Why people eat dogs?

In asian countries there are lots of people who eat dogs.
Could be for the flavour could be for the texture. People from the west get sick just thinking about it!
Many people would tell you that the reason people eat dogs in Asia is because of poverty.
Today we will dispute that notion with an old folktale.
Going back a millenia or two there was a family living on the border of what is nowadays China and Vietnam.
The families name was Shun Fun Yip. Being politically connected with local war lords they were neither poor nor stupid. Hunting for leisure and not merely for necessity.
Shun fun yip family was the regions most enthusiastic hunting family whose backyard was subtropical jungle full of pigs, deer and yes you guessed it wolves.  And every saturday the men of the family would go out and hunt pigs mainly.
On one very auspicious night the father Shin yuk shun fun yip invited his three daughters to go hunting with his three sons as a birthday present to his eldest daughter. The eldest of the daughters Chung lin tsu was given most of the houses responsibility as the mother would not work. Anyhow Chung lin tsu had been practising with a bow and arrow her brother had given her for her last birthday. By now she was actually a crack shot.
The other two of Shin yuks daughters had no chance though and basically went to follow their brothers and father.
One hundred metres or so into the undergrowth with nothing more than the pale dappled light of a half moon to see. The group seperated, one of the brothers named Zun lo went with the eldest sister Chung lin tsu and her two other sisters. The father and the other brothers ventured further into the Jungle where it was potentially more dangerous especially at night.
Chung lin tsu and Zun lo guided their sisters and slowly made their way to a great clearing in the jungle where they heard rustling.
Zun lo moved slower for he was afraid of alerting the animal. Chung lin tsu was much lighter on her feet and quicker. She moved past Zun lo in the blink of an eye drew her bow and hit the animal in the neck with a thud all so very quick the animal had barely time to shriek! Zun lo couldn´t believe it, his own sister had out hunted him on the first night out.
As he approached the mortally wounded animal Chung lin tsu called to him "Go and find father he and our brothers can help us to carry it home"! Zun lo´s curiosity almost got the better of him but he knew his sister was right. As Chung lin tsu and her sisters arrived at the animal it was dead, and to their shock it was no wild boar but a wolf!!! Chung lin tsu said to her sisters "This could be a bad omen let´s not tell father and Zun lo that it is a wolf, let´s just wrap it in the sacks he gave us and pretend it´s boar"! The sisters looked frightened it was forbidden to lie! And if they were caught they would be punished for months probably, but at the same time they loved their sister more. They were dependant on her and usually all wanted to be like her, so for now her secret was safe.
Meanwhile Shin yuk shun fun yip the father and his sons had caught a small but pretty plump wild boar. As Zun lo came to tell them that Chung lin tsu had also caught one, they all looked up in amazement and started smiling and cheering. It certainly was a night to celebrate, a woman successfully hunting a wild boar was almost unheard of in that region. So the merry hunting party went over to congratulate and help carry Chung lin tsu´s catch.
When the father Shin yuk approached the wolf it was already wrapped up in two or three sacks. Shin yuk thought about opening the sack to see the kill but by now even the half moon was behind the clouds and just being able to see each other was hard enough in the dark. So the brothers carried the wolf between them until they got back home. Chung lin tsu gave nobody a chance to peep into the sack and had the sisters help her. They dragged the wolf and the pig into the kitchen skinned them both and dismembered them for the feast.
Chung lin tsu was really good with herbs and spices and after the meat of the pork and wolf were cooked she made two seperate cauldron broths full of vegetables, herbs and spices.
The family who were now sitting salivating over the feast to come and anticipating the delicacies that Chung lin tsu was so reknown. The two cauldrons were lifted onto the table, after the initial taste testing it was the cauldron containing the wolf that was identified to be the best. The Shun fun yip family fought each other for the last morsel and the last drop. Leaving most of the pork broth untouched.
Shin yuk the father put his thick spoon into the pork broth and suddenly flinched. "What is the meaning of this, I know this is a pork broth because it tastes so familiar but the other meat was not pork???"
Chung lin tsu confessed everything and her sisters began to cry.
The other brothers became enraged getting up and yelling. Zun lo especially mad at been dooped tried to grab at his sister.
Just then Shin yuk the father screamed out "Zun lo this is your fault you accidently hit a wolf with your bow and blamed it on your sister!" Zun lo responded "No i swear it was her that hit it not me!" And the father cried out "wrong answer". In that moment the father Shin yuk drew his sword and cut off his son´s Zun los head.
And everybody went to bed crying. The next day however Shin yuk planned a new hunting excursion, hunting for wolves, or what is commonly known as canine.
So this story apart from carrying many valuable morals, is probably false.
What is true is...
To this day Dog is eaten in China, Vietnam and the Philipines. In many countries in the world people would complain about this.
However if you take some large cities in the world where some dogs live a very grim life because of being abandoned. For example being abandoned by their owners who thought the puppy was cute but then left them in the street after the animal lost it´s charm. Most of these street dogs die horribly from contaminated water or disease. In places where they eat dog these populations of suffering animals don´t exist. So is there a
moral dilemma? Or is eating dogs simply wrong?
Personally I don´t eat real dog meat but I sometimes eat hotdogs which is made from poor quality leftover meats.