Following an undercover Lady Freethinker (LFT) investigation that exposed the torturous conditions dogs endure at Nakwon Auction House in Namyangju, S. Korea, a group of activists from LFT’s partner organization Save Korean Dogs (SKD) held a protest in front of the facility. Their signs and banners denounced the cruelty at this “auction house of horrors” and called for its immediate closure.
In October, LFT’s investigation — which took place over the summer during the Bok Nal “Dog Eating Days” — captured footage and images of hundreds of captive dogs sold for meat and breeding at the auction Auctioneers prodded the defenseless dogs with a metal hook as they cried in fear. Customers bid on the dogs’ lives, purchasing them for slaughter or to breed the next generation of dog meat trade victims.
Nami Kim protesting Nakwon Auction House (Image via Save Korean Dogs)
Join LFT and SKD in urging S. Korea’s President Moon Jae-in to immediately shut down the Nakwon Auction House by signing the official government petition.
Citizens of all counties are allowed and encouraged to sign. The page is in Korean, but certain browsers, like Google Chrome, will translate automatically when they detect a foreign language. The blue button at the bottom of the petition translates to “agree.” Click that button, choose a social media account, and your signature will be added.
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During the protest, activists discovered dog corpses lying around, slaughter tools used for dismembering the bodies, and even one dog eating a dead dog’s remains, according to nonprofit Save Korean Dogs.
Save Korean Dogs founder Nami Kim sent photographic and video evidence to Lady Freethinker (LFT), showing dogs in cages, dogs’ corpses, trucks ready to pick up purchased dogs, and a meat grinder.
Trucks and transport cages at Nakwon Auction House (Images via Save Korean Dogs)
Despite the auction closing its doors that day due to the protest, Kim said trucks continued to arrive with strapped-down cages, apparently looking to purchase and transport captive dogs.
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Save Korean Dogs rescued four dogs from a small meat farm next to Nakwon Auction House, according to Kim, including golden retrievers and poodles.
This must stop, and we will keep fighting against the cruel dog and cat meat trade until every single cage is empty.
STOP 🛑 This is horrible abuse and cruelty! No NO NO This must STOP 🛑
KEEP UP YOUR FIGHT — STOP THE DEPRAVED, SADISTIC CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — for a NEEDLESS business — we have so much food to choose from — we do NOT NEED Dog & Cat Meat.
KEEP UP YOUR FIGHT — STOP THE DEPRAVED, SADISTIC CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — for a NEEDLESS business — we have so much food to choose from — we do NOT NEED Dog & Cat Meat.
Please close animal meat markets.
To determine whether something is humane, first consider whether you would like it done to you.
Allow these people to be their voice… Animals have feelings, all dogs want to do is give love and be loved in return! THEY DON’T DESERVE THIS KIND OF TREATMENT!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!!! Bringing harm to animals, they are a disgrace to the human race!!! STOP DOG MEAT TRADE NOW… PLEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Shut down all dog and cat places.
This is so heartbreaking and cruel and despite so many around the world protesting this is still allowed to continue.
The government must outlaw all these sickening slaughter houses of dogs and cats.
This is one of the most horrendous things so called humans do to these loyal, loving & intelligent animals. Its really way past time it stopped.
THis is so horrible. It needs to stop. And now please.
Karma for animals.
These stupid imbalance. I’d like to cram them in a cage and torture them with electric sticks and burn parts of thair bodies.
An eye for an eye for all living things.
Please do not kill animals for food, sport or evil activities.
Humans who resort to eating dogs and cats must be introduced to soylent green and all of its benefits to the Earth.
Bless those brave protesters. This must end. It must.
It is time to end this barbaric trade of “man’s best friend”. There are so many instances, in so many fields, where dogs have proved invaluable to man – and this is how we treat them. It belongs in the dark ages and as a sophisticated society this needs to stop – and all perpertrators in this sick trade need to be severly punished with a lengthy jail sentence as a deterrent to others. We have to keep fighting to end this.
We must all stand together to get this shut down for good. All in olved in this horrible treatment of any animals should be prosecuted for felony animal cruelty, no exceptions.
We must all stand together to get this shut down for good. All in olved in this horrible treatment of any animals should be prosecuted for felony animal cruelty, no exceptions.
Thank’s for that you’re trying.
Love U all
Thank’s for that you’re trying.
Love U all
This has to be stopped
This needs to be stopped . And now please ,so evil.
My heart breaks these animals should never have to endure this horrendous cruelty and suffering it’s has to shut down before another virus starts
STOP THAT “HORRIBLE EVIL TREATMENT” !!!
MUST SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY !!!
STOP THAT “HORRIBLE EVIL TREATMENT” !!!
MUST SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY !!!
Stop this barbaric act against dogs and all animals!!
Stop them