[Breaking News] Exposing the bizarre response by the Busan Buk-gu District Office and the Department of Education regarding the closure order of Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market!! This is a translation of the August 10, 2014 posting on Busan KAPCA(Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)‘s Facebook page. Click to read: http://koreandogs.org/exposing-bizarre-response-busan-gupo-dog-meat-market/ ============================== We have filed civil complaints to the Department of Education in Busan Buk-gu requesting the closure of the Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market because the market is located within a school cleanup zone. And you have probably already heard that the Department of Education gave us a response that they have issued an order for the market to be closed based on their examination of applicable laws. Since then we have continuously been inquiring about the status of progress from the District Office and we received a ridiculous and unbelievable response. The response was that because the Gupo Dog Meat Market is not a licensed market, they cannot close it. According to their argument, if a market is licensed, its removal is possible. However, because the Gupo Dog Meat Market is illegal and not licensed, it is outside of the boundary of the law and therefore closure is not possible. Does this sound logical? What has happened to common sense? Why did the Busan Guk-gu District not do anything about the Gupo Dog Meat Market while it was operating illegally all this time? Now they are saying that the Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market is not a licensed market? You probably know already that there was a big sign saying “Gupo Dog Meat Market” in front of the market until recently. After the order for the closure of the Gupo Dog Meat Market had been issued, the Busan Buk-gu District Office gave us this ridiculous response and said that they had already taken down this sign. If what they are saying is correct, how can there be a Gupo Dog Merchant Trade Association and how did the president of this association become the president of the Gupo Market Merchant Association? In the last Presidential election the president of the Gupo Dog Merchant Trade Association proudly represented himself as the spokesperson for the Gupo Market merchants. If the dog meat market is itself illegal, shouldn’t that be more of a reason to close it? Their position is so ridiculous, there is almost nothing left to say. Are we supposed to accept this response? Are we supposed to agree and say “You are right” and just back off? We are protesting and filing civil complaints continuously against the Busan Buk-gu District and the Department of Education’s illogical nonsense argument which is trying to protect the Gupo Dog Meat Market. We need you to join us in this effort. ============================== Please keep sharing this petition and sign all our petitions on this page: http://koreandogs.org/petitions/ Check out our "What you can do" page for more actions you can take to fight South Korea's extremely cruel dog meat industry! http://koreandogs.org/what-you-can-do/ Thank you!!!