Amidst the Inferno: Junior Dogs Found and Rescued, Clinging to Each Other🐾🐾
As of April 3, 2025, the devastating wildfires in southeastern South Korea have been fully contained, after igniting on March 21 and claiming at least 31 lives while destroying thousands of homes, agricultural facilities, and other structures. Amid the destruction, countless dogs—chained, caged, and helpless—were left behind, burning alive as their human companions fled to safety. This horrific abandonment represents a cruel betrayal of the animals’ unwavering loyalty, highlighting a profound moral failure. This tragedy calls for immediate change, urging South Korea to prioritize the humane treatment of animals and ensure such devastating events are prevented in the future.
Below is a message from Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE). CARE is on the front lines, working relentlessly to rescue dogs caught in the aftermath of these horrific fires. Their efforts are a beacon of hope in this tragedy. Please consider making a donation to support CARE’s vital work. Your generosity will directly enable them to save more lives, provide essential medical care to suffering animals, and fight for lasting change to end such cruelty.
Even burned and blinded by the wildfire, the brother remained steadfastly by his side. This unbreakable bond was crucial in helping the junior dogs survive the fire’s cruelty.
This is the tragic story of junior dogs who escaped a burning dog farm and, inseparable, endured ten days near death from starvation.
“You’ll be okay, baby. I’m sorry, you’ll be okay. Let’s go now.”
“Yeah… you were relying on each other…”
When CARE found them, the skeletal junior dogs were shivering, their bodies intertwined. One was facially unrecognizable due to horrific burns, while the other, blinded by burns but less physically harmed, stayed resolutely by his side. For ten days following their escape from the burning farm, they had starved, seeking support against trees. Hunger and burns had brought them to the edge of survival.
CARE’s arrival offered salvation. Daegyeon, less severely burned, could have fled but remained with Daebom, protectively covering his burned brother.
Daebom, robbed of his sight by the fire, owed his survival to Daegyeon’s unwavering loyalty. CARE rescued them both, along with a young pup found alive in a cage within the ruins – a pup who would have faced the horrific fate of being slaughtered for meat without intervention. They were survivors of a dog farm where roughly 700 other caged dogs burned to death.
CARE urgently transported the three severely burned dogs to Cheongju and Seoul for critical, months-long specialized care. Yieum Animal Hospital in Cheongju will generously sponsor Daebom’s extensive burn treatment. Daegyeon and the pup will be cared for by CARE.
As large mixed-breed dogs, their adoption will present challenges, but CARE is dedicated to their full recovery and well-being. Please support these incredible survivors by becoming a regular sponsor. They are a testament to resilience amidst the tragedy of a dog farm where 700 others perished in the fire, unable to escape. CARE’s persistent efforts on the ground ensured these junior dogs found a path to a new life. For 25 years, CARE’s integrity in using donations has been recognized by South Korea’s Ministry of Justice, as well as its citizens and communities.
💗🐾🙏 In addition to these recent rescues, CARE provides a sanctuary for 800 dogs at their shelters, all rescued from the horrors of dog meat farms and puppy mills. Your donation will support CARE’s vital mission to end the dog meat trade and animal cruelty in South Korea, and will directly assist with the medical care, fostering, and overseas adoption of these deserving dogs.
You can make a one-time or monthly donation via PayPal. 👉 https://animalrights.or.kr/pages/paypal.php
Thank you for your support! 💙
💗 To donate to Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE), the best option is to contribute directly to them. However, we have set up a GoFundMe page for those who prefer an alternative where you can donate and share with your friends and family. Rest assured, 100% of the funds raised on GoFundMe will be donated to CARE. (South Korea is not on the list of Countries supported on GoFundMe, so KoreanDogs.org is raising money for CARE instead.) 👉 GoFundMe Link: https://gofund.me/d483838d
Call for Action
👉 🔥Call for Action: No More Burned Dogs!🔥 Help Forest Fire Victims Find Hope.
👉 ⛓️💥 Break the Chains ⛓️💥 A Call to End the Cruelty of Tethering Dogs in South Korea
Video: 700 dogs were burned alive and perished in raised wire cages at a dog farm in Andong, South Korea. 4/3/2025.
CARE’s Post in Korean:
산불 화상에 앞 못 보는 형제를 떠나지 않고 지켰다. [화상에도 의리 지킨 주니어 누렁이들]
산불에 타던 개농장 탈출 후 서로 곁에서 지키며 10일간 굶어 죽어간 주니어 누렁이들의 이야기입니다.
“ 아가, 괜찮아. 미안해, 괜찮아. 이제 가자. ” “ 그래…그렇게 서로 의지하고 있었구나..” 케어가 도착했을 때 뼈가 앙상하게 드러난 주니어 누렁이들은 벌벌 떨며 사로의 몸을 포갠 채 바짝 엎드려 있었습니다. 한 아이는 얼굴의 형체가 사라질 정도로 심하게 불에 탔고 한 아이는 그에 비해 덜 다친 듯 했지만 얼굴이 타서 앞이 보이지 않는 누렁이 형제를 떠나지 않았습니다. 산불이 난 지 10일 후. 불에 탄 개농장을 탈출한 후 나무에 몸을 의지한 채 10일간 굶은 것입니다. 굶주림과 화상으로 죽음의 사투를 벌이고 있던 어린 누렁이들은 케어에 의해 극적으로 발견되었습니다.
케어가 도착했을 때 비교적 화상을 덜 입은 대견이는 충분히 달아날 수 있었지만 어쩐 일인지 대범이 옆을 떠나지 않았습니다. 마치 지켜주려는 듯 자신의 몸으로 불에 탄 형제를 감싸주고 있었습니다. 화상으로 눈이 보이지 않는 대범이는 대견이가 없었다면 견디지 못했을 것입니다. 케어는 대범이와 대견이, 그리고 개농장 안에 여전히 남아 숨을 쉬고 있던 어린 누렁이 ‘아기’를 모두 구조하였습니다. 뜬장 안에 있던 아기는 그곳에서 케어에 발견되지 않았다면 도로 개고기의 운명이 되었을 것입니다. 케어는 극심한 화상으로 비명을 지르는 이들 누렁이 3명을 어제 청주와 서울로 달려가 응급치료 중입니다.
수개월간 고도의 전문성을 필요로 하는 치료들입니다. 매우 위중한 대범이의 화상치료는 이음동물병원 청주점에서 전액 치료 후원해 주시기로 했습니다. 그리고 대견이와 아기는 케어에서 치료합니다. 대범이와 대견이, 아기는 누렁이라서 입양이 참 어렵습니다. 케어가 치료와 돌봄을 정성껏 할 수 있도록 이들과 함께 해주세요. 700명이 불 타 죽은 개농장에서 살아남은 누렁이 아기들의 정기후원자로 함께 해주세요. 💥끝까지 현장에 남아 수색을 계속하는 케어에 의해 누렁이 주니어들은 결국 새 삶을 찾게 되었습니다.
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Dear God in heaven. My my heart and soul are broken,for the pain and suffering these precious, life long loving companions bring to us my heart can’t take the pain they never should have gone through.