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Breaking News!! South Korean Government to Set 5-year Plan on Animal Welfare
The Korea Bizwire reported on July 3, “South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Wednesday it is drawing up a five-year plan on improving the welfare of animals in the country, which will focus on adopting tougher regulations against animal cruelty and providing them with a better …
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Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market Closure Update
Today is July 1 in South Korea and as of this day, Busan Gupo Livestock (Dog Meat) market is closed for good! Busan Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Busan KAPCA) has worked very hard for many years to make this happen. …
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Notorious Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market to Close Down
We have great news to share!!! Busan Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Busan KAPCA) announced that the notorious Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market will be closing down. 19 shops in the market that sell dog meat have tentatively agreed to close …
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Busan Buk-gu District “Let us shut down the Gupo Dog Meat Market before Boknal”
Kookje News reported on March 12, 2019 that “Busan Buk-gu district has commenced actions to shut down the operations of the Gupo Livestock (Dog Meat) Market before Boknal (the hottest days of the summer). However, it is unclear how effective this will be.” This is …
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VICTIMS OF NEGLIGENCE: 260 dogs and cats burnt to death from fire at the Anseong City Animal Shelter
Hundreds of dogs and cats, which should have been safe from harm, in the care of an Anseong animal shelter have died in a raging fire that swept through the property. If this shelter had been managed properly, then those animals would have remained safe. …
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Korean Supreme Court – Killing dogs by electrocution is cruel!
A recent Korean Supreme decision is a sign that finally, things are changing, but it’s still a long way to go before the end of the dog and cat meat trade in South Korea. The Korea Times reported on September 18, 2018 that “The Supreme …
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Newsletter – July 6, 2018
JOIN US! DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD | URGENT – DEADLINE IMMINENT! Click HERE to see this newsletter from our homepage. Please join us! Upcoming Demonstrations and Rallies Calling for End to the South Korean Dog and Cat Meat Trade! Click below link to learn more …
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Korean local governments are using taxes from their citizens to support meat dog farms. Are they out of their minds?
This is translation of post from Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) on 7/6/2017. Click HERE for KARA’s post in Korean. Korean local governments are using taxes from their citizens to support meat dog farms. Are they out of their minds? We strongly condemn the local …
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Act of causing ‘Physical suffering’ now punishable as animal abuse.
Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Government Legislation Accepts Demand of Animal Protection Groups. Below is translation of article reported on OhMyNews on March 21st: On the 22nd of March, the Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs decided to amend Article 4, Section 4, …
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President Moon Jae-in’s proposed amendment for a new Constitution – “Establishing National Policy on Animal Protection”
Korean news Hankyoreh reported on March 20, 2018, that if the new Constitution to be proposed by President Moon Jaein passes, provisions for a national policy on animal protection will be established. On March 20th, Cheongwadae (Blue House, the presidential residence) announced part of the …
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Newsletter – February 19, 2018
[URGENT] Only 4 Days Left of PyeongChang 2018! | Response from PyeongChang 2018 Click HERE to see this newsletter from our homepage. [URGENT] PyeongChang 2018 Athletes,Please speak out against animal cruelty! There are only 5 days left before the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics comes to …
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Swedish Star cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla
Swedish star cross-country skier, Charlotte Kalla, was shown a video of South Korea’s dog meat industry and was very saddened by it. Swedish news Expressen, published on February 7, 2018, reported the peoples’ reaction to Charlotte, applauding and thanking her. We are thankful to Charlotte …
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