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👉 Click HERE to watch the video.😢

👉 Click HERE to watch the ARK119’s livestream video from the raid on July 13, 2021. You will see the dog farm of indescribable horror.

As reported earlier, Animal Rescue Korea 119 (ARK119) is currently on its 16-day journey to shut down dog farms and slaughterhouses around Gimpo, Incheon Ganghwa, and the dog auction market in Paju. You can view updates posted on their Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Yesterday, July 15, 2021, ARK119 raided a massive illegal dog farm in Incheon Ganghwa (Incheon Ganghwa-gun Buleun-myeonSamseong-ri 439) and live-streamed the whole event on YouTube. The livestream video was taken down, but it’s back up now. 👉 Click HERE to watch. There must have been threats from someone. I watched the entire livestream for over 3 hours, and it was HELL. I am very traumatized by what I saw. So much unspeakable suffering of so many defenseless animals, which devastated me. ARK119 brought with them an SBS News report team and contacted local police, government officials, and agency that protects disabled people to come out to the scene. (Watch the news below) A man with an intellectual disability had been working at the dog farm for many years, and it is suspected that the female dog farmer had exploited his disability. The government authorities arrived at the scene to rescue this man, but the dogs weren’t as lucky.

This illegal dog farm has violated approximately 10 different laws and will most likely be shut down, but unfortunately, the dogs, 500, according to the SBS news, cannot be saved. ARK119 doesn’t have the money to save that many dogs, and most likely, all of them will be sold to slaughterhouses or other dog farms. It’s heartbreaking, but this is the reality of South Korea’s dog meat industry; no one can save all the dogs at these dog farms. The task is an enormous one, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, a sum that the dog rescuers don’t have.

After repeated calls from the ARK119, the Ganghwa County veterinarian and the Livestock Department officials came out to the dog farm to look at the conditions of the dogs. What do they think about the state of these dogs? These dogs were given rotten kimchi slop garbage covered with mold, no water anywhere in scorching heat, and forced to stand on rusty, raised wire cages. The dogs are forced to have puppies repeatedly in their feces, puppies dying and decaying in front of their moms, dogs in hellish conditions without medical care. Is this animal cruelty or not?

Why does the Ganghwa government do nothing about countless hellish dog farms like this one scattered throughout their county? What is Incheon doing about the illegal dog farms in their city that are brutalizing and torturing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dogs?

Shame on Incheon, shame on Ganghwa County, and shame on the South Korean Government!

Animal activists who have been working many months trying to get this dog farm closed are left brokenhearted and feeling helpless. Shutting down illegal dog farms is the responsibility of their government and not the animal activists. But because of South Korea’s callous, profoundly indifferent government and lack of moral leadership, millions of dogs live in utter hell today. Do you want to buy Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Kia products? Please remember this!

This is why we continue to campaign so that we can stop this terrible dog meat industry and bring an end to dog meat consumption in Korea.

Thank you, ARK119!

🙏 Will you donate whatever you can
to support ARK119’s National Campaign to Shut Down Dog Meat Industry? 🐕

💗 You can donate by Paypal to the ARK119: 👉 119ark@gmail.com

Call for Action

• 👉 Click HERE to file a petition with the South Korean government through e-People online. (You can use our “Suggested message” below or your own words.)
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• 📧 Send emails to the Incheon Ganghwa-gun Council members:

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• 📧 Send emails to the Incheon Metropolitan Council members and the South Korean National Assembly, Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans, and Fisheries Committee members:

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☎️ Call the Incheon Ganghwa County Government Office.
Ganghwa Complaint Civil Service Counselor (강화 민원상담관) ☎️ 032-930-3867
Ganghwa Complaint Registration (강화 민원 접수) ☎️ 032-930-3011
Environmental Sanitation Division (환경위생과) ☎️ 032-930-3340, ☎️ 032-930-3833
Ganghwa Waste Management (오수관리팀) ☎️ 032-930-3531 ☎️ 032-930-3532 ☎️ 032-930-3533 ☎️ 032-930-3333
Livestock Division (축산과) ☎️ 032-930-4540 ☎️ 032-930-4531 ☎️ 032-930-4541
Agricultural Division (농정과) ☎️ 032-930-3370 ☎️ 032-930-3817
Building Permit Division (건축허가과) ☎️ 032-930-3430 ☎️ 032-930-3861 ☎️ 032-930-3551 ☎️ 032-930-3521 ☎️032-930-3851

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• Send letter:
  County Mayor Yoo Chun-Ho
  Incheon Ganghwa-gun Government
  394 Ganghwa-daero, Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon
  Postal code 23031
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  유천호 인천 강화군수님
  인천광역시 강화군청
  (23031) 인천광역시 강화군 강화읍 강화대로 394
  South Korea

  Incheon Ganghwa-gun Council
  394 Ganghwa-daero, Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon
  Postal code 23031
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  인천광역시 강화군의회
  (23031) 인천광역시 강화군 강화읍 강화대로 394
  South Korea

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  Incheon Ganghwa-gun
  Incheon Ganghwa-gun County Mayor
  Incheon
  Incheon Mayor
  Gyeonggi-do Government
  Gyeonggi-do Governor
  Gyeonggi-do Assembly

  📝 Suggested message

  Subject: To the Incheon Ganghwa-gun Government: Please immediately rescue all of the dogs from the illegal dog farm in Incheon Ganghwa-gun Buleun-myeon Samseong-ri 439.

  Petition: https://www.change.org/p/incheon-ganghwa-gun-mayor-yoo-chun-ho-incheon-ganghwa-gun-rescue-all-500-dogs-from-hellscape-illegal-dog-farm-in-buleun-myeon

  Dear County Mayor Yoo Chun-Ho and the Incheon Ganghwa-gun Council members,

  Please watch the following videos: https://youtu.be/LcMPdOnJ0Vo
  https://www.facebook.com/dladudrl71/posts/4244576572277392
  500 dogs in Hell (500마리 개들의 지옥…그리고 처참한 ‘그’도 있었다) https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1006393602

  Please save all 500 dogs from the hellscape illegal dog farm (Incheon Ganghwa-gun Buleun-myeon Samseong-ri 439) and provide them with the urgent and immediate medical care that they require and find them safe, loving, permanent homes.

  They have suffered unimaginable cruelty and unspeakable pain their entire lives. Countless defenseless animals have met their death at this illegal dog farm, at the hands of a callous dog meat farmer and because of the profoundly indifferent Incheon Ganghwa-gun government and the South Korean government.

  They are victims of extreme abuse and cruelty and they need to be confiscated from the criminal and provided protection and care immediately.

  We, the people of the world, are watching this case with broken a heart and utter disappointment for the Korean people. We look forward to your immediate actions.

  📝 Suggested message in Korean (Please include this in your petition.)

  인천 강화군청 관계자 여러분: 인천 강화군 불은면 삼성리 439에 위치한 불법 개농장에 있는 모든 개들을 긴급 격리 조치해 주시길 요청합니다.

  전자 청원: https://www.change.org/p/incheon-ganghwa-gun-mayor-yoo-chun-ho-incheon-ganghwa-gun-rescue-all-500-dogs-from-hellscape-illegal-dog-farm-in-buleun-myeon

  존경하는 유천호 강화 군수님과 인천 강화군 의회 의원 여러분,

  우선 아래의 영상을 봐 주시기 바랍니다. https://youtu.be/LcMPdOnJ0Vo
  https://www.facebook.com/dladudrl71/posts/4244576572277392
  500마리 개들의 지옥…그리고 처참한 ‘그’도 있었다.
  https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1006393602

  지옥 같은 불법개농장 (인천 강화군 불은면 삼성리 439)에서 개 500마리를 모두 긴급 격리 조치해 주시고 의료 검진를 제공하여 이 아이들에게 안전하고 사랑 받을 수 있게 영원한 안식처 가족을 찾아 입양 갈 수 있도록 선처해 주시길 강력히 요청합니다.

  이 아이들은 평생을 상상할 수 없을 만큼 잔인함과 말할 수 없는 고통을 겪었습니다. 인천 강화군 정부와 한국 정부의 무관심으로 인해, 그리고 잔인한 개농장 주인에 의해 너무나도 많은 죄없는 동물들이 이곳에서 처참한 죽음을 당했습니다.

  이 개들은 극도의 잔인한 학대의 피해자입니다. 동물 학대자인 개농장 주인으로부터 피학대견들 모두 긴급 격리 조치 되어야 하며 보호와 보살핌을 받아야 합니다.

  우리 전 세계인들은 이 개농장을 보면서 경악하였고 마음이 너무도 아팠습니다. 그리고 한국 국민들에 대해 깊게 실망하게 되었습니다.

  인천강화군 정부의 즉각적인 조치를 촉구합니다.

• Send a Twitter message!

  Suggested Twitter text

  .@ganghwagun .@incheon_council .@incheon_gov .@parknamchun Incheon Ganghwa-gun, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants. https://www.change.org/p/incheon-ganghwa-gun-mayor-yoo-chun-ho-incheon-ganghwa-gun-rescue-all-500-dogs-from-hellscape-illegal-dog-farm-in-buleun-myeon

Video: “Hell for 500 dogs”. SBS News reported on this raid. Note, it focuses more upon a worker who has been at this farm for 10 years (who suffers from an intellectual disability) and sadly not enough on the horrible cruelty of this hellscape dog farm. The reporter says that the police launched an internal investigation into all illegal activities and violations committed at this dog farm and as soon as the charges are brought from the local government, they will start a full scale investigation. 500마리 개들의 지옥…그리고 처참한 ‘그’도 있었다

Photos: ARK119 Director Im Yeong-Ki.

Video: ARK119 continues their raids to more dog farms in Incheon Ganghwa-gun county. They need all of us to file e-People petitions to report another dog farm located at Incheon Ganghwa-gun Gilsang-myeon Kkachigol-gil 43 (인천광역시 강화군 길상면 까치골길 43) with many legal violations.