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Gimcheon, South Korea, Shut down illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants.

Campaign updated on 12/11/2022.

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 Gimcheon, there are numerous 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.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Gimcheon’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 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.”

The searches resulted in dozens of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Gimcheon.

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 Gimcheon 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

  1. Susan Reilly
    Susan ReillyNovember 19,18

    U eat sick poisoned stressed animals

  2. Anne-Mari Gavin
    Anne-Mari GavinJuly 19,20

    ALL YOU ANIMAL ABUSERS. YOUR TIME FOR ENDLESS SCREAMING AND SUFFERING COMES WHEN YOU WILL BE CAST IN A POOL OF FIRE FOR ABUSING GODS ANIMALS. HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO US IS CLEAR IN THE BIBLE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE AND RESPECT ALL HIS CREATURES AND CREATIIONS. HE WILL FOR SURE MAKE YOU PAY THE PRICE FOR DISRESPECTING HIM THE CREATOR OF ALL!!!!!

  3. Dagmar Grabner
    Dagmar GrabnerJuly 20,20

    Stop killings dogs and cats!!!!!!!!!

  4. Dana Orságová
    Dana OrságováJanuary 24,21

    free these dogs and other animals from this suffering !! stop torture and killing !! help! help!

  5. Dee Froom
    Dee FroomJanuary 24,21

    You are a totally uncivilised nation who flout basic laws for your own sick gratification. In the UK, animals are protected and it is a criminal offence to neglect or abuse them. We have rules for the welfare of food animals which ensure they experience no pain or fear at death. You should be ashamed of yourselves

  6. Andrew Williams
    Andrew WilliamsJanuary 25,21

    South Korea is a DISGRACE TO THE HUMAN RACE treat animals with respect

  7. caterina roseo
    caterina roseoJanuary 25,21

    Frankly, I don’t understand …if the consumption of dog’s meat is against the law in your country, so why you, mostly Korean people, do not denounce who should the law made be respected? The issue is not to ask as a favour to close the dog farms, these are completely out of the law!
    Do you have a judiciary that can investigate and act by law and convict those who are clearly not doing their duty? Probably somebody in Guncheon and other cities is responsible and is corrupted and is receiving money just not to see what it is evident. Report, report to the police those responsible! Appeals to politicians’ goodness are of no use. Those responsibles must be afraid of being prosecuted and losing their jobs! Koreans, wake up!

  8. caterina roseo
    caterina roseoJanuary 25,21

    Dee Froom, don’t be offensive, besides you are not probably well informed about what is life and death in the animal farms, also in UK. I suggest you one of several footages and films like ‘Dominion’ (you easily find on Youtube ..integral edition). Most world’s animals are not respected still today, principally because humanity eat too much meat and dairy products

  9. Lilia Birleson
    Lilia BirlesonAugust 18,21

    Save these poor helpless Animals NOW.
    This is illegal and barbaric.
    Those that are involved in the brutal murder of defenceless animals should be prosecuted and imprisoned for there act of cruelty to animals. Shut down these illegal farms Now. Save these poor helpless Animals.

  10. valquiria costa
    valquiria costaAugust 18,21

    por favor parem com essa matança … isso acontece em muitos lugares ..é desumano ..cruel …

  11. MICHAEL
    MICHAELAugust 18,21

    ALL INVOLVED HARMING THESE ANIMALS, NEED TO BE MISTREATED AS WELL. JUST BECAUSE ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS EXIST, EXECUTION OF THESE LAWS MEAN NOTHING WHEN, MISTREATMENT EXISTS TO THESE ANIMALS.

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