Animals
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DAPHNE
- 61 days
ago
- care.savedogsinkorea.com-a.googlepages.com
Korean animal protection groups seek help:
We would like to ask for your help to support the Korean groups, CARE and KAAP, with their campaign to stop dogs from being listed as livestock by the government
How you can help:
Thursday May 8, 2008, 12:02 pm
I have signed the petition and have written a letter to the President too. I done this yesterday. This makes me sick they are just as bad as China. How can people such things as this is beyond me!!! Do you all wonder how we cry so many tear's for animals when in the world they are nothing but mere dirt of the earth to them. I wish I could take them in my arms and keep them all safe. T hanks Daphne noted with tear's and breaking heart
Thursday May 8, 2008, 1:15 pm
Mayor Oh Se-hoon
ohsehoon@seoul.go.kr
Address: Euljiro1, Jung-gu, Seoul, 100-744, Korea
Tel: +82 2 735 6060
Dear Mayor Oh Se-hoon
I recently heard that on March 24th this year, the Municipality of Seoul released the Dog Meat Hygiene
Management Policy, a document that lists dogs as livestock. It plans to recommend amendments of the national
law on Livestock Products Processing to incorporate this listing. Korean animal protection groups gathered in
front of Seoul City Hall on March 25th and 26th to protest this decision.
Korea’s hi-tech and electronic products are sold throughout the world, and the so-called “Korean Wave”, which
includes the entertainment, food and tourism industries, has also greatly increased the interest of people all
across Asia in Korea. If dogs are listed as livestock for human consumption under the Korean national
legislation, this would make Korea the first country in the world to legalise dog meat, and would also make
Korea’s President the first national leader in the world to permit dogs to be used ‘as food for human
consumption’. We are afraid that such a decision would not only be a step backward in the development of
civilisation, but would also damage you and your country’s international image and reputation, with a direct
economic impact on Korean products and services.
Dogs are simply dogs, and they should not be divided into pet dogs and edible dogs. Taiwan, Hong Kong, the
Philippines and Thailand have all already legally banned the consumption of dog meat. Although there are still
a few countries and people in Asia who consume dog meat, their living standards are, on average, far lower
than those of Korea, and until now there has never been a country which has, through national law, legalised the
act of eating dog meat!
In the last 20 or 30 years, anthrozoology has gradually brought about a consensus: companion animals bring
psychological and physical benefits to humans. They can give humans intimacy and support, alleviate the
negative health impacts of stress, and also provide protection against some illnesses. Modern day criminal
sociology is also drawing the conclusion that there is a high degree of correlation between cruelty to animals
and domestic violence and child abuse. Once dogs become animals that can be freely butchered for human
consumption, there will likely be negative social and educational impacts on the psychology of the Korean
public.
In order to create a more humane society, and for the sake of the development of human civilisation, we, as cocitizens
of this planet, with all sincerity urge your government to prevent the legalisation of dog eating in your
national laws and to prohibit the consumption of dog meat as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Signature: Country: E-mail:
Thursday May 8, 2008, 3:21 pm
Its strange how one culture is so different from our culture... we would never consider dogs.cats,horses,guinea pigs,or many other different animals out there as food yet China & Korea & most countries do... must be becuz they have a huge supply of them ... but they have to try & change there culture for this is NOT acceptable to many humans & never will be... these are not livestock or would they ever be considered here... but again to them it must be... thats really sad... we will keep our voices loud till they try & make an effort to comply to many wishes of countries that want them to stop...still barbarick as ever...
Thursday May 8, 2008, 3:29 pm
livestock?LIVESTOCK MY FUC........... DERRIERE IS RIGHT
THESE KOREAN GOVT NEEDS TO BE SPOKEN TO WITH GREAT STRONG WORDS THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF MERCY OR KINDNESS
THEY ARE WORSE THAN THE CHINESE IN REGARDS TO FELINES. REMEMBER THEY BOIL THEM ALIVE ? DO YOU ALL REMEBER THE CONSTANT CAMPAIGNING LAST YEAR WE PUT FORTH ON CARE 2 AND THE FAILED ATTEMPY OF IDA? IN THIS REGARDS?
Thursday May 8, 2008, 4:40 pm
CULTURE MY GREEK CRAZY GORGEOUS ASS....THEY HAVE SMALL DOGS AS PETS BUT THEY STILL BURN ALIVE , HAND & BEAT TO DEATH SOME OTHERS!!!!!!!!!!! CMON PEOPLE....DONT MIX CULTURE WITH UNEDUCATED BARBARIAN BRAINS PLZ ....
Thursday May 8, 2008, 4:40 pm
I think these people are crazy. I have a friend who lives in Korea and I wonder if he is aware of the situation there. I will certainly inform him. I signed the petition with a very strong comment. Those people are barbaric. Do you think they have been genetically altered?
Thursday May 8, 2008, 4:43 pm
HANG ...& BOIL THEM ALIVE...ONLY CAUSE THEY THINK THAT THEIR TINNY PENIS WILL GET STRONGER......MORE PAIN & SUFFERING MORE TASTIER MEAT MY ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
F.....THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MAY ALL ROT IN FREAKIN HELL.......................................
AND YES...I TALK LIKE THAT LIKE IT OR NOT..
Emails sent, but honestly, letters are more effective. Emails get deleted very easily, but if they get deluged with letters from concerned people like ourselves, the statement has more impact IMHO.
Thursday May 8, 2008, 7:09 pm
Noted & signed with thanks
It's hard to reach other cultures in the world when they are raised without compassion. And everybody hates america thanks to bush. I often think we should ask for help on these matters from a Country with a President who has compassion. Any idea? I'd hoped, no, I prayed Dennis Kucinich would take the white house and change the world. Silly me:(
Friday May 9, 2008, 1:25 am
Noted, Petition signed, letters sent off to Mayor Oh Se-hoon of Seoul, and President of South Korea, Mr. Lee Myung-bak. Hope they "see the light"! May the suffering of these poor animals end! VERY SOON!
Friday May 9, 2008, 3:13 am
Ghandi once said "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its animals". The Korean authorities should show compassion and courage and end this atrocious cruelty to the dogs. The people responsible for the abuse, those that condone it, and those who support it by eating dog meat have all lost their humanity and are a danger to society. They should be in the cages!
