Jindo residents say that Japanese authorities coerced many resident into giving up their dogs and the best of the dogs at the time were taken to Japan. Since then several breeds of dogs with very close blood ties to Jindo dogs have been introduced by Japanese to the Western world. Along with the recognition of the Jindo dog as a dog worthy of national protection, the Japanese imperial army ordered all Korean dogs except Jindo be slaughtered to make fur coats for the soldiers fighting in Manchuria. Some 300,000 Korean dogs are known to have been slaughtered in accord with this policy of eradication of Korean dogs. It's probably safe to assume that there were several breeds of dog roaming the Korean land unknown to the rest of the world.
Many scholars believe that several breeds of Korean dogs perished at the time.
This is Dae-Jin. He was considered the best stud dog in America until he became missing and perished at a shelter. More on Jindo Dog .