“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” ― Desmond Tutu

Dear Management of Hyundai/Kia,

In S. Korea, 2.5 million dogs and thousands of cats are tortured and slaughtered each year to fuel the $2 billion illegal dog and cat meat industry, a trade that has neither been officially recognized nor accepted by the Korean Government nor the EU.

Bishop Desmond Tutu said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

Today, we urge you to choose the side of the oppressed and take your position to help ban the barbaric and inhumane dog torture and consumption in S. Korea!

If you want to export your products and services to the rest of the world and showcase the best of Korea, then please respect our wishes and do your part to end this madness that is going on in your country. Make it your company’s policy to encourage employees not to eat dog meat and fuel the pockets of these criminals. Lobby your government to enact an enforceable animal protection law that abolishes this abomination once and for all. In doing so, you will gain the respect of the youth and the understanding of your customers, currently horrified by these atrocities.

It’s 2012! If it was North Korea, one could try to understand, realizing that people are dying of starvation in that backward society. However, South Korea is flourishing, and consumers have food and choice. South Korea has a wide variety of cuisines, and the West can not understand why you continue to choose not just to eat but to torture companion animals who have served us so faithfully over thousands of years. The United Kingdom recently welcomed South Korea in London, and your Paralympians had their faithful guide dogs by their side. The world showed you acceptance and respect, only now to finally discover the very country they are trading with is a nation void of any compassion. Knowing that you are eating not just “farmed animals” but even former pets is incomprehensible to us, your customers. To realize you disregard markets where slaughter takes place in full view of mothers and children fills us with horror. To know you boil and burn dogs alive fills our children with fear. This is your message to your current and future trading partners. If you can not show compassion, consider the economics, tourism, and future World Events. There will be boycotts. There will be a significant outcry. There will be sanctions.

You still have time to act and make a difference. Do not allow this illegal industry to tarnish your company image and good name. Make S. Korea Proud—make the Change Now. Don’t let this be your legacy. Don’t let this be your legacy.

Sincerely,

KoreanDogs.org

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