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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 Seoul Gwangjin-gu, there are countless markets and restaurants, where there are dogs suffering, they are tortured their entire lives and 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, the meat is then sold to consumers. Many of these dogs are abandoned and stolen former pets, and they end up in the dog meat industry, these dogs are subjected to the same cruelty.

Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea

Video: South Korea’s horrific dog slaughter. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE)

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Seoul Gwangjin-gu’s dog meat demand.

Two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called “Health Food Shops” 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”: 68 Health Food Shops; and 54 dog meat restaurants in and around Seoul Gwangjin-gu.

Even if half of these ‘Health’ Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, just imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in and around Seoul Gwangjin-gu in order to supply all of these outlets.

There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption yet these laws are blatantly ignored.

Call for Action

• Click HERE to file petition with the South Korean government through e-People online. (You can use our “Suggested message” below or your own words.)
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• Send emails to the Seoul Gwangjin-gu Council members:
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• Send emails to the Seoul Metropolitan Council members:

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• Send letter:
  District Mayor Kim Sun-Gab
  Seoul Gwangjin-gu Government
  117 Jayang-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
  Postal Code 05026
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  서울광진구 김선갑구청장님
  서울광진구청
  (05026) 서울특별시 광진구 자양로 117
  South Korea

  Seoul Gwangjin-gu Council
  76 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
  Postal Code 05065
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  서울광진구의회
  (05065) 서울특별시 광진구 능동로76
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook pages:
  Seoul Gwangjin-gu
  Seoul Gwangjin-gu Mayor

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  Suggested message

  Subject: Seoul Gwangjin-gu, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants.

  Petition: https://www.change.org/p/gwangjin-gu-district-mayor-kim-sun-gab-seoul-gwangjin-gu-korea-shut-down-the-illegal-dog-meat-farms-markets-and-restaurants

  Dear District Mayor Kim Sun-Gab and the Seoul Gwangjin-gu Council members,

  We ask that you please watch this: “The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea” https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY.

  We ask you to take immediate action to crack down on the illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants that serve dog meat in your district. We request that an official document be issued, mandating that the following existing Korean laws be enforced by its government officials, police and judges:

  Unauthorized processing of food waste fed to dogs in the meat trade is a violation of 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 is a violation of the Control of Livestock and Fish Feed Act, Article 14, Section 1 & 2. Unauthorized collection of food waste and the act of feeding it to dogs in the meat trade is in violation of this regulation.

  Excrement and resulting environmental damage produced as a by-product of the illegal dog meat farm is a violation of 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 the slaughtering of dogs for human consumption is a violation of the Animal Protection Act Article 8, Section 1, Clause 4. The act of the slaughtering of a dog, without 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 is a violation of 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 is in violation of 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 is a violation of 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.

  The slaughter of dogs for his/her own consumption is a violation of the Animal Protection Act, Article 10. The intent of the Act is 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 process of slaughter. 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 excludes 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 his/her own consumption is allowed only for the livestock animals that are publically announced as classification of livestock in the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act and dogs are not classified here.

  The display and sale of dog carcasses in traditional outdoor markets is a violation of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 4, 5. Violation of laws banning the sale of harmful food due to the contamination from 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; this can lead to serious and life threatening health complications. There are also strict laws that ban the sale of meat from sick animals, due to the fact that there is no quality control or formal monitoring of slaughter practices in the dog meat trade it is very likely that violation of these laws is happening routinely.

  Dog meat restaurants’ sale of dog meat soup made with dog carcasses from an unknown source is a violation of Food Sanitation Act Article 44 Section 1 Clause 1. Uninspected livestock products must not be transported, stored, displayed, sold or used for manufacturing or processing of food for human consumption.

  Please refer to the legal information regarding the 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, “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 district’s image. An online petition calling for your immediate action to end the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://www.change.org/p/gwangjin-gu-district-mayor-kim-sun-gab-seoul-gwangjin-gu-korea-shut-down-the-illegal-dog-meat-farms-markets-and-restaurants

  The time to end this tragedy is now. The favor of your reply is requested.

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Send a Twitter message!

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  .@gwangjingu .@seoulmania .@wonsoonpark @seoulcouncil Seoul Gwangjin-gu, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets and restaurants. https://www.change.org/p/gwangjin-gu-district-mayor-kim-sun-gab-seoul-gwangjin-gu-korea-shut-down-the-illegal-dog-meat-farms-markets-and-restaurants