English Caption for “S. Korea’s Dog Meat Industry – Cruelty during the transport of meat dogs”: http://youtu.be/uKCdAGfGOsQ
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Dog meat industry is an animal cruelty industry.
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Produced by “Korean Society for Animal Freedom”. www.animals.or.kr
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Dog meat consumption continues with an excuse that it is a Korean culture.
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However, dogs should not be classified and treated as livestock. That’s because dogs have been domesticated to be companion animals and also they can potentially be aggressive.
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This video shows cruelty to dogs during the process of being transported to markets and slaughterhouses.
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Dogs are exposed in this truck driving at a full speed.
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Dogs are extremely terrified.
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Dogs are intentionally put into small cages to prevent from fighting with each other.
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But this causes serious physical and psychological injuries to the dogs.
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To prevent the dogs from fighting back, during the transport process, ropes are tightly tied around their necks or other tools are used that add more cruelty to these dogs.
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Spines of these dogs are often broken during this process of inhumane and cruel handling.
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Dogs have sensed their horrible fate and they are terrified.
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As long as dog consumption continues in S. Korea,
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this horrific cruelty cannot be stopped.
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When dogs cannot live as companions to humans, aggressiveness can be developed.
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Based on the international standard guideline, livestock animals are to be treated and slaughtered in so called “humane methods”.
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Dog slaughter industry can not adhere to this guidelines and the legalization of dog slaughter cannot stop the horrific violence towards these innocent dogs.
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Korean Society for Animal Freedom
(www.animals.or.kr)