RI Potter League Helps Save South Korean 'Meat Farm' Dogs

MIDDLETOWN, RI—Four dogs are on the way to the Potter League thanks to an international "End Dog Meat" campaign that saved them from being slaughtered. According to the shelter, the dogs were being held on a dog meat farm near Pyeongchang in South Korea. The Humane Society International rescued them and sent them to the U.S. After the dogs arrive at Logan International Airport on Wednesday morning, Potter League staff will pick them up at the airport and bring them to Middletown.

The dogs are coming from the tenth dog meat farm to be shut down since HSI started its campaign to save them.

“We are in a community with big hearts for all animals and we knew when we got a call to help dogs that were going to end up as food, our community would want to help.” Brad Shear, executive director of the Potter League said. “These dogs may have come from far away, but I am certain they will be welcomed to the safety of Aquidneck Island like old friends."

The dogs will stay in quarantine five days per Rhode Island law. They will be available for adoption after they undergo medical and behavioral evaluations.

The Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang in South Korea threw a spotlight on the suffering of the animals at South Korea's dog meat farms. Some Olympic athletes helped HSI with the rescue.

Courtesy Photo Humane Society International