SEOUL, South Korea (AP, Oct. 7, 2016) — South Korean police said Friday they were investigating accusations that four men killed a missing sheepdog before eating it in a case that has infuriated many and caused debate on the country's dog-eating culture. The dog's owner said her heart was ripped by the loss.

The four men admitted to butchering and eating the dog but said they found it dead on the side of the road, said Choi Won-kyu, a police official from the rural city of Iksan.

Choi said a witness claimed seeing the dog hurt but alive hours before the men allegedly butchered it at a village...