Daegu, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, and markets.
Campaign updated 8/17/2022.
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 Daegu, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants where the dogs, who have been 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 subject to the same cruelty.
Video: Daegu Chilseong Dog Meat Market.
A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Daegu’s dog meat demand.
Two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called “Health Centers,” 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”: shows dozens of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Daegu.
Even if half of these ‘Health’ Centers and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in the vicinity of Daegu to supply these outlets.
There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.
Call for Action
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Mayor Hong Jun-pyo
Daegu Metropolitan Government
88 Gongpyeong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, Gyeongsangbukdo-do
Postal Code 41911
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88 Gongpyeong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, Gyeongsangbukdo-do
Postal Code 41911
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Daegu, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, and markets.
Dear Mayor Hong Jun-pyo and the Daegu Metropolitan Council members,
We ask you to please watch this: https://youtu.be/qdSnXw1sukQ
Please watch these documentaries, “The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea” (https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY) and “Korea’s Dog Cruelty: Dogs Are Innocent.” (https://youtu.be/qIFAI9uyx64).
We ask you to immediately stop the illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants serving 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:
The unauthorized processing of food waste fed to dogs in the meat trade violates 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 violates the Control of Livestock and Fish Feed Act, Article 14, Section 1 & 2. The unauthorized collection of food waste and the act of feeding it to dogs in the meat trade violates this regulation.
Excrement and resulting environmental damage produced as a by-product of the illegal dog meat farm violates 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 slaughtering dogs for human consumption violates the Animal Protection Act Article 8, Section 1, Clause 4. The act of slaughtering a dog without a 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 violates 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 violates 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 violates the 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. (Penalty: imprisonment with labor for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 100 million won per Article 45 of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act.)
The slaughter of dogs for consumption violates the Animal Protection Act, Article 10. The Act intends 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 slaughter process. 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 exclude 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 their consumption is allowed only for the livestock animals publicly announced as livestock classification in the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act and dogs are not classified here.
The display and sale of dog carcasses in traditional outdoor markets violate the Food Sanitation Act, Article 4, 5. Violation of laws banning the sale of harmful food due to the contamination from the 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, leading to severe and life-threatening health complications. There are also strict laws that ban the sale of meat from sick animals. Because there is no quality control or proper monitoring of slaughter practices in the dog meat trade, likely, these laws are routinely violated.
Dog meat restaurants’ sale of soup made with dog carcasses from an unknown source violates the Food Sanitation Act Article 44 Section 1 Clause 1. Uninspected livestock products must not be transported, stored, displayed, sold, or used to manufacture or process food for human consumption.
Please refer to the legal information regarding 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, which “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://chng.it/VqqgX9bd
The favor of your reply is requested.* Please respond to my petition in English and Korean using the Microsoft Word Document. The Hancom word processor program is not used outside Korea, and we cannot open Hancom’s .hwp file.
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대구광역시는 불법 개농장, 도축장, 시장, 보신탕집을 폐쇄하라!
전자청원: 대구광역시는 불법 개농장, 도축장, 시장, 보신탕집을 폐쇄하라!
https://chng.it/VqqgX9bd홍준표 대구광역시장님과 대구광역시의회 의원님들께 청원합니다.
우선 “대구 무참히 도살”이란 영상 (https://youtu.be/qdSnXw1sukQ)과 “대한의 육견인들 (https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY)”이라는 다큐멘터리를 참고로 봐주시기 바랍니다.
대구광역시는 개고기를 다루는 불법 개농장, 도살장, 시장, 보신탕집, 건강원을 단속하는 즉각적 조치를 취하기를 촉구합니다. 또한 한국정부, 경찰청, 사법기관이 아래와 같은 기존 한국법 시행을 요구하는 공식문서를 발급할 것을 요청합니다.
– 개의 사육단계에서 식용견 사료용으로 음식쓰레기를 무단처리하는 것은 폐기물 관리법 제 15조의 2, 제 25조 3항 위반입니다. 음식물쓰레기 배출자와 운반자들은 이 의무규정을 위반하고 개농장주에게 음식쓰레기를 제공하고 있습니다.
– 허가 없이 음식쓰레기를 수집/운반하여 개에게 급여하는것은 사료관리법 제 14조 1항 및 2항의 위반입니다.
– 불법으로 난립된 개농장에서 배출되는 분뇨로 인한 환경위해는가축분뇨법 제 11조의 위반입니다. 개농장의 배설물은 인근 지역 환경 피해를 유발합니다.
– 식용하기 위한 개도살은 동물보호법 제 8조 1항 4호의 위반입니다. 개도살은 수의학적 처치의 필요나 동물로 인한 사람의 생명, 신체, 재산의 피해를 입은 경우 같은 정당한 사유 없이 동물을 죽이는 행위로 명백한 법 위반 행위입니다.
– 전기감전으로 개를 도살하는 행위는 동물보호법 제 8조 1항 1호의 위반입니다. 도구, 약물 또는 열, 전기, 물을 이용한 상해 행위마저 법적 처벌의 대상인 만큼 당연히 상기 방법에 의한 도살 행위는 위법이며 특히 전기도살은 그 잔인함으로 인해 국제적으로 금지되고 있습니다.
– 무허가 도살장에서 개를 도살하는 행위는 축산물 위생관리법 제 7조 1항 위반입니다. 개는 축산물 위생관리법에서 규정한 ‘도살, 식육으로의 유통이 불가능’한 동물로서 허가받은 도살장이 존재할수가 없습니다. 따라서 개 도살장을 운영하는 공급업체는 법의 매개 변수를 벗어나 법을 위반하고 있는 것입니다.
– 자가소비를 목적으로 개를 도살하는 행위는 동물보호법 제 10조와 축산물 위생관리법 제 7조 1항 2호의 위반입니다. 모든 동물은 잔인한 방법으로 도살되어서는 안되는데, 개도살의 경우 인도적인 방법은 약물주사 외에는 없으므로 현재 한국에서 자행되는 모든 식용 목적 개도살은 잔인한 도살에 해당합니다. 축산물 위생관리법의 ‘자가소비를 위한 도살 허용’은 고시로 정한 축산물 위생관리법상 가축에 한하며 개는 해당사항이 없습니다.
– 재래시장에서 개의 지육을 전시/판매하는 행위는 식품위생법 제4, 5조의 위반입니다. 불결한 불법도축과 지육 전시과정에서의 오염으로 ‘위해식품 등의 판매금지’ 조항에 위배됩니다. 개의 지육이 병을 일으키는 미생물에 오염된 경우 인체의 건강을 해칠 우려가 있습니다. 또 유기견이나 개농장의 병든 개체가 도살돼 판매될 가능성을 배제하지 못하므로 ‘병든 동물의 고기 등의 판매금지’ 조항에 위배됩니다.
– 보신탕집에서 출처 불명의 개고기를 이용한 보신탕을 판매하는 행위는 식품위생법 제44, 1항 1호의 위반입니다. 검사를 받지 않은 축산물은 운반, 보관, 진열, 판매하거나 식품의 제조, 가공에 사용해서는 안됩니다.
동물권행동 카라의 개식용에 관한 법적 정보 “개식용 종식을 위한 법규 안내집이 발간되었습니다!”를 참조하십시오.
https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/7537정부의 무위가 가져온 파국 ‘개식용’, 무법이 아닌 불법인 이유:
사육: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/16556
도살: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/19677
유통, 판매: https://ekara.org/activity/against/read/19754미국 하원은 공식적으로 결의안 H.Res 401 “개와 고양이 식용산업을 종식시키고 모든 국가가 개와 고양이식용를 금지할 것을 촉구한다.”를 통과시켰습니다. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/401
대구광역시에서 자행되는 잔인한 개/고양이 식용산업에 대한 외신 보도가 대구광역시의 이미지를 크게 추락시키고 있습니다. 이 비극을 끝낼 때입니다! 대구광역시청의 회신을 요청드립니다.
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Das quälen von Tieren muss man fast schon als asiatische Krankheit bezeichnen. Obwohl es auch in allen anderen Ländern Grausamkeiten durch Menschen an anderen Tieren gibt, ist es in Asien besonders drastisch.
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.
This is cruel & ignorant behavior. All dog markets need to close and the countries that allow this horrendous activity to flourish should be boycotted.
This is a sick and disgusting tradition that reflects poorly on South Korea. It must end. Dogs are our best friends not our meals. Please stop this barbaric activity.
This must stop! Remember that CATS are also being brutally tortured (including cooking them alive in pressure cookers and other horrible acts). Please include a plea for the CATS in your letter to Korean officials and in your petitions! PLEASE!
This is cruel and wrong. There’s no excuse for these acts of brutality. I don’t buy anything, such as cars, Hyundai, Kia, made in South Korea until ALL the dog farms are closed and animals are respected and protected.
Hur kan människor vara så grymma mina tankar går till alla dessa oskyldiga djur som hamnar i detta barbariska industrier. Jag ber att de kommer få det de förtjänar alla dessa människor som blundar för det och de som vet. Jag hoppas de blir så sjuka att de får lida i helvetet. De förtjänar bara det värsta. Vad är det för värld de vill ha. De har blod på sina händer må de hamna i helvetet. Ännu en gång jag önska jag kunde hjälpa dessa djur från dessa länder som saknar medkänsla och empati. Må de brinna.
Outrageous behaviour
Disgusting
I feel sorry for the animal Kingdom. Having to deal with this deplorable species.
Is so desumane what people do to animals.
They only want a home…peace…with some1 who loves them…and people do this…no words…only tears…
please help, all dogs and cats, they are living beings, they feel like us humans. Please help, save them!
Help the dogs and cats, end this barbaric torture , they are sentient creatures, shut down all farms, slaughterhouses and markets, save them there pets.
Wonder how many of you eat meat? Do you think of the cruelty the animal has endured? Has that stopped you eating meat? Probably not, as you see cows, sheep’s, pigs, and chicken as farm animals for food only, so you cannot point fingers at others, and get upset with them, because you think eating dogs and cats is wrong because you view them as pets. I do not eat any living creatures, as I see all animals on the same level, but not everyone is like me. These animals to these people are food. Eating any animal is wrong, because they all suffer, and it is very cruel. We can and do survive without eating any animal.
WORD!
There is no excuse.
There are alternatives, we all must say NO to taking lifes one after toher, day after day.
Always Vegan.
Stop cruelty.
This is the most atrocious act ever!!! animals cannot be treated this way. Nobody has the right to torture and eat them because they don’t belong to us and even if they did, this is no way to treat any living being. This is not humane and we must not only act as people, but as humans who are intelligent enough to know right from wrong and be empathic. We must always put ourselves in the place of the others and ask ourselves: “Is this the way I´d like to be treated?” This is just wrong plain and simple.
We must educate people so that we can eventually get rid of this vile practice…😪
Why does this barbarism still exist? It’s all so heartbreaking and sickening to know this is happening. The butchers are just heartless and uncaring horrible people. Why can’t they see the fear and hopelessness in the eyes of these poor souls that have endured torture since the day they were born. So very sad.
Total shame on the countries who continue this barbaric and horrific practice on beautiful animals. You will be judged. Karma
Arrêtons cette barbarie sadique!!
Once again, Korea and China showing the world the extent of their barbarism.
It is illegal and barbaric what you are allowing to happen in your Country. Dogs and Cats were not put on this earth to be tortured and abused. It is Cruel and Brutal. Dogs and Cats are loved throughout the World. People treat Dogs and Cats as there pets at home these Animals bring joy and happiness to families World wide. Please end this illegal act of brutality and torture to innocent Animals.
Filed petition on E-People.
these are living beings just like humans !!! help and stop the cruel torture and killing, stop this terrible evil !!!
You the Korean Government you should use your Power to stop this misery and cruelty to helpless Animals. We are living in the 21st century and this cruelty to animals has to stop NOW. Those that are involved in the brutal murder of defenceless animals should be prosecuted and imprisoned for there act of cruelty to animals. Dogs and Cats are loved throughout the World they bring pleasure to people they are treated with kindness and Respect there lives matter too. End this unnecceary killing of innocent animals. STOP it now.
STOP depraved HORROR to Dogs and Cats — KILL your absurd, superstitious MINDSET — we have enough options on our plates – SHUT DOWN all DOG MEAT farms, slaughterhouses & markets — I give your footage “thumbs up” showing appreciation for bringing this HORROR to light — I am FOR protection of Dogs and Cats — I am vehemently against the depraved brutality, sadistic abuse to Animals — we have enough food and options on our Menus — STOP KILLING Dogs and Cats.
please stop this terrible torture and suffering !!! they are living beings, they feel stress and pain just like humans !!! don’t let more horrors on them !!! help please !!!!!
How long will this killing go on for theses poor innocent creatures? They are suppose to be man’s best friend NOT an edible consumption for human’s.
YOU DEMONS WILL ANSWER TO A HIGHER POWER
The consumption of cat and dog meat is totally and utterly unacceptable. It is wicked! Cats and dogs are and always have been our family members! You would not eat your mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter – would you? Or would you? Please shut down all legal and illegal dog and cat meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!