If reports in the media are to be believed, North Korea is facing a food supply crisis and its controversial leader has reportedly ordered his people to hand over their pet dogs so they can be turned into meat for restaurants.
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According to a report in the New Zealand Herald, the move by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is thought to be aimed at quelling the rising discontent among the public as the economic situation in the secretive country is crumbling and food shortages have become a huge worry.
Thus, Kim Jong-Un has given the order to citizens to hand over their pet dogs so they can be killed for meat.
It is reported that in North Korea, it is usually the wealthy who own domesticated pets including dogs.
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Kim Jong-Un also seems to be playing to the sentiments of the ordinary and poor class as the latter own only pigs and other livestock while it is generally wealthy in the nation's capital Pyongyang who maintains domesticated pets including dogs. This pet ownership is also seen by North Korean authorities as a symbol of capitalist "decadence", say reports.
It should be mentioned that dog meat is considered a delicacy in North Korea.