tibetans and ethnic Hui, they don't have a tradition of eating dog meat. In my areas Hong Kong, slaughter of dog and eating dog meat are illegal, moreover, most HK people refuse to eat dog meat due to the influence of western culture during british hk period. In Taiwan - slaughter and consumption of dog meat is illegal as same as HK, although eating dog meat is also a tradition for many taiwanese aborigines. In Japan eating dog meat is extremely uncommon nowadays; People used to eat dog meat in the past until 675 A.D, when Emperor Temmu decreed a prohibition on its consumption during the 4th to 9th months of the year. Plus Japanese people believe that certain dogs have special powers in their religion of Shintoism and Buddhism.

Eating dog meat is also common in southeast asia too, but i don't really know the situation of eating dog meat in southeast asia.

*i consider Vietnam as an east asian country due to Vietnam is a part of east asian cultural sphere, but geographically Vietnam belongs to southeast asia.

Also westerners are welcomed to participate this topic.

[Hadouken]

I would never eat dog meat NEVER

and I despise people who do (unless they would die if they dont) ....tradition or not I dont care I wont tolerate people who eat dogs period

[Vullkan]

Dog meat is not good for healthy

[Kawaiine]

For me, I have never eaten dog meat in my lifetime and I would refuse to eat dog meat if I have a chance to taste it

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

I won't eat because culturally dogs are not food for us but I don't despise people who traditionally eat .
Every country have their share of bizarre food , for example we have meatballs made of raw meat and spices .Most people would find the idea of eating raw meat disqusting but it is normal for us .On the other hand same people will not eat pork for religious reasons or even s/he is not religious ,culturally would reject .
Italians make a pudding made of pig blood and chocolate .People who love sushi may hate Swedish Surströmming etc..

I ate some weird food myself including snails , raw liver , raw meat , raw fish (not sushi ) , steak tartar ,sea urchin .
Also innards like kokorech , şirdan , brains , sheep head , sheep leg are part of our cuisine, but stilll only accepteble for some , not all.

[Pahli]

Dog meat is tabu in many cultures and places, and I wouldn't personally do it. I've seen videos of how they catch and kill dogs in Korea for dog meat.

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[Lusos]

Animals with such great "Soul" shouldn't be to eat.

[Shah-Jehan]

No.

But, I don't find it weird or anything.

[Atvend]

HA, fucking Speciesists!

[Nurzat]

you better eat your enemy than your friend. I've heard in Italy they have a tradition of eating cats in some place. that's much more disgusting than dogs.. no bizarre meat in the cuisine of my region.. yuck.. I also try to eat meat at a minimum.. now I didn't eat for over a month but I will if there is a good, special, tasty recipe. not just for hunger. after each meat piece there's a killing. no difference between human meat and other animal meat from a universal point of view, so why eat meat? I am not a vegetarian.. I make fun of militant vegans