Dogs Chained in a Garlic Field: Starving, Mutilated, and Waiting Only for Death

Sharing for Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE)

In Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, seven dogs were discovered chained across a garlic field—forced to “guard” it like prisoners on death row. These dogs are not pets but animal slaves, tied down, starving, and left to endure years of blazing heat, freezing snow, and pounding rain without shelter or care.

When rescuers arrived, they found overgrown weeds engulfing the dogs and their dilapidated doghouses. Their bodies were crawling with hundreds of ticks. Food bowls contained only hardened scraps of rotting rice, and there was no water anywhere. When offered food, the skeletal dogs devoured it desperately, revealing the depth of their long starvation.

Among them was a dog with two legs missing, her toes and ankles brutally severed. The owner claimed the injuries were caused by wild animals, but this raises serious suspicion. Covered in ticks and severely weakened, she was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. She now requires medical treatment, prosthetics, or even a wheelchair to survive. This dog was rescued by CARE, while another was saved by a member of the Heatwave Monitoring Volunteer Team.

Five other dogs remain trapped in this nightmare. Many are small, some with signs of repeated pregnancies. Their expressions are vacant, drained of all hope, as if waiting only for death. Activists who visited described the scene as nothing less than hell on earth.

The elderly couple keeping them admitted they no longer want the dogs. If they are not removed now, their suffering will only continue until death.

  We urgently call on individuals and organizations to step forward. Even saving one dog at a time can change everything.

Please help us give these forgotten souls a chance at life beyond chains, hunger, and torment.

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Thank you!

Giny Woo

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