Want to do something about the South Korean dog and cat meat trade?
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris
Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) spokesperson Rosalyn Morrison said that because the United States and South Korea enjoy strong trade relations, Americans have the power to pressure the South Korean government to enact and enforce laws against the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.
On the AWI website the group urges:
“Many South Korean animal advocates see their nation’s hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics as an opportunity to focus international light on the practice, and in so doing finally bring an end to the deplorable dog meat trade.
“Please send letters to the South Korean ambassador, the President of South Korea, and the Secretary General of the United Nations urging South Korea to stop killing dogs for human consumption.”
Contact information is as follows:
Honorable Ambassador Choi Young-jin
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
2450 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
TEL: 202-939-5600
FAX: 202-797-0595
His Excellency President Lee Myong-bak
1 Cheongwadae-ro, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-820
Republic of Korea
The Honorable Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General
760 United Nations Plaza
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Korean animal welfare organizations:
International Aid for Korean Animals
Korean Animal Protection and Education Society (in Korean)
More AIR on this topic:
Americans can help end South Korean consumption of dog and cat meat, says advocate
Worldwide protests today against South Korea’s torture and consumption of dogs and cats
Visit Animal Issues Reporter again soon for the full interview with Morrison.
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A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY ! NO ANIMAL ON THIS EARTH SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO ANY KNOWN CRUELTY EVER! TO INFLICT PAIN AND TERROR T ANY LIVING THING IS MORALLY WRONG !!!!
these animals bleed red just like you and I. We know from having dogs and cats as pets how smart they are, how loving. They have feelings, they feel pain. They cry out and scream when they are hurt. What don’t they understand about that? Please write letters to the officials shown in the article. The more of us who do this it may start to make them think. I know everyone is busy but this is life and death.
Animals are GOD’s first flesh & blood creation that breathe and feel pain and suffering, as stated in Leviticus an animal with paws is unclean the same as eating human flesh is unclean. Do these tormentors for the love of money think that they wont be punished for their evil deeds.
If all nations stopped cruelty to another form of life to which I must add have no sin or wickedness in them, they will be blessed as a country, there crops and food supply will be blessed. JESUS never touched meat as this was his FATHERS creation, which he loves just as he loves man take note created in his own image.
At the end of all of this senseless conduct from ignorant believers please be warned that nothing
that is evil and wicked will go unpunished by the Creator of all Life on this earth.
If you live by the sword you will die by the sword, what you sow you will reap.
As Leaders of a country make a stand for the rights of all life.