Reminds me of a story a comedian told about a trip he took to Korea with his wife.
As he told it while touring the country they saw several markets where dogs were in pens for the live table meat trade (as it was explained to him).
This really bothered her so she decided she would save one and went to the manager (who spoke no English) and after much discussion arranged on a price for the dog. She handed him the money he grabbed the dog she wanted by the neck, broke it and proceeded with skinning out the dog for her.
I guess there is a moral there but I have worked in all sorts of kill plants around the word and horse is consumed in many countries of the world as well as monkey. I even worked in a plant in South Africa capable of handling up to five elephants a day.
What is abnormal to us is common in other parts of the world. Lets just take better care of our dogs and not waste money on foolishness like this.