to Korean Officials urging them to enforce the Animal Protection Act

What You Can Do

Please contact the Korean National

Tourism Organization and the

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea.

Ask them to urge the Korean

government to enforce existing laws

prohibiting the trade in dog and cat

meat.

“I asked

about the eating of

dogs and was told over and

over again that it didn’t happen

anymore. You can imagine my shock

and horror upon getting lost in one of the

huge markets in downtown Taegu. I

looked down and saw the head of a dog

with its legs stuffed in its mouth. I saw

limbs that were skinned. Everywhere I

turned there were dogs in cages. The

smell was overwhelming. That market,

that sweltering hot August day, was what

I envisioned hell to be like.”

- An American teacher

in South Korea

Illegal and unsanitary dog farms are hidden away in the countryside where breeders

raise their stock for the butchers. 30% are stolen from families who love them.The

rest are homeless dogs, captured by butchers and sold in open markets. Dogs are

electrocuted, strangled, or bludgeoned to death.The dirty industry is proliferated by

the myth that dog meat is health

 

Where do these dogs and cats come from?

 

In spite of a 1991 law that prohibits the human consumption

of dogs and cats, a flourishing industry exists within the markets

of South Korea.

 

Cats

are also consumed in Korea.While many Koreans regard dogs as companions,

cats are often looked upon as pests and thus suffer worse cruelty.

Companions and

strays alike may be killed by being placed in sacks and pounded against the ground.

Sometimes, while still alive, cats are thrown into large pots of boiling water and

cooked until liquefied into Òcat juice,Ó which dealers claim will cure rheumatism

 Hell On EARTH for the animals in Korea!

 

What YOU can do:

Those of us who care so deeply about our fellow beings can't allow this agony and terror to continue for "man's best friend." That's why I'm asking for your help today.

 Fill out the petition
 Fill the petition urging South Korean officials to enforce existing laws to protect dogs.