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Behind the glitzy veneer of Seocho, a district within Seoul, noted for its first class cafes, smart hotels and fancy restaurants, the dog meat trade carries on with its shameful work: it’s business as usual. And, business in this brutal trade means that dogs, which have been tortured throughout their short lives, end up being slaughtered in unimaginable ways – they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten to a pulp, and often the still living animal is thrown into boiling water – it is not hidden, it goes on in broad daylight.

All this suffering is carried out to satisfy the high demand for dog-meat and dog products, such as those sold in ‘health shops’, for example elixirs, known as dog-soju – a product not confined to dogs, but made out of cat-meat too (no different treatment for those animals). And to put into perspective the scale of this aberrance, a simple search on the most popular Korean search engine, called Naver, will bring up: health food centers: 130 listings; dog-meat restaurants: 56 listing – listed for in the vicinity of Seocho District. No glitz, no glamour here, just mass suffering, on a mass scale, in who-knows how many dog farms and slaughterhouses supplying these hell holes.
Speak out against the Seoul Seocho District’s horrendous cruelty and shameful indifference TODAY!

Click HERE to take action.
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Click HERE to take action on Sister City Campaign for Seoul.

‘Makbok’, the 3rd of three ‘Boknal’ (Dog days of summer when the dog consumption peaks in Korea) is August 16.  Please join the animal rights activists worldwide in voicing our disgust at the South Korean government’s indifference in allowing this senseless barbaric trade to continue and help us raise awareness about the horrendous suffering inflicted upon our best and most loyal friends – the dogs and cats with whom we share our homes and our lives. 

San Francisco, US – August 13, Saturday
Leafleting and Informational Event on South Korean Dog Meat Trade
Click HERE for Facebook Event.

New York, US – August 16, Tuesday
International Day of Action for South Korean Dogs and Cats (Day 3). 
Organized by The Animals’ Battalion.
Click HERE for Facebook Event.
Click HERE to see videos from the July 27 (Day 2) Demonstration.

Phone Blitz in solidarity with the Animals’ Battalion’s Boknal Demonstration in New York
Click HERE to take action.

Photo: New York, South Korean Consulate General, International Day of Action for South Korean Dogs and Cats (Day 2) – July 27, 2016 Organized by The Animals’ Battalion.