Nureongi
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| Nureongi | |
| Hangul | 누렁이, 황구 |
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| Hanja | 黃狗 |
| Revised Romanization | Nureongi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nurŏngi |
The Nureongi (also spelled Noo-rung-yee), also known as the Korean edible dog, is a landrace breed native to Korea. Like native Korean dog breeds such as the Jindo, nureongi are medium-sized spitz-type dogs, but are larger, with greater musculature and a distinctive coat pattern. They are generally uniform in appearance, with yellow hair and melanistic masks although some diverge. Nureongi are most often used as a livestock dog, raised for their meat, and not commonly kept as pets.[1][2]
Population estimate
In a 2009 study about dog meat consumption in South Korea, Anthony Podberscek of Cambridge University's Department of Veterinary Medicine reported that, although other kinds of dogs are also farmed and eaten, the nureongi is the dog most commonly used in this way. In a 1999 paper, Ann Yong-Geun of Cheung Chong University in South Korea, asserts the existence of a "unique" Korean "edible" dog "specifically bred and raised as food" distinct from pet dogs which Koreans keep and love and treat as family members.[3] In 1998, there were a total of 2,246,357 dogs in Korea but only 882,482 households with pet dogs. As most Korean pet owners do not have more than one dog, the "unique" Korean livestock dog must have outnumbered all other kinds of dogs that lived in Korea in that year.[3][4]
Habitat
Nureongi are generally raised on short chains or small cages with very little room to move on frequently crowded Korean dog meat farms of unclear legality, although some are kept in the yards of houses, where they function as guard dogs until they are sold or slaughtered and eaten.[1] They are transported by truck to market packed into cages so crowded that they can move very little if at all.[5] At the markets, they live in often very crowded cages in markets, where they are sometimes sold first and then butchered.[6]
Terminology
This animal has no specific name in the Korean language. Koreans generally consider them to be mere "mutts," "mongrels," or "curs", not a unique native Korean breed or type of dog worthy of a name.
The most common English word for this dog among modern experts, Nureongi, is a loanword of the Korean word "누렁이" meaning "yellow one" which may refer not just to this dog but to any yellow animal, somewhat as the word "Yeller" has been used as a name for any yellow animal in English.[7]
Another Korean term, "Hwanggu", (황구; 黃狗) is a Sino-Korean compound meaning literally "yellow cur (dog)" and could refer to any such dog.
A common Korean slang term is ddong-gae (똥개), meaning "dung dogs" or "shit dogs," which refers to the common belief that the dogs have a habit of eating feces.[8][9]
See also
References
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- ↑ Podberscek 2009 pp. 615–632
- ↑ Lee, Brian "Dogs May Be Designated as Livestock" JoongAng Daily, April 12, 2008
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