After years of work and collaboration between activists like Nami Kim of Save Korean Dogs (SKD) and government officials, Jeonju, S. Korea is on its way to becoming a dog meat-free city.
Currently, there are no dog farms or slaughterhouses within the city, and nearly half of the restaurants that previously served dog meat have changed their menus or closed down, according to SKD.
In 2018, Mayor Kim Seung-soo helped set up the ‘Animal-Friendly City of Jeonju’ initiative, followed by an independent animal welfare department the next year.
The same year, Lady Freethinker (LFT) sponsored bus ads in Jeonju in collaboration with SKD, sending a very clear message: “Dogs are not food, but our family. Let’s save them together. I am not a piece of meat!”
In 2019, Jeonju established its first-ever, city-operated animal shelter with a dedicated dog trainer. Opening in March, the center is now home to over 180 dogs.
But Mayor Kim Seung-soo and all the activists working to make Jeonju a safer place for companion animals didn’t stop there — the ‘Adopt, Don’t Shop’ campaign hopes to find homes for every abandoned street dog in the city, and Jeonju secured land for its first-ever, city-owned dog park, which is expected to be built and opened soon.
Animal welfare officers are currently working on converting or closing down the remaining restaurants throughout the city that still serve dog meat. They’re hopeful that Jeonju will be completely free of dog meat by 2023.
Mayor Kim Seung-soo and all of Jeonju set an incredible example for the rest of S. Korea. It’s time to end dog meat throughout the country once and for all. If you haven’t yet, sign LFT’s petition urging South Korean Ambassador to the United States Lee Soo-hyuck and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to explicitly ban the dog and cat meat trade.
THE SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DOG MEAT MARKETS SHOULD BE STOPPED AND NOW. SOUL SEARCH AND PRAY TO OKHWANGSANGIE TO HELP YOU STOP DOING THIS. AS THERE ARE SEVERAL RELIGIONS, TO THESE CHRISTIAN, BUDDHIST OR PROTESTANT. PRAY FOR GUIDANCE TO STOP THIS TERRIBLE “MEAT MARKET”. PLEASE AS I’M BEGGING YOU. THANK YOU
This makes me so happy!
I am a dog lover and i don’t believe in killing animals I’m trying to find a good female dog. BIG not little animals
Please stop all dog meat from selling everywhere! Education to the people is also important, on how dogs are people’s family!
Animal cruelty! Lock them up
I PRAY FOR THE DAY WHEN ALL EVIL TO ANIMALS IS HISTORY !
Stop hurting animals!! Simple as that!!!
SO INHUMANE! SO BAD !
Bravo for you, Mayor Kim Seung-soo and all of Jeonju. I pray this is not just hype but factual and I pray it extends to cats also. Why on earth would anyone want to eat tamed and docile animals, not to mention all those other exotic animals? It‘s ming-boggling to me to murder something that depends on humans for love, comfort and food. Thanks for your compassion and may God bless all of you.
This is disgusting and needs to be stopped!
It’s nice that you folks have sufficient time and resources to waste your energy going around championing the imaginary rights of beats, insects, food, and whatever. But it’s sad that you are so biologically uneducated that you honestly can’t tell the difference between dogs and people. Shapeshifting politicians may pay lip service to your hormonal explosions today, but it’s Mother Nature who invented meat-eating, and, though people have enough of other food these days, whenever dog or any meat becomes necessary again, all your cultishness here will melt like sandcastles in the tide of history.
*beasts
Once again, skeptical is my name and I’ll believe this when it actually happens…..so many times have the ‘governments’ of these dog/cat meat eating countries have stated that its stopping this sickening, brutal, sadistic, barbaric trade and the heinous atrocities that are carried out onto these innocent, defenseless dogs and cats but NOTHING has happen…..the deranged masses still steal, abuse, tortured, horrifically kill and eat the meat of these animals. Shame on these countries, that profess to do one thing and then totally carry on regardless with their horrendous ways.
PLEASE — let’s continue with these good works for the Dogs — THANK YOU to all Rescuers who made this happen — now, let’s work on the rest of Korea — and then, onto Asia — and then, onto the rest of the world — let’s STOP with the horrific, torturous abuse and slaughter of our Dog and Cats — FOREVER.
Stop the cruelty
Abominable!
End the vile DIGUSTING BARBARIC evil dog meat trade.
Great news to wake up to. 😉
This is great a chain of beautiful people making a real better world
Bravo. This is great news indeed 🐶🐕🐾❤💙💚
It’s hard to believe. If this is true I wish the City of Jeonju, both to animals and good people, all the best, safe and healthy future.
What happens though when Mayor Kim Seung – soo gets out of office?
With one flower you can’t make spring, but hopefully they will opwn theie minds to stop this cruelty
Wonderful news!!!
One day, South Korea will be dog torture free and will set an example to the rest of Asia. Thank you LFT and all that brought compassion and humanity to Jeonju.
This is such wonderful news. Makes me so happy and hopefully this happens all around the world.
Merci pour eux !!!!!
C’est grâce à des gens dévoués comme vous et d’autres associations que des choses comme ça se produisent !!!!
WELL IT’S ABOUT TIME..SOUTH KOREA STOPPED KILLING DIGS AND SERVING THEM AS FOOD TO BE EATIN..IM GLAD PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS AREA OF IMPORTANCE..AFTERALL ITS 2020 FOR GOD SAKE LETS STOP EATING DOGS AND TREAT THEM LIKE PETS..LIKE WE’VE BEEN DOING GOR A WHILE NOW AND THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE TREATED!!!!!
ZBOY U PEOLE ARENT FUCKED
TR U
Payda6
PAYDAY IS COMING QUICK F U
N GOD WILL H NO MERCY ON Y FREAKS
Payday is hell f u