On a farm nestled between hills of trees, the ageing spitz has had an easy life. She follows her owner, Gong In-young, everywhere. And he dotes on the dog, whose name is Snow White.Yet on his Farm in valley southeast of Seoul, Mr. Gong,55,also raises dogs for their meat.
Locked up in steel cages their entire live, the animals are fed with discarded food Mr. Gong collects from restaurants in nearby towns until they are ready to be sold to the slaughterhouse, 200 to 300 each year.
Referring to the lives of Snow White and the dogs raised for meat, he admits, "It's the difference between heaven and hell.