Busan, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets.
Busan Mayor Oh Keo-Don
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 Busan, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants where the dogs, who are 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 subjected to the same cruelty.
Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea
Video: Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market’s Cruelty
A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Busan’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 Food Shops” 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: 566 Health Food Shops; and 263 restaurants in and around Busan.
Even if half of these ‘Health’ Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, just imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in and around Busan in order to supply all of these outlets.
There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption yet these laws are blatantly ignored.
Call for Action
- Click HERE to file 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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Mayor Oh Keo-don
City of Busan
1001, Jungang-daero, Yeonje-gu, Busan, Postal code 47545
South KoreaAddress in Korean:
오거돈 부산 시장님
부산시청
(우 47545) 부산광역시 연제구 중앙대로 1001
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Subject: Busan, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets.
Dear Mayor Oh Keo-don and the Busan Metropolitan Council members,
Please watch this documentary, “The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea” https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY.
We ask you to take immediate action to crack down on the illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants that serve dog meat in your city. We request that an official document be issued, mandating that the following existing Korean laws be enforced by its government officials, police and judges:
Unauthorized processing of food waste fed to dogs in the meat trade is a violation of the Wastes Control Act, Article 15-2, Article 25, Section 3. Suppliers of food waste and transporters of food waste to dog meat farms are violating this regulation.
Food waste fed to dogs in the dog meat trade is a violation of the Control of Livestock and Fish Feed Act, Article 14, Section 1 & 2. Unauthorized collection of food waste and the act of feeding it to dogs in the meat trade is in violation of this regulation.
Excrement and resulting environmental damage produced as a by-product of the illegal dog meat farm is a violation of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta Article 11. The excrement produced at dog meat farms causes environmental damage to the immediate and surrounding area.
The act of the slaughtering of dogs for human consumption is a violation of the Animal Protection Act Article 8, Section 1, Clause 4. The act of the slaughtering of a dog, without justifiable ground – such as out of necessity for veterinary treatment, or in circumstances of immediate threat, harm or damage to human life or property, is a violation.
The slaughter of dogs by electrocution is a violation of the Animal Protection Act, Article 8, Section 1, Clause 1. Inflicting injury or death to any animal by the following means: battery by tools, exposure to drugs, exposure to extreme heat or fire, electrocution and drowning is subject to legal punishment. Therefore, the routine slaughter of dogs by butchers and farmers by these methods is in violation of the Act. Further, electrocution as a method of slaughter is internationally recognized as an inherently cruel method of slaughter and banned globally.
The slaughter of dogs from an unauthorized slaughterhouse is a violation of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 7 Section 1. The Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, states that dogs are officially recognized and classified as “animals” that are “prohibited from being slaughtered and distributed as food for human consumption”. Therefore, those vendors operating dog slaughterhouses are operating outside of the parameters of the law and in violation of the law.
The slaughter of dogs for his/her own consumption is a violation of the Animal Protection Act, Article 10. The intent of the Act is to ensure that no animal is slaughtered in a cruel or revolting manner, and shall be free from unnecessary pain, fear, or stress during the process of slaughter. Therefore, the only humane way of slaughtering dogs would be by euthanasia (lethal injection). All currently practiced methods of slaughter by butchers, farmers and traders excludes euthanasia as a method of slaughter, therefore they are all in breach of this Act. This is also a violation of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 7 Section 1 Clause 2. According to the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, the slaughter of animals for his/her own consumption is allowed only for the livestock animals that are publically announced as classification of livestock in the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act and dogs are not classified here.
The display and sale of dog carcasses in traditional outdoor markets is a violation of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 4, 5. Violation of laws banning the sale of harmful food due to the contamination from unsanitary and illegal slaughter of the animal and display of the dog carcass. For example, dog carcasses are routinely contaminated by microorganisms that cause human diseases and food poisoning; this can lead to serious and life threatening health complications. There are also strict laws that ban the sale of meat from sick animals, due to the fact that there is no quality control or formal monitoring of slaughter practices in the dog meat trade it is very likely that violation of these laws is happening routinely.
Dog meat restaurants’ sale of dog meat soup made with dog carcasses from an unknown source is a violation of Food Sanitation Act Article 44 Section 1 Clause 1. Uninspected livestock products must not be transported, stored, displayed, sold or used for manufacturing or processing of food for human consumption.
Please refer to the legal information regarding the dog meat consumption in South Korea published by KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates): https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/7537 https://koreandogs.org/kara-publishes-legal-information-booklet-ending-dog-meat-consumption/
The United States House of Representatives has formally passed H.Res. 401, ” Calls for an end to the dog and cat meat industry and urges all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade.” (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/401)
International coverage of the brutal dog and cat meat trade in South Korea has stained your city’s image. The time to end this tragedy is now. An online petition calling for your immediate action to end the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://www.change.org/p/busan-south-korea-shut-down-the-illegal-dog-meat-farms-slaughterhouses-and-markets The favor of your reply is requested.
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Shame on any city or culture that indulges in these barbaric practices.
YOU KOREANS PROMISED TO SHUT DOWN ALL THESE DOG SLAUGHTERERS & BAN THE EATING OF DOGS & CATS IN KOREA, YOU HAVE BROKEN THAT PROMISE, HOW CAN WE EVER TRUST YOU PEOPLE EVER AGAIN, YOU DONT CARE ABOUT ANY THING BUT YOUR EVIL SELVES, I WILL NEVER BUY OR HAVE ANY THING TO DO WITH KOREA EVER AGAIN, YOU ARE ALL EVIL BARBERIANS, IF YOU PROMISE TO SHUT DOWN ALL THESE DOG & CAT KILLERS YOU SHOULD DO IT, WE THE REST OF THE NORMAL WORLD HATE YOU PEOPLE FOR THE EVIL HORRIFIC CRUELTY YOU DO TO ANIMALS .
Shame indeed! Where is President Moon? How long is this going to keep on?
How depraved, deranged, unevolved and shameful it is for any country in the world to treat sentient animals. The governments of these heinous countries need to be absolutely ashamed of themselves in a 21st century civilised world. It is 2019, not medieval times, but South Korea, China, Philippines, Vietnam and other disgusting countries are still allowing this medieval torture on defenceless animals! UTTER SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!!!
Please shut down this barbarian action!
Thank God the News is getting involved with this barbaric treatment of dogs @ Cats Shut the holes down and put those people behind bars
Cats and dogs are family!You don’t eat your family!
Please show compassion to these poor animals cats and dogs are not food it is making your country look like a backward third world place. Your ancestors would be proud if you bring it into a modern compassionate country, please get this stopped the world is watching
Stop this nonsense….There are so many other things to eat….LEAVE DOGS AND CATS ALONE!!!!!!
PLEASE, STOP THE ENDLESS BARBARIC SUFFERING FOR THESE INNOCENT CREATURES. IT’S HEARTBREAKING SEEING THE HORRIFIC LIVES THESE ANIMALS MUST ENDURE….
STOP this non-sense barbaric practice (torture and murder) towards the Innocent Dogs and Cats IMMEDIATELY, their Lives are Precious and no one has the right to mistreat them in any ways at all!
STOP this non-sense barbaric practice (torture and murder) towards the Innocent Dogs and Cats IMMEDIATELY, their Lives are Precious and no one has the right to mistreat them in any ways at all! Demand JUSTICE for the Dogs and Cats in Busan and South Korea!!
STOP STOP STOP this non-sense barbaric practice (torture and murder) towards the Innocent Dogs and Cats IMMEDIATELY, their Lives are Precious and no one has the right to mistreat them in any ways at all!
Normal thinking people worldwide view evil South Korea as a nation of backward savage psychopaths for their horrific torture and consumption of Dogs and Cats and will continue to do so until they keep their promise and end the vile Dog meat trade, myself and many other animal lovers boycott all products from this cruel country
For thousands of years man has bred dogs to be man’s loyal companion. What kind of barbaric ignorant people would do this to them? I or my family will not purchase anything made in South Korea or China as in Kia, Hyundai, LG, Samsung and others as long as dogs are treated in this way. If it’s made in an evil backward dog eating country don’t buy it. There are plenty of other more civilized nations.
Something needs to be done here!! You people can’t think there’s anything good about eating dog? If it’s food you need I’m sure everyone can figure out a way to work together to make sure you guys eat a healthy source of food and the animals don’t get killed so everyone wins ! Speak up Korea! It’s not just the United States that’s bothering by this it’s globally. The Middle East treatment of animals in general is barbaric. Do the right thing and in return good will come to you. Please stop hurting these animals that are loyal and loving animals for nothing
Absolutely despicable the world is watching your evil barbaric ways. It’s nothing to do with tradition it’s just evil torture of innocent animals for greed and profit. Karma will get you
This is wrong on so many levels. There is no place in our society for this despicable act of cruelty to any living creature. Stop this barbaric cruelty.
Disgusting abuse of cats and dogs. Eating your pets and animals that help us in emergencies is bad enough, but the abuse and treatment they get before is horrendous and should not be happening in the 21st centuary.
What kind of people do this despicable thing. Have you no soul???Stop this now!!!
It is truly despicable what you are doing to the dogs and cats. They are not meant for eating. They are like family and should be treated as such. They need to be respected and treated with kindness. I will not visit a country that condones this. This is barbaric and needs to be banned everywhere. Shut this slaughterhouse down now.
This barbaric behaviour towards defenceless sentient companion animals has to stop. Dogs and cats are not here for us to eat. They give love and expect nothing in return, which is more than can be said of most humans. Do you really want to civilised world to look on you as barbaric, medieval and backward because of your inhuman and horrendous treatment of these animals? Stop this torture NOW.
Stop your cruelty for dogs and cats Eating in South Corea…iHORRIBLE
Stop this Disgusting Filthy Evil Sadist Horrible Horrible Horror !!!!!!YESTERDAY !!!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
This is barbaric and inhumane!!! You need to educate your people and stop this horrific animal abuse!!!! Animals are kind and loving beings that deserve to be treated with dignity and respect!!