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Mayor of Seoul vows to Shut down Dog Meat Slaughterhouses

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Kind hearted Seoul Mayor Pak Won soon announced his compassionate pledge to audience members at a cinema, shortly after watching an animated film called Underdog, which was about abandoned dogs. He went onto tell that audience members that over 8,000 stray dogs were abandoned in Seoul every year, and he vowed to do more.

With regard to dog eating, he said he had already shut down most of the butchers and slaughter houses in the city, but there were still a few remaining, the Korea Times reported.

Having a caring Mayor like Park Won-soon gives us all hope, that good will eventually prevail over evil.  With a background in human rights, he is such a wonderful man that he has also been speaking about animal rights for decades, although back then people condemned him for it, because they said human rights were more important.

Our wonderful Korean activist friends CCSOGAN have been campaigning in the city for the last few years, with demonstrations at markets, petition signing at their information stall and engaging the public with awareness leaflets.  They even have an awareness advert on taxis with our logo and theirs, that our kind supporters helped pay for.  All of this hard work and activism leads to this great piece of news today. And shows us why we must keep on going.   

If you can continue to help the work of activists such as CCSOGAN and others in Asia whom we help with their campaigns, please donate a small amount which helps them with their work.

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PyeongChang Olympics Dog Meat Concerns

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SOCHI, RUSSIA – JANUARY 31: a stray dog walks in the Rosa Khutor Mountain Cluster village ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on January 31, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

On February 9th 2018  the Winter Olympics will open in PyeongChang, South Korea and run till February 25th. This means thousands of people from all over the word with visit the capital. Despite concerted action of activists participants will not choose animal welfare over sport and boycott this event. Our hope now is by lobbying them athletes who are attending they will speak out against the dog meat trade.

At the previous South Korean Olympics in 1988 the government ordered a  temporary closure of restaurants leading people to believe very few people actually eat dog meat.  This time  however they have not intervened.  is not as easy for them to whitewash over the truth since any google search of dog meat and Korea paints a very different story.

There had been a plan by local councils to give grants to restaurants who would remove the word dog meat from restaurant signage as well as images and even though we were told this plan had been pushed back many restaurants have removed the word anyway. This means tourists are likely to choose and eat dog meat without really knowing.

Our activist partners GAON who we worked with to help ban live slaughter of dogs at Moran Market will be holding a protest on February 9th as close to the open ceremony as they can.

We will be holding our own awareness event in Central London on February 10th.  For more information on this please follow our social media pages.

GAON ( Dasom) have now taken their work to the field investigating and forcing closure through legal loopholes to dog farms and we continue to support them both financially and also through our network.

In the UK we have a new Minister for Asia, Mark Field, and whilst we were disappointed he was told it is just a few elderly people who still consume dog meat he will continue to push our concerns forward both in Korea and in China on his next official visits.

President Moon Jae-In owns a rescued dog himself and whilst he will not go so far as to say it wrong to eat dog meat he has been advocating more dog socialization parks and encouraging animal welfare provisions to be implemented. In fact animal welfare formed part of his presidential campaign. Having an ‘ official’ dog in his official residence sends out a message that change is needed. Unfortunately though education still needs to happen in Korea so that people recognise there is no distinction between ‘ meat dog’s’ and pets.

Please follow us on FB to see what letter writing campaigns you can take part in and please donate so we can fund this important work.  This is a real opportunity to make a difference.

 

NoToDogMeat is Helping Activists and Rescuers in South Korea Please Donate

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dogs caged at Moran meat market Seongnam

For the last three years NoToDogMeat has been helping grassroots activists in
South Korea, China and Indonesia. We believe such activists will be the main engine for change in these countries and are encouraged to see the passion and dedication of an emerging number of such people.

Your donations to NoToDogMeat have been helping to :

  • provide education and campaign material
  • push for animal welfare laws and close legal loopholes
  • lobby on their behalf in Governments
  • facilitate rescue and rehoming of dogs saved from the cruel meat trade

In 2012 we started a petition to close the gruesome Moran Meat Market
in South Korea and in 2013 our official letter was presented to President Park Geun-hye during her state visit to London. In 2015 the issue of the dog meat tradewas debated in UK parliament and our charity officially thanked for its work.

Last year donors generously donated to help further our work in South Korea

Here is how some of the money has been spent in just the last few weeks:

  • regular street stall campaigning in Seoul with our local partners at Cheongnyangni Station Square
  • visits to Moran market in Seongnam to investigate the cruelty and slaughter, gain footage and speak directly to traders
  • setting up a stray cat feeding point and organising a trap, neuter and release program for them
  • rescuing four dogs needing urgent medical treatment.

Activists rescued the four dogs because they touched their hearts. The two bigger dogs Sun and Taesan were bought from a farm and the two smaller dogs were intercepted after they been stolen from the streets for slaughter. These two have tested positive for Corona virus which can be expensive to treat depending on the progress of the disease – around $100 depending on the progress of the disease. All four dogs have had rabies vaccinations but are not yet microchipped. We are appealing for donations to fund medical treatment of these two pairs of brothers and re-home them. The aftercare of dogs rescued from the meat trade can be protracted – often they need veterinary treatment and to be cared for and then there is a lengthy process in bringing them to their destination and costs in travel. The adoption process takes approximately one month to the US and up to four months to Europe. We are appealing for adopters from the US preferably given the shorter process. Cages for transport can be around $100, up to $1000 for two to fly to US £2000 for Europe. If you possibly can, please donate via the donate button at the top right hand of this page. If you think you could adopt any of these dogs please contact us via legal@notodogmeat.com.

 

We will be providing continued regular support in the months leading up to Bok Nal and are supporting other activists who are protesting the new cloning facility.

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