North Korea Bans Keeping Dogs as Pets Except If Owners Plan to Eat Them or Collect Fur [Video]

North Koreans face the risk of severe punishment from the regime if they choose to keep dogs as pets, Pyongyang has decreed, saying that canines should only be kept for their meat and fur. The weird ban was announced by the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea, according to a source in South Pyongan Province, situated north of the capital, the Daily Mail reported.

In an interview with Daily NK, a newspaper in neighboring South Korea, the source listed the offenses that could cause dog owners to breach the government’s socialist principles, the outlet reported. North Korea keeps introducing bizarre rules for its citizens and this is the the latest one.

Dog Owners in North Korea at Risk

“Treating a dog as a family member, who eats and sleeps with the family, is incompatible with the socialist lifestyle and should be strictly avoided,” the source said. The act of dressing dogs in clothing, as exemplified by Western celebrities …