Boshintang

New Delhi's stray dogs lead a difficult life. But if it was up to one city councilor, they would find themselves in more hot water, soup to be precise.

Shipping the thousands of strays to Korea, where dog meat is widely consumed in soup, was one of the more outlandish ideas proposed at a city council meeting to deal with the stray dog problem.

None of the ideas are likely to be implemented anytime soon. Instead, the council chairman asked the presumably more responsible veterinary department to come up with a workable plan.

City councilor Mohan Prashad Bharadwaj said he had read that Koreans are fond of dog meat and "maybe we can send all the stray dogs of Delhi there," the paper quoted him as saying. A soup with dog meat called boshintang is popular in Korea.