Stop Korea from legalizing dog meat consumption

[highwaystar101]

@ Stof - Apparently heir are 70,000 of them in the world now. My parents wanted a dog 11 years ago and they brought Chester for a hell of a lot of money. He is 11 now and pretty old but he is the most lovable dog ever. He kinda looks like this dog...

http://www.operationscarlet.com/Andre.jpg


I have some history about them here - I thought it was farming that nearly got the extinct but apparently it was tax according to this site... I've heard otherwise.

Source: http://www.dog-breed-facts.com/Breeds/Shar-Pei.html

History:

The lineage of the Chinese Shar-Pei can be traced back to the Han Dynasty when they found works of art featuring very similar appearing dogs. Some historians believe the breed was descended from a much larger (now extinct) Tibetan breed and others believe it is related to the Service Dogs of Southern China. This hunting and herding dog was also known as the Chinese Fighting Dog, not because of its ferocity, but because it’s loose skin made it a formidable opponent in a dog fight. While the opponent dog grabbed the loose skin, the Shar Pei could turn within the skin and bite its attacker. Shar Pei means something like “draping sandpaper skin” in Chinese. Like many Chinese dog breeds, Shar Peis almost became extinct when the Chinese Communist government imposed a steep dog tax in 1947 and their numbers sharply declined. The breed survived in Hong Kong, Taiwan and British Columbia, Canada. The Chinese Shar-Pei is ranked 45th out of 154 dog breeds registered by the AKC in 2005.