New Delhi Wants To Ship Stray Dogs To Korea

New Delhi's stray dogs lead a difficult life but if it was up to one city councillor, they would find themselves in more hot water - soup to be precise. Shipping the thousands of strays to Korea to be consumed in soup was one of the more outlandish ideas proposed at a city council meeting to deal with the problem, the Hindustan Times newspaper reports. None of the ideas - from the aforementioned Korean plan to drugging the canines so they sleep through the day - are likely to be implemented anytime soon. Instead, the council chairman asked the presumably more responsible veterinary department to come up with a workable plan.Tens of thousands of strays live in New Delhi. Many are often cared for by people in the areas they live but some become aggressive and bites and rabies are a problem. Efforts to sterilize them have been largely unsuccessful. City councillor Mohan Prashad Bharadwaj said he had read Koreans are fond of dog meat and "maybe we can send all the stray dogs of Delhi there," the paper quoted him saying. A soup with dog meat called boshintang is popular in Korea, especially on the three hot "dog days" of summer on the lunar calendar. The traditional belief is dog meat helps boost stamina and virility but activists regularly criticize the practice and call for bans on eating dog meat. City officials could not immediately be reached for comment.