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80% of Koreans Favor Adoption of Abandoned Animals
Translation of Korean news: http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1001448064 A survey result just released indicates a big increase in opinion that favors adoption of abandoned animals as pets. Based on a survey conducted last September 10-23 targeting 2,000 adult men and women by Korea Socio-economic Research Center commissioned by …
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Controversy over the maintenance of dog meat vendors at Moran market in Seongnam-city (The largest dog meat market in the country). Seven interdepartmental joint enforcement….Vendors backlash ‘threat to their livelihoods’.
Translation of news :http://media.daum.net/politics/administration/newsview?newsid=20120822102611827 Vendors are up in arms as Seongnam-city in Gyeonggido-province launches a broad-scale maintenance of dog meat vendors at Moran Market. Since July 5, Seongnam-city began an investigation of dog slaughter and sales conditions at the Moran Market area (Joongwon-gu, Seongnam-dong) and …
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KARA released a research report for the dog meat industry fact finding and prohibition measures
KARA’s Report-Full Version in Korean KARA’s Report-Summary Version in Korean Here are some information from the report: Status of Dog Breeds Utilized in Dog Meat Industry Based on the S. Korea’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ statistical yearbook, in 2011, 1.7 million dogs …
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Pet adoption center plans to open early next month in Seoul
Translation of News: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/08/16/2012081600001.html?Dep0=twitter Pet adoption center plans to open early next month. Through a reorganization initiative, Seoul Metropolitan government is preparing to change the animal related words being used and to build an animal protection shelter. This follows their recent creation of Animal Welfare …
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Notorious Moran market in limbo
Translation of KBS News: http://news.kbs.co.kr/society/2012/03/18/2451655.html Seongnam-city (Gyeonggido-province)’s Moran market, the nation’s largest 5 day traditional outdoor markets, is on the crisis of being disappearing. Merchants who has been conducting business in this market for close to 50 years are having hard time not able to …
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“Koreans! Don’t eat dog meat!” … Protests from all around the world
Translation of S. Korean JTBC News: http://news.jtbc.co.kr/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB10150004 Watch the news video here. More information on Animal Welfare Institute here. Yesterday (August 7) was Malbok. This is a day the sale of boshintang(dog meat soup) surge. On this day, protests against S. Korea’s dog meat consumption …
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Aug. 7, 12 International Day of Action For The South Korean Dogs and Cats Around The World
Annual “International Day of Action For The South Korean Dogs and Cats” events were held on August 7, 2012 (“Malbok” meaning “dog days of summer” in S. Korea when the sale of dog meat is at its peak) around the world. Check out the news …
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‘Blood dripping’ from slaughtered dogs… Daegu’s Chilsung market’s ‘Dog meat alley’
Translation of Korean News: http://www.imaeil.com/sub_news/sub_news_view.php?news_id=43032&yy=2012 Cut up pieces kept at room temperature, food poisoning risk in this hot weather Afternoon of July 19, North Daegu’s Chilsung market also known as ‘Dog meat alley’. In a scorching heat exceeding 30 ℃, the butchered dog meat are …
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‘The dog truck’ not guilty? … people’s backlash diffusing online
NEW PETITION! SIGN AND SHARE, PLEASE! Jeju Island of S. Korea! Punish the “Dog Truck from Hell” and ban the dog meat trade! 잔인한 악습, 개식용은 이제그만! Translation of news: http://www.headlinejeju.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=155872 ‘개 장수 트럭’은 무죄?…네티즌 반발 확산 ‘The dog truck’ not guilty? … people’s backlash …
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[Urgent] S. Koreans: Do you know anyone of these dogs? Dog truck transported on a cruise ship from Jeju to Mokpo
NEW PETITION! SIGN AND SHARE, PLEASE! Jeju Island of S. Korea! Punish the “Dog Truck from Hell” and ban the dog meat trade! 잔인한 악습, 개식용은 이제그만! [긴급] 이 개들의 주인 안계신가요? 정황상 제주도에서 개들을 훔쳐 나가는 트럭인것 같지만, 피해자가 없는 이상 조사가 쉽지 않다고 …
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Chobok in S. Korea – Unsanitary Dog Slaughterhouses
Translation of Korean News: http://news.tv.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/07/17/2012071702338.html “비위생적인 개 도축장” Tomorrow is Chobok (first of 3 dog eating days of summer) and a lot of people will be looking for health foods. But you should be careful about eating dog meat soup. We found the condition of …
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Site of illegal dog slaughtering on a hillside in Goyang-city
Translation of Korean News: http://news.donga.com/3/all/20120710/47648257/1 “바닥엔 털 뽑힌 개… 도축후 바로 솥에 삶아” Click here for photos! Dogs on the ground with fur removed…boiled in a pot immediately after slaughter There were already 3 dogs with their fur removed on the ground. A white dog …
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