Dog meat is consumed in some East Asian countries, including Korea, China, and Vietnam, a practice that dates back to antiquity.[74] It is estimated that 13???16 million dogs are killed and consumed in Asia every year.[75] The BBC claims that, in 1999, more than 6,000 restaurants served soups made from dog meat in South Korea.[76] In Korea, the primary dog breed raised for meat, the nureongi (????