Kim Jong Un orders pet dogs to be confiscated in Pyongyang

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has ordered pet dogs to be confiscated in the country s capital, saying the pooches represent Western decadence but their owners fear Fido is really headed for someone s dinner table.

Kim issued the directive in July to round up the pets, claiming they were part of a tainted trend by bourgeouis ideology, a source told the English edition of Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper.

Ordinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches, but high-ranking officials and the wealthy own pet dogs, which stoked some resentment among the lower classes, the source said.

via nypost.com