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KARA: Working to shut down notorious and illegal Paju “edible dog” auction house
Since December of last year, Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) have detected a total of four dog slaughterhouses and rescued all 129 dogs stuck there. In the process, we found out that the butcher was purchasing dogs at a large ‘edible dog’ auction house in Paju. KARA investigated over several months to find out the reality of the auction house. We have exclusively exposed the abuse that is happening at the auction house.
At the ‘edible dog’ auction house, dogs are classified according to their weight. More than 40kg is class A, 30 to 35kg is ‘Eolchigi’ (middle class), and dogs with less weight are classified as ‘for soup.’ Before the auction is held, members are notified by text messages and encouraged to participate.
The auction is held every two days. As the auction starts, a loud voice shouting 80,000 won to 400,000 won ($68~340) per dog fills the auction house. Dogs with a blue spray on their backs are crumpled in wire nets. They are immediately loaded into the butcher’s trucks and herded to the slaughterhouse. Dogs are terrified without knowing where they are going.
Paju auction house is operated on a membership basis. Many transaction statements were found at the slaughterhouse in Singok-dong, Uijeongbu, where dogs were bought from the auction house. It has been confirmed that 10 to 30 at a time have been continuously purchased. Inside the slaughterhouse, there were piles of hairs and intestines of countless dogs that had been slaughtered every day.
Auctions are held at all times throughout the year. In particular, during the summer season, when demand for Bosingtang (dog meat soup) increases, this auction house was operated 24 hours a day, supplying dogs day and night. Despite collecting unimaginable high profits in the process, they have not been subject to any legal sanctions.
KARA had briefed these findings to the provincial governor and mayor who visited the KARA Bom Center earlier this year and asked to take strong measures. However, the auction house is still operating. Fines have been imposed on several occasions, but the fines are too small for those who make huge profits throughout the year. There is a need for stronger punishment and full closure of the auction house and the slaughterhouses.
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