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Gimje, South Korea, Shut down illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants.

Campaign updated on 1/9/2023.

If you want to help fight the grisly South Korean dog and cat meat trade and make a difference in South Korea, here are a few quick actions you can take that could save millions of dogs and cats each year.

In Gimje, there are numerous dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants where the dogs, who have been tortured their entire lives, end up being slaughtered in the most inhumane ways, such as by electrocution, hanging, or beating; and then thrown into boiling water – sometimes while they are still alive. In many places, dogs are being killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs; and this takes place in broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty.

Dog farm and slaughterhouse in Gimje shut down by ARK119. (https://www.facebook.com/119ark/posts/1582974792117818)
Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA). Dogs are fed rotten, moldy wastes at South Korea’s dog farms.
The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea. The Korea Observer.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Gimje’s dog meat demand.

Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called “Health Centers,” which commonly sell dog elixirs and cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju), and the second one was for “dog meat restaurants.”

The searches resulted in dozens of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Gimje.

Even if half of these ‘Health’ Centers and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be in the vicinity of Gimje to supply these outlets.

There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.

Call for Action

Video: Appalling Reality of South Korea’s Illegal Dog Farms (불법 개농장 참혹한 현실 – 제보자들 20200610)

[Update: January 9, 2019] Click HERE to see the Gimje’s response.

Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea

Video: South Korea’s horrific dog slaughter. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE)

  1. Jana Repova
    Jana RepovaNovember 7,18

    Why are people of Korea so cruel? Do they have any heart? Any feelings?

  2. Rosa Serrat
    Rosa SerratAugust 2,20

    Don’t kill dogs

  3. Dana Orságová
    Dana OrságováAugust 3,20

    save these dogs and cats !! help them !! please help !!

  4. Lilia Birleson
    Lilia BirlesonFebruary 3,21

    Please stop this brutality to innocent Animals.
    This has got to stop.

  5. Helena Maleňáková
    Helena MaleňákováFebruary 3,21

    Stop all suffering, torture and killing !!! Help all the dogs and cats and save them !! help!

  6. Naseem Mahmood
    Naseem MahmoodAugust 13,22

    This horrfic barbaric cruailty against defenceless dogs and cats is pure evil .the scrupulous dog thieves who are committing atrocities against animals speaks volumes of injustice the illegal filty dispicable inhumane hell on earth torture cages were these poor dogs are locked in breaks my heart how your countries have total disregard for animals life dogs and cats are pets not for human consumption for god’s sake.what is wrong with you people .you have a total disregard for animals life and are committing atrocities and horrfic pain and suffering.like humans animal feels pain too for crying out loud .China, combodia north south Korea Thailand Vietnam Indonesia philippines stop eating pets dogs are a man’s best friend.stop this evil misguided sickening dispicable inhumane ritual??????join humanity .no animal should suffer the horrfic cruailty that your countries are practicing pure evil.their is accountability on earth you will face your crimes no bloodshed on earth will be left unpunished never lose sight their are boundaries on earth clearly you have total disregard for.

  7. Urszula Lund
    Urszula LundAugust 13,22

    BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT this disgusting nation of sadistic psychopaths bestially killing and eating our family members – cats and dogs!!!

    DON’T BUY anything that was made by these BLOOD-SOAKED hands of DOG and CAT TORTURERS!!!!!!!!!!

    People of UKRAINE do their best to SAVE thousands of pets, cats and dogs, from the BLOODY WAR because pets are family members! At the same time SOUTH-KOREA BESTIALLY MURDERS our FAMILY MEMBERS, cats and dogs! HOW DISGUSTING and DISRESPECTFUL of SOUTH-KOREA!

    I’ll remind you that DOGS and CATS are MAN’S BEST FRIENDS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL AND YOUR SICKENING MANNER TO HORRIFICALLY ABUSE, TORTURE AND KILL THESE LOVING, INNOCENT AND DEFENSELESS ANIMALS MAKE SOUTH KOREA THE MOST HATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! You INSULT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO HAVE DOGS AND CATS AS THEIR MOST BELOVED FAMILY MEMBERS! THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHES YOU AND HATES YOU !!! STOP THIS SADISM and CLOSE THE DOG MEAT TRADE NOW! SHAME on sickening and disgusting South-Korea!

    I PUKE at the very mention of South-Korea!!!!!!

  8. Sher
    SherAugust 17,22

    There’s no excuse and the advanced world despises your vile, animal cruelty and torture!!! Shame on you!!!

  9. Anu Sipiläinen
    Anu SipiläinenAugust 18,22

    Olette hirviöitä jotka kasvavat maan päällä, ei kissoja ja koiria syödä ne ovat lemmikkejä, hävetkää ja lopettakaa heti tuo julmuus !

  10. Sue
    SueAugust 21,22

    PETITION FILED EMAILS SENT

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