Olympian skier Gus Kenworthy somehow managed to convince a South Korean dog farmer to shut down his operation and hand his puppies over the the American park skier.
These dogs faced a gruesome fate. Eating dog meat, known locally as Gaegogi, has a long tradition in Korea. There are no regulations when it comes to slaughtering dogs for meat, leading to them being killed in numerous cruel ways, including electrocution, strangulation and some are even allegedly beaten to death.
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Gus reportedly saved 90 dogs from the farm and will be taking them back to the US and Canada. Well, almost all the dogs. Gus kept one for himself, a puppy he named Beemo.
At the last winter Olympics, in 2014, while competing at the Sochi games in Russia he saved five strays who were roaming the city.