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

Campaign updated on 1/25/2023.

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 Haenam, there are countless 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.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Haenam’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 Haenam.

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 Haenam 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

Korean laws information is provided by Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth(CARE)/Watchdog.

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

Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea

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

  1. J Nicholas Percival
    J Nicholas PercivalDecember 7,18

    The ultra cruel and barbaric Korean Dog & Cat meat trade must be stopped. In addition, anti-cruelty laws protecting all animals need to be passed and enforced in Korea.

  2. Jörg Gaiser
    Jörg GaiserDecember 13,18

    The link to sign the petition doesn’t work.

    • KoreanDogs.org team
      KoreanDogs.org teamDecember 14,18

      Hi Jörg Gaiser, thank you for bringing this to our attention.
      We have notified Change.org about our petition not available online any more. Hope they will be able to resolve the issue soon.
      Will keep you updated on our campaign page.
      Thank you so much!

  3. Jim Taylor
    Jim TaylorAugust 20,20

    Cruelty to animals as this horror pact you are involved in clearly shows is disgraceful and for the sake of all life on this planet have some respect for these poor creatures who have as many feelings as we all have and thus stop this terrible criminal acts now!!!

  4. Anne Marsh
    Anne MarshAugust 25,20

    The world watches your country with revulsion – STOP THIS APPALLING CRUELTY TO DOGS AND CATS NOW!

  5. Helena Maleňáková
    Helena MaleňákováFebruary 23,21

    PLEASE HELP AND SAVE ALL THESE DOGS AND CATS. STOP KILLING AND CRUEL TULE, BE PEOPLE AND HELP, PLEASE HELP !!!

  6. Adeline Wong
    Adeline WongFebruary 26,21

    Filed petition on E-People.

  7. Lilia Birleson
    Lilia BirlesonAugust 15,21

    Shut down these illegal farms Now. Those that are involved in the brutal murder of defenceless animals should be prosecuted and imprisoned for there act of cruelty to animals.

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