as a general practice, dog meat has never been a mainstream part of the korean diet throughout the nation's history. the consumption of dog meat can be traced back to antiquity in isolated cases, and dog bones were excavated in a neolithic settlement in changnyeong, south gyeongsang province. a wall painting in the "goguryeo" tombs complex in south hwanghae province, a unesco world heritage site dating from the 4th century ad, depicts a slaughtered dog in a storehouse (ahn, 2000).