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[Update: June 13, 2018] Gupo Market Dog Cruelty Case First Prison Sentence for Accessory to Violation of Animal Protection Act.

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[Update: September 18, 2017] e-people Official Korean Government Response: baffling – blame shifting – unprofessional.

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Watch this TV news report about the Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market.
The Busan government is doing absolutely nothing to stop this. Their only plan is to provide education for the dog meat workers to transition to another profession. The dog meat traders/butchers are wanting compensation like a retirement fund, but the government isn’t willing to pay them. While this is at a stalemate, dogs are still being horribly abused and slaughtered. Shame on Busan, Shame on South Korea for being backward, Indifferent, barbaric and lacking of compassion. Boycott South Korean products!

Call for Action

• Click HERE to call the Korean Embassy/Consulate General in your country.
• Click HERE to file petition with the Korean government on e-people.

  Suggested message:

  To the Mayor Byung-Soo Suh of Busan and the members of the Busan Metropolitan Council:

  Please watch this video: https://youtu.be/ad-swLg6_rA. The dog meat industry has yet again brought great shame to your city. As you are likely aware, last week a horrible incident occurred right in front of the Gupo Dog Meat Market in mid-day in plain sight of everyone. A man tied a dog to a metal pipe and dragged it down the street for over a km for a full fifteen minutes, all the while it helplessly flailed and cried out. Hundreds of bystanders, including children, had to witness this horror as its skin was peeled on the hot asphalt and it screamed and yelped in agony. The perpetrator works at the Iseong Boshinwon (Health Food Shop), and this occurred when he was bringing the dog from someone who sold the dog to him. This dog died on the road and is believed to have been used as meat for human consumption.

  This is disgusting and is an embarrassment to your city. Civilized people do not shamelessly drag helpless animals down the street tied to metal poles. We need you to recognize the barbaric nature of this practice which is unfortunately very common within the dog meat industry. Busan is your city. You live there. Your children live and go to school there. Can you be proud of this? Please listen to the pleas of your own citizens and bring an end to the cruel dog meat markets in your city.

• Send emails to the Busan Metropolitan Coucil:
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• Sign petitions.
  Click HERE to Sign: Boycott Busan International Film Festival – Hundreds of thousands of puppies are killed at the Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market every year!

  Click HERE to Sign: BIFF, we don’t want an award, we want your help – please show this film at your Festival!

• Send email to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) asking them to enter/show this video in their festival.
  Video: August 17, 2017 Busan Gupo Dog Slaughter and Indifferent Bystanders From Hell” (부산 구포 지옥에서 온 도살자와 방관자들) https://youtu.be/ad-swLg6_rA
• Send a copy of your letter to Busan Mayor Byung-Soo Suh:
  

  Busan Mayor Byung-Soo Suh

  Mayor Byung-Soo Suh
  Busan City Hall
  1001 Jungang-Daero(Blvd.), Yeonje-Gu, Busan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
  Postal Code 47545
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  서병수 부산시장님
  부산시청
  (우 47545) 부산광역시 연제구 중앙대로 1001
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page:
  Busan
  Busan Mayor Byung-Soo Suh
  Gyeongsangnam-do Province (where Busan is located)
  Busan International Film Festival
• Click HERE to sign Petition in Korean by CARE (Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth). CARE, KARA, Dasom all have reported the abuser for the violation of Animal Protection Law and is collecting petition signatures to pressure their government to take action.
  “We request maximum punishment for the man who dragged the dog to her death at Busan Gupo Market.”
  (부산 구포에서 개를 묶어 끌고가 살해한 학대범을 강력히 처벌할 것을 요구합니다.)

  See below for English translations to sign petition:
  이름 * (Name)
  주소 (시, 구, 동까지만 작성) * (Address – City/Country)
  연락처 (예: 010-1234-5678) * (Phone number)
  이메일 * (Email Address)
  온라인 서명에 동참하며 한 마디 남기기 (Your Comment – Not required).

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