Our respect and congratulations go out to ‘Korean Dogs’ and to ‘Korean Animal Rights’ (KARA) and also ‘HSI’ for their tenacity in fighting this issue. As we know with live exports (UK); it can take a long time to achieve victory – rewards don’t get delivered on a plate; they have to be fought for sometimes over many years. But as here, good wins over evil !
I can hear some people saying ”yes, but a 3 year phase out period ?” – 3 years too long as far as I am personally concerned; but now we have a completion date, something which has eluded campaigners for so long. Also, as in the BBC report, ne dog farmer, Joo Yeong-bong, told the BBC the industry was in despair. Great ! – personally I think and hope that very quickly the industry will realise it is now heading towards history books and will quickly take the government money on offer, stop the dog farming, and move to basic traditional farming or something else. I personally think this is the most wonderful news for all the South Korean (and other international) campaigners who have battled for so many years. Thanks also must go to the current South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee who are both are known animal lovers, having 6 dogs themselves. First Lady Kim has called for the practice of eating dogs to end. Now we are witnessing it happen !
Once again, congratulation to ‘Korean Dogs’, ‘KARA’ and ‘HSI’; EVERYONE ! for all their long work and providing the evidence of suffering.
Regards Mark
The ‘Korean Dogs’ action header and photos provided by KARA of dog meat farms suffering:
The slaughter and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in South Korea after MPs backed a new law.
The legislation, set to come into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries-old practice of humans eating dog meat.
Dog meat stew, called “boshintang”, is considered a delicacy among some older South Koreans, but the meat has fallen out of favour with diners and is no longer popular with young people.
Farmers and restaurant owners have three years to find alternative sources of employment and income before the legislation comes into force.
According to government statistics, South Korea had around 1,600 dog meat restaurants and 1,150 dog farms in 2023, all of which will now have to submit a plan to phase out their businesses to their local authorities.
Animal rights groups, which have long been pushing for the ban, praised the outcome of Tuesday’s vote.
Jung Ah Chae, the executive director of the Humane Society in Korea, said she was surprised to see the ban in her lifetime. “While my heart breaks for all the millions of dogs for whom this change has come too late, I am overjoyed that South Korea can now close this miserable chapter in our history and embrace a dog friendly future,” she said.
One dog farmer, Joo Yeong-bong, told the BBC the industry was in despair.
Select any embassy – then click on the box which says ‘Create E Mail’.
Once you do this you should see an e mail addressed to ‘that’ particular embassy; along with a letter. OR USE THE NEW ONE BELOW – but everything else is the same
You can add your name and country at the end if you wish.
Then just send the e mail in the normal way.
Job Done – but don’t forget to select as many embassies individually as you can
I should, respectfully, like to draw your urgent attention to a number of Online groups in China who have succeeded, and continue to do so, in drawing China’s international reputation in the dirt.
These individuals – Chinese citizens – have been found out to brutally torture and kill cats, recording these heinous perverted acts, and distributing/selling them online, on platforms such as Telegram, Twitter, TikTok, and CloudFlare.
Some of these individuals are known by name: Wang Chaoyi, Zhong Jiaqing, Li Yizhuo, “Jack Latiao” Xu Zhi Huie, Yi Liu and others.
These acts include killing kittens/adult cats in blenders, microwaves, dissecting pregnant cats, burning alive, mutilating, scalping, often as part of live torture championships with a large number of equally disturbed participants.
This begs the question, of course, what is wrong in Chinese society for it to produce such monsters.
Unfortunately, China has no animal welfare legislation to be applied in these crimimal acts against defenseless living beings. It goes unpunished, and if anything happens at all, then efforts are undertaken to hush up the issue, and make sure it doesn’t become public. Protests, as a rule, are forbidden.
This is UNWORTHY of a country and society that sees itself as modern, and wishes to be taken seriously internationally as a leader. There is far more to this than economic success.
We, an international community working on the issue, call for the urgent PUNISHMENT of the perpetrators and for the establishment of ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS in China.
China cannot, we believe, wish to be seen as an outcast of civilized and enlightened society in the 21st century – this cannot go on, nor be in China’s interests internationally and in the pursuit of productive cooperation with other countries, the majority of whom see the described acts of certain of your citizens as the criminal perversions of highly disturbed individuals, who have no place in modern society, and must be “removed” and punished accordingly, also for reasons of deterring others pot. following their example.
I, and we, expect you to act.
This will continued to be monitored very closely, and and a great many individuals and organisations internationally are involved. It will be neither forgotten nor forgiven.
For Evidence: Child abuse, fraud, extortion, money laundering, anti-government activities, and illicit gains through these hideous videos. Dossiers: https://is.gd/CRIMES
Response To Diana from Animals Asia who have also been contacted about this;
Dear Diana and Mark,
Thank you for your email and for your efforts to stop this horrific abuse against cats. Unfortunately, animal cruelty content on social media is becoming an ever-increasing problem and it’s important we all work together to help bring it to an end.
In May 2020, the Asia for Animals Coalition – of which Animals Asia is proud to be a founding member formed the Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) with the aim of bringing organizations together to get a handle on the situation of animal cruelty content being promoted, shared and often monetized on social media platforms, and to approach social media platforms as a united front to tackle these issues. SMACC was formed as a result of the many enquiries we, and many of the other coalition’s member organizations, receive from the public regarding animal cruelty content and the lack of successful campaigns in stopping this issue.
I have attached a helpful graphic below detailing what you can do to help and you can also find further information at this link – www.smaccoalition.com/public-advice
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Please take this information on board !:
CHANNELS THAT HOUSE CRUELTY CONTENT
Research has found that:
2 of the most popular channels documented had between 30 million and 45 million followers each
15 channels have followers between 1 million and 5 million
24 channels have followers between 500,000 – 999,999
75 channels have followers of between 100,000 – 499,999
77 channels have followers of between 50,000 – 99,999
305 channels have followers of between 1,000 – 49,999
Most importantly, please always report cruelty content to the platform it has been published on and (optionally) report it to SMACC too. You can learn more on why reporting such content to platform is crucial, how it works, and how to report to the platforms if you need guidance: www.smaccoalition.com/report-it-hub
All reports received will enable SMACC to continue to work directly with the social media platforms to end this cruelty.
Thank you so much for your kindness and support. Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
World Animals Voice 