So what happened in the end?
Well someone gave me a phone number, but the phone number didn’t work.
I went to the restaraunt and put a “Lost Dog: Reward” flyer in their mailbox. I was hoping if they had the dog they’d want my money. But no phone calls.
[quote=“Mordeth”]
Yes, there are many in Taiwan still. It’s illegal…but they still exist. One expression is “Weird goat head sells dog meat” refering to if the shop has a picture of a goat’s head that looks odd…that’s how they let people know you can buy dog there.[/quote]
Information duly noted - 'Weird goat head sells dog meat"
Going there with the police would be enough to get you on the roof for a look pal. And we can also have them fined at the same time. The police do usually follow up on complaints, perhaps we should complain everyday. That would get expensive. I’ll come up there for a proper protest as well, get a reporter to cover it. Set it up. 
Maybe the OP needs to move, if he wants to have dogs. Then there would be much less likely to be the problem of having “his” stray disappear.
As for raiding the dog meat restaurant – wouldn’t it be more subtle (if you want to go in there and try to free a particular dog) to “not know” what the restaurant is about, and just say “I see you have a lot of pets, and I think one of them might be mine…”? Though just what you are hoping to accomplish long-term, if this dog is simply to be set free as a stray again, I am not sure.
[quote=“ironlady”]Maybe the OP needs to move, if he wants to have dogs. Then there would be much less likely to be the problem of having “his” stray disappear.
As for raiding the dog meat restaurant – wouldn’t it be more subtle (if you want to go in there and try to free a particular dog) to “not know” what the restaurant is about, and just say “I see you have a lot of pets, and I think one of them might be mine…”? Though just what you are hoping to accomplish long-term, if this dog is simply to be set free as a stray again, I am not sure.[/quote]
Why should I move if I want to have dogs? I already have 3…down to 2 now.
The stray lived in the park. It was happy and healthy and lived with friends. It would have been less happy indoors. How was I supposed to know some low-life piece of shit was going to kidnap it. There are dogs in that park who have lived there 10 years undisturbed. The white dog that was the OP dog’s best friend is STILL living in the park. Lot of negativity in your post. Try more vitamin B in your diet. I hear it helps.
Ooh, sorry, forgot, one is not supposed to say anything that might even vaguely be construed as being anti-animal on this board. Why should you move if you want dogs and live in a complex that doesn’t allow them? Hmm…let’s see…gosh, it’s obviously just me being negative to think that maybe it would be better to live somewhere that DOES allow dogs!
My advice still stands though. I think you would have more success with the restaurant if you go in pretending ignorance.
[quote=“ironlady”]Ooh, sorry, forgot, one is not supposed to say anything that might even vaguely be construed as being anti-animal on this board. Why should you move if you want dogs and live in a complex that doesn’t allow them? Hmm…let’s see…gosh, it’s obviously just me being negative to think that maybe it would be better to live somewhere that DOES allow dogs!
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To be fair, Ironlady, the dog in question was a stray that the OP was feeding, hence your suggestion that he pack up his whole life and move elsewhere is a bit over the top. 
This is the gist of what Ironlady is saying, and it’s excellent advice.
Not cool, dude! Cut it out, please! :s
[quote=“jimipresley”][quote=“ironlady”]Ooh, sorry, forgot, one is not supposed to say anything that might even vaguely be construed as being anti-animal on this board. Why should you move if you want dogs and live in a complex that doesn’t allow them? Hmm…let’s see…gosh, it’s obviously just me being negative to think that maybe it would be better to live somewhere that DOES allow dogs!
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To be fair, Ironlady, the dog in question was a stray that the OP was feeding, hence your suggestion that he pack up his whole life and move elsewhere is a bit over the top. 
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Guess I don’t get it. “No dogs allowed” in the complex, so he can’t take the stray in (never mind about the dogs he does have in the complex already). So it remains a stray. Stray dogs are not dogs that enjoy a very stable life, as they are, well, strays. It just doesn’t seem very logical to me to expect that a stray dog will be there, in the same state, because you love it. It seems more logical to me to put yourself into a situation where you could take that dog in, if you love it so much and want it to be there for you in the same way. Sort of like why a guy marries the girl he loves instead of just hoping to run into her in the same bar each Saturday night, without anyone “interfering”.
Also, moving in Taiwan was never much of an issue or a problem, at least in my experience. The OP may have more stuff/family members/whatever that would make that an issue. I’ve never found it difficult to get a landlord to accept a pet, but then when I had animals in Taiwan, I’d just keep apartment shopping until I found a landlord who was amenable to reason.
If on the other hand one is simply saying that dogs should have the right to live in the open loose without an owner, without being “bothered”, I can’t go with that as a reasonable expectation, no matter how nice that particular dog is. Not all dogs are “nice dogs” or would have the opportunity to become so, given that they would be living wild, for the most part, so it seems obvious to me why that isn’t something society promotes.
You make salient points, Ms Ironlady. 
Nonetheless, let’s keep this thread on-topic. Mordeth had a stray that he was feeding. It disappeared. He suspected that it may have been appropriated as meat by a nearby doggie restaurant. What is the best way for him to deal with this quandary? And how best to deal with the “restaurant”?
Anyway, this OP is 5 years old. The wee dog is long gone. Is the “restaurant” still operating, though?
A more extreme example for comparative purposes would be if you went hiking every day and every day a falcon flew down and joined you and sat on your shoulder…etc. In no time you’d fall in love with the bird. But to capture it and stick it in a cage?
The stray dog was very very happy and healthy. And it had a best friend. To take the dog in (and I considered it) I’d have to break the pair up and then lock it in my home. It wasn’t really an option. I already had 3 dogs which my neighbors “tolerated” even though pets aren’t allowed in my community. The reason I live in that community is because it’s next to a HUGE park. One of the largest in Taoyuan county.
So I already had 3 dogs…and even if my neighbors had agreed… taking in a 4th and possibly a 5th would have been stupid at best. But after I lost that stray I was heartbroken. If I had found her again I would have taken her home in a heart-beat and to hell with my social life and my neighbors. But alas, I didn’t.
Every time when finding out things like this, it always makes me upset and hard to believe…
Come on, Human have already had sufficient resources of food and sometimes there are too many types of foods we can choose, then why eating dogs?
But I hope this information can help issues like this, its a NGO for stray animals, They take care of suffering dogs, finding them new homes, etc, If someone report them by phone call, I think they will find the way out to bring some help to those dogs,
Taiwan Life Caring and Animal Rescue Organisation - Animal 119
lco.org.tw/
zh-tw.facebook.com/catdog119?sk=info
(02) 26707126
They say the person who reports the rescue news to them has to wait for them in that place which the help are in need,
I hope things like this can be less and less in the upcoming days…
Not sure if this really matters anymore as this thread is ancient, but it has been my experience dog meat restaurants don’t serve stray meat. The dogs are farmed and raised not unlike cows or pigs, at least that is how it is done in Vietnam and Korea, serving random strays the restauranteur may come across in his daily travels seems far fetched and hyperbolic, but then again it is an underground restaurant so who knows? There are plenty of other hazards and pitfalls a stray animal may fall victim to in Taiwan.