Summer is a brutal and unforgiving season for the dogs in Korea. Dog consumption peaks especially during Boknal, the Korean “dog days of summer,” when eating dog meat is ritualized. This year, three Boknal days – considered the hottest days of summer – are July 17 (Chobok, the beginning of summer), July 27 (Joongbok, mid-summer), and August 16 (Malbok, the end of summer). During this period, hundreds of thousands of dogs will be brutally slaughtered because of the irrational belief by many Koreans that eating dog meat will increase their stamina and help to keep them cool during the hot summer days. Please join The Animals’ Battalion, in solidarity with KoreanDogs.org as well as countless other animal rights activists worldwide in voicing our disgust at the South Korean government’s indifference in allowing this senseless barbaric trade to continue and help us raise awareness about the horrendous suffering inflicted upon our best and most loyal friends – the dogs and cats with whom we share our homes and our lives. Click for event detail: http://koreandogs.org/what-you-can-do/events/ Demonstration Day 1 is this Friday. And they are so ready! Click to watch video message from the organizers: https://www.facebook.com/TheAnimalsBattalion.publicpage/videos/1477491172277012/ There will be three demonstrations staged in front of the Korean Consulate in New York City, but we need your help to make these events as impactful as possible and to put the kind of pressure on the Korean government that it simply cannot ignore. Click to join the Phone Blitz from your home: http://koreandogs.org/phone-blitz-2016/ Phone blitz is translated in 8 languages – Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish. To promote these demonstrations and show your support, send tweets using our tweet sheet: https://sites.google.com/site/stopkoreantorture/stopboknal2016 "The proof that one truly believes is in action." ~Bayard Rustin Thank you! Compassion Through Action! Homepage: http://koreandogs.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koreandogs Twitter: https://twitter.com/Koreandogs Petitions: http://koreandogs.org/petitions/ Calls for Action: http://koreandogs.org/what-you-can-do/call-for-action/ Call the South Korean Embassy and Consulate General Offices in your country: http://koreandogs.org/call-south-korean-embassy Donate to Nami Kim Team Saving the Korean ‘Meat Dogs’: https://www.razoo.com/us/story/Savekoreandogs Watch the trailer of documentary: https://youtu.be/9SKVdNrfIZo