There is a sinister story in the newspapers today about the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un declaring in July that pet ownership is a “tainted trend of bourgeois ideology”. It is reported on a Asian newspaper website that North Korea has launched a clampdown on …
Dr Desmond Morris makes a very good point. He says that in the history of the development of the domestication of the dog it has come to pass that pedigree dogs are looked after better than random bred dogs because they are more valuable. This …
There is a rather sinister history, it seems to me, behind the name of the dog breed called Chow Chow. I’m told that the slang Chinese word for food is “chow”. And this is the name of the edible dog. And the Chinese edible dog …
The actress Kim Basinger joined animal-rights activists at an anti-dog meat protest in South Korea near the National Assembly in Seoul. There was a face-off between her and a protest by Korean farmers who raise dogs for their meat to be eaten at restaurants. They …
