Pets are a strange thing in Korea. As many of you know, there is a history of people eating dog here, which is (in theory) now illegal, but it's still very uncommon to see someone walking around with a pet dog. One of the Korean teachers at my school has a tiny, fluffy dog, and I've seen a couple pet stores with little dogs, but I haven't seen anything much bigger than a chihuahua. We saw one cat last night, the first in two weeks. Unfortunately, a lot of the animals don't survive because people give up on taking care of them. Rabies is also an issue, but thankfully the pet situation is nothing like Istanbul where possibly rabid dogs and cats roam the streets in hordes, by the dozens! They sell rabbits, fish, and other small animals at the grocery story here as well, but for the most part, people just don't seem to have pets!
Oh, I've heard rumor that some people set up a puppy pet shop on the street in Time World so that girls can convince their boyfriends to buy them a puppy after a night of soju-binging, but I've yet to see this in action.
Still, despite my typical dislike of pets, I'm somewhat missing them in this city...
YAY! Puppy post! Keep me updated on any sort of exciting animal adventures you might have
ReplyDeleteThey roll with hedgehogs here...seriously, you can like, find em at target, dude.
ReplyDeleteOMG my friend used to have a hedgehog; they are super cute pets!
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