Summary
Four years after rescuing five stray dogs during the Sochi Games, the American freestyle skier visited a dog meat farm in South Korea with boyfriend Matthew Wilkas on Friday.
In the back of one crate, a dog was licking a furless newborn puppy that did not appear to be alive.
HSI estimates there are 17,000 dog meat farms around Korea.
There were 87 dogs on the Siheung farm as of Friday morning, though new litters of puppies were expected soon. The dogs will be vaccinated and quarantined on the farm until mid-March.
At least 2 million dogs are slaughtered and eaten each year in Korea.
Kenworthy knew little about the dog meat trade before HSI asked him last year to star in a public-service announcement with other Olympians.
Kenworthy, born in Britain and raised in Colorado, wants to be careful about dictating principles to another culture. But he feels strongly that if Koreans are going to eat dog, the animals should at least be treated humanely.
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