A few days ago in one post re the Korean (Meat) Dogs campaign, I said that we had tried to send e mails as per the website; but many had been returned by the administrator within a few minutes.

South Korea: 12/02/21 – Latest Newsletter; but PLEASE READ ALL the info below. Act as Detailed Please. – World Animals Voice

I said then that I would be contacting Korean Dogs in California to sound them out about this.  So I did.  Within a day I had a very nice message back from our animals friends at Korean Dogs in California.  Giny sent the following info, which I am repeating in full as I hope it will help you with your actions.

As Giny says – The e-People petition is the most effective of all the actions you can take so please try doing that today. This will never bounce back and you will ALWAYS get a response from the Korean government. www.e-People.go.kr

So I suggest that (initially), the E People petition route is probably the best way to start.

Thanks to Giny for her very rapid response to my questions; I informed her that we will continue to support their wrk and campaigning until the Korean meat dog issue is a thing of the past.

Regards Mark

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Call for Action! – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

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Here is the response from Giny:

Dear Mark,

Thank you for caring about the animals in the South Korean dog and cat meat industry and contacting us.

And thank you for taking action!

Please refer to our FAQ regarding this issue: https://koreandogs.org/faq-koreandogs-org/

Q: I have sent emails to addresses given on your web-pages, but many of them ‘bounce’ or have some other message saying they cannot be delivered. Why is this?

A: There could be several reasons why your emails are returned or not delivered. Your returned email will indicate the reason for the returned email such as “Message blocked”, “The receiver denied your mail.” One suggestion that we would like to make is that you separate your personal email with the petition mailing email account. You can also set up multiple email accounts on gmail for petition email sending.

In addition, the sources from where we have collected these email addresses could be out of date, or incorrect; or may have changed since we collected this information and listed it on our website. We do try our best to keep up-to-date information, but, as you can appreciate, it is not always possible to reflect these changes.

The e-People petition is the most effective of all the actions you can take so please try doing that today. This will never bounce back and you will ALWAYS get a response from the Korean government. www.e-People.go.kr

We also urge everyone to pass on your message by sending postal letters, and making telephone calls. Telephoning is particularly effective as the message cannot be so easily ‘ignored’.

Thank you!

Giny

12/02 – Here is the latest newsletter from Korean Dogs.

Important – Re the call for action 1-10 in the text; we have found that in the past messages get returned by the administrator.  We understand now that the e mail lists have been updated, so maybe now they will be ok.  We have sent a set off to check out if anything is returned.

Note that a suggested letter which you can copy and include in your mail s supplied FOR EACH REGION – you cannot send just one for all; they have to be copied from the 1-10 regions given; and then sent to those contacts in that region ONLY.

UPDATE – fairly quickly, within minutes; we have had 6 out of the mails sent returned to us.  We expect more very soon.  We have contacted Korean Dogs in California to tell them of our experiences and we hope maybe they will get back to us.

In the meantime here is a statement they have on their site:

You have so many petitions. Can you automate it so that we can sign them all at once?

We do have a lot of petitions as it is one of the most effective ways to raise awareness, gather support and show the Korean Government just how many people are actively opposed to dog-meat consumption. The online petition platform we have chosen to use is change.org because, not only are they a free resource, but they are one of the largest and most successful. They provide functions that are useful for our campaign, but they do not offer the functionality of allowing you to sign multiple petitions at once. Each petition should be individually read and then signed and although we recognise that, as we have so many petitions, it is very time consuming for our supporters, we are not able to change this. However, your voice is very important because your voice is the only one these animals have.

To access the newsletter click here:

https://r.newsletter.koreandogs.org/aiye3oodtht7e.html?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=_Like_us_they_feel_pain_fear_and_love_Let_us_all_take_action_to_save_them!_&utm_medium=email

Regards Mark

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“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.”
-Albert Einstein
 

After our involvement; and the immense hard work of organisations such as KARA, it is very depressing to see that less than 1% of people have filled in the e ‘people petitions’ which we have supported.  These are official petitions to the government of South Korea.

It is simple and quick to undertake; and with enough support it can make all the difference in the future to the innocent dogs being held in the most barbaric conditions on dog meat farms.

Despite the fact that dog and cat meat consumption is an everyday occurrence and is being carried out all over South Korea, it is NOT LEGAL in that country. Their Government does nothing to stop this illegal practice and they seem happy to ignore it; many Korean citizens are just as apathetic and must also be held accountable.

This is the 21st Century, and it is high time that all South Koreans, leaders and general public alike, stand up and take responsibility to enforce their own country’s laws. South Korea and South Koreans cannot continue to ignore these brutal and unethical trades, so let us campaign to urge each of South Korea’s cities to enforce their laws and to put an immediate end to these illegal dog and cat meat trades. 

The e-People petition is the South Korean government’s official petition site and your petition will receive a response from the Korean government. Anyone from all countries can file a petition using the e-People petition.  It’s quite simple to file e-People petitions, but you can find help on (1) how to file e-People petition and (2) how to check the status of your e-People petitions on our website.

Important notes:

If you get an error message Invalid domain address, please check how you entered your email address in the form and correct it. 😉

Please go through our campaign list and take actions for the ones you have missed!   💡 You can print out this page and mark them off as you go. 👍

Don’t remember which ones you have already filed?

Don’t worry! 😄 There’s no penalty for filing duplicate petitions. 

ACTIONS – Please click on each of the following links to take regional actions.  They don’t have to all be done at the same time – tick off your list as you work through it.  All the information you need as part of the campaign is detailed within each link – so please take action.

Gimcheon, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Gumi, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Gyeongju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Gyeongsan, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Mungyeong, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Pohang, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Sangju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Yeongcheon, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Yeongju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Changwon, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses and markets. – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Also write to South Korean reps in your country about this issue – check them out at:

Write to your government representatives! – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

Finally, take a look at the photos here and tell yourself that the least you can do is give 5 or 10 minutes each day to get this illegal trade stopped.

South Koreans eat more than 2 million dogs every year, but that’s changing (usatoday.com)

Call for Action! – Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea! (koreandogs.org)

The time to act is NOW – so please do it; lets ramp up those responses by flooding the areas with letters of protest.

Thanks and regards;

Mark