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They were destined to be sold for meat, but now about 200 dogs from South Korea will be adopted by loving families, many of them in the Montreal area.

Earlier this week, Humane Society International shut down a farm that had been set to slaughter and sell its dogs in the meat market in Asia. It was the 13th dog-meat farm HSI has helped shut down in the past three years. The operation was funded in part with a $42,000 donation from former American Idol judge Simon Cowell.

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On Friday, Rebecca Aldworth, the executive director of Humane Society International/Canada, spoke to the Montreal Gazette minutes before 70 of the dogs were expected to be brought to HSI/Canada’s temporary shelter in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges district.

“Here, the healing really begins,” Aldworth said. “They have had a very long and daunting journey, but once they get here, it’s really an amazing thing to see them getting proper nutrition, the veterinary treatment that they need, and of course the love and attention and behavioural therapy that help them get ready to be in a forever home.”