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Documentary: Cruel Death of South Korea’s Dogs. Dogs Are Innocent.
“Animals are not objects”
On July 19th, a significant amendment to the law related to animal rights was announced. Article 98 of the Civil Code, which addresses the definition of “objects,” stipulates that animals are not objects. This is the result of evolving social consensus and an emerging belief that animals should be protected and respected as living, thinking, and feeling beings.
However, too many people in our society treat them simply as a tool to be used or even abused for their personal benefit. On the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Animal Protection Act, the current affairs planning program, “Window,” documented the reality of dogs, animals that are closest to humans, but have been subjected to abuse and neglect.
Companion animals? Korean dogs are slaughtered like this!
In December 2016, City of Seongnam and the Livestock Merchants’ Association agreed to stop animal abuse such as displaying and slaughtering live dogs in the Moran Market. They signed the “Moran Market Environment Maintenance Agreement,” but is that promise being kept?
At the Moran Market, live dogs were seen leaving the market in a truck only to return as dead bodies the next day. Where were these dogs taken and how were they being slaughtered?
An investigation revealed that the dogs were being brutally slaughtered in a secret location. In one instance, an “electric slaughter rod” was used on a dog, who somehow managed to cling to life afterwards. The suffering, gasping dog was then dragged out in front of other dogs and electrocuted again. It’s an obviously painful death. It is equally obvious that nothing has changed since the signing of the Moran agreement, except that now these abuses are taking place away from public view.
This method of slaughter has been prohibited by the Supreme Court, but the local government is somehow still allowing this practice by saying that there needs to be a change in the social conscience of the population before the law will be enforced.
The cruel irony is that the slaughter of dogs for human consumption is illegal in Korea; as a result, there are no legal standards for the process, nor are there any humane guidelines to follow. This loophole, combined with the overall indifference by the Korean government, ensures that barbaric torture of dogs will continue virtually unchecked by legal authorities.
40% of abandoned dogs at shelters were euthanized or died of natural causes… If you abandon them, they will die!
The dogs’ suffering does not end here. Nearly 100,000 dogs have been abandoned or lost in the past year. That’s 270 per day. There were various reasons for their abandonment. People got married, divorced, pregnant, or moved away. In some cases the dogs became sick or were simply no longer considered “cute,” so they were disposed of like trash.
Many of the dogs who die lack proper treatment, and a big part of this problem is due to improper management by contracted shelters. The reality is that these shelters are not a sanctuary for abandoned dogs; if you abandon your pets, they will likely die.
As of last year, out of 280 shelters for abandoned and lost animals nationwide, 228 were contracted out to the private sector. However, in many cases there were no legal standards for these outside facilities, and they did not even perform proper humane euthanasia. They killed dogs in their care using drugs that caused them to slowly suffocate to death while remaining fully conscious and able to feel pain until the very end. There have also been instances where these shelters have falsely reported the numbers of dogs they take to fraudulently receive greater compensation or even illegally colluded with dog farms to sell them to these places. We reported that the dog bite accident in Namyangju last May was caused by the poor adoption management policy of the animal shelter there.
In addition, we will also look at the nation of Germany and examine the effects of mandating animal welfare laws results in their constitution. Perhaps their example could serve as a model for our society to follow.
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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -Mahatma Gandhi
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