On November 17 of this year, the South Korean government announced its plans to ban the dog meat trade. This includes the shutdown of dog meat farms, slaughterers, and approximately 1,600 restaurants ...

Tran Minh Hau gently caresses a light brown puppy, an almost tender farewell. However, this parting is not because the dog is destined for a slaughterhouse or a kitchen. Instead, the puppy is on its ...

In the Philippines, stray and stolen dogs could end up in illegal slaughterhouses, despite a national ban on the dog meat trade. Reports indicate that some restaurants secretly offer dog meat dishes ...

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.

Jack Beresford is a Newsweek Senior Internet Culture & Trends Reporter, based in London, UK. His focus is reporting on trending topics on the Internet, he covers viral stories from around the world on ...

The two-year-old golden retriever, saved by The Big 3 Rescue, has since found a forever home Bonnie has a new love for life. The two-year-old dog meat trade survivor was recently saved from a ...

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 ...

As urban myths go, it’s a good one. A woman takes her pet dog to a Vietnamese restaurant and hands it to the amiable waiter to be fed kitchen scraps. But then with great fanfare a silver platter ...

Animal rights activists on Tuesday launched a new campaign to bring an end to the dog meat trade in Cambodia. Newsweek reached out to Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries by ...

CHI MEAKH, Cambodia (AP) — Animal rights activists in Cambodia have gained a small victory in their effort to end the trade in dog meat, convincing a canine slaughterhouse in one village to abandon ...