Where's Pancake? The tail of Koh Rong's vanishing dog

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Where's Pancake? The tail of Koh Rong's vanishing dog

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Warning: Graphic photos.

A Koh Rong dog called Pancake, much beloved by expat residents, used to be one of several happy spoilt dogs belonging to Coco Boutique Resort.
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That is, until last week when reports emerged that the dog had gone missing, perhaps been taken off the island. A rumour went around that Pancake had come to a nasty end, and there were concerned inquiries on the Koh Rong social media page.
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Unfortunately, these concerns for Pancake turned out to be well-founded.
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Some helpful person then posted some photos of Pancake stew.
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After that there was a lot of sad and angry posts by the Koh Rong expat community on social media. Many were angry with the owners of Coco Resort for allowing the unthinkable to happen: Pancake had not been dog-napped by local villagers, but been cooked by the staff at the resort.

The owner of Coco Resort, who wanted to get rid of Pancake, has apologized profusely for the misunderstanding.Image

There is no moral to this story, unless it's that it's bad luck to call a dog Pancake.
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Fucking cocksuckers. Sorry for the language administrators. A drunk tuk-tuk driver ran over my puppy and then my neighbor ate it. He offered me some. It was actually his, but the puppy left him to live with me because I fed him better. I can relate. Assholes.
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So, a dog was in the road and was hit by a vehicle. Most would blame the dog for its own misfortune in this situation. Then, instead of wasting the dead animal, someone decided to eat it. There is no villain in this story.
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That's hilarious!
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This is some stereotypically-Cambodian bullshit.
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I cant believe that there is a resort with buildings that look like that. Times have certainly changed. Why not eat the fucking dog, its name was pancake.
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Had a cat called frisbee onetime and yep he got squashed.

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This is so "Rong" in so many ways.

Sadly, neutured dogs are often targetted for eating if not sheltered properly. Fatter, easier to capture ...

So, the staff hated the owner or something?
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SmartAston Martin wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:11 pm This is so "Rong" in so many ways.

Sadly, neutured dogs are often targetted for eating if not sheltered properly. Fatter, easier to capture ...

So, the staff hated the owner or something?
The story seems to imply that the owner no longer wanted the dogs. Is it likely that he said "Get rid of that pancake" and on turning to each other the staff decided to give him a warrior's funeral and wore his fur like a hat? Do not be surprised when in a country that eats dog they eat the damn dog. Looks like they had a little going away party, too, judging by the selfies. It was Pancake Day.
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cptrelentless wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:08 pm
SmartAston Martin wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:11 pm This is so "Rong" in so many ways.

Sadly, neutured dogs are often targetted for eating if not sheltered properly. Fatter, easier to capture ...

So, the staff hated the owner or something?
The story seems to imply that the owner no longer wanted the dogs. Is it likely that he said "Get rid of that pancake" and on turning to each other the staff decided to give him a warrior's funeral and wore his fur like a hat? Do not be surprised when in a country that eats dog they eat the damn dog. Looks like they had a little going away party, too, judging by the selfies. It was Pancake Day.
That's how I read it as well. As noted by someone in the thread, some dogs got dumped on the other island... but if the aim is to reduce dog numbers, it makes less sense to dispense of neutered/spayed dogs rather than the ones that will keep breeding.
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