In the searing heat of the brutal Boknal Dog Eating Days, I traveled to Gimpo, South Korea to support LFT partner Save Korean Dogs in their work rescuing dogs from slaughter, and finally see our anti-dog-meat bus ads in person.
Seeing the animals’ sweet faces at the rescue shelter brought me to tears of both sorrow and hope. These gentle pups had barely escaped the butchers’ noose (hanging is a common killing method there); they were so traumatized, they cowered in fear if you raised your hand. But they were still so loyal, after all they’d been through.

Nina, Zora and Zoey
My husband Ben and I walked and played with the dogs — some of who had never felt grass before in their entire lives. We helped with chores around the shelter, like digging trenches and installing wallpaper in the cottage by the dog park.
And with the support of Lady Freethinker’s generous donors, I presented a check to help the rescue keep saving dogs from slaughter. It felt so good to be able to help save innocent animals’ lives.
Thank you to everyone who allowed us to help these precious dogs with your generous donations to LFT. We could not have done it without you.

Nina handing Nami a check for the sanctuary
When we left Korea, we flew four dogs back to Los Angeles with us to find forever homes as part of Project Freedom Flight, a collaboration with SKD, Willow’s Wish and Dogs Without Borders.
As heartbreaking as it was to know these dogs’ painful history — and see with my own eyes the rusted, metal slaughterhouse cages they came from — it felt incredible to be able to help give these deserving pups another chance at life. And your support made it possible.
In the video above, you’ll see an intense interview with SKD founder Nami Kim, who has rescued 3,000 dogs from slaughter and sent them for adoption in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Lady Freethinker is proud to support this important work.
More than a million dogs are slaughtered every year in South Korea, where eating boshintang, or dog meat soup, during the hottest days of the year is believed to have a “cooling effect” on the body. The butchers beat, hang and burn the dogs alive because they believe it makes the meat taste better.
But we are fighting for change.
Lady Freethinker is sponsoring bus ads urging the public to stop eating dogs. We have collected hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to shut down the cruel dog and cat meat trade worldwide, and provide much-needed aid to our on-the-ground partners in China and Korea.
We can’t do it without you.
Sign our petition to urge S. Korean Ambassador Joe Yoon Je and President Moon to work to end all dog and cat meat in the S. Korea.
Héroes 🙏💝🐾💪🏻
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Who goes to rescue these dogs? HOw MANY RESCUERS ARE THERE/ How do they perform their rescues? Are there enough rescuers to SHUT DOWN THESE HORRIFIC EVENTS? DO THEY ACTUALLY GO TO THE EVENTS THE DAY OF AND SABOTAGE AS MUCH TORTURE AS POSSIBLE? ARE THEY ABLE TO SABOTAGE THESE EVENTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN? HOW DO I GO THERE TO PARTICIPATE? CAN YOU GIVE ME DETAILS ON HOW I CAN GO DO EVERYTHHING I CAN TO RUIN THEIR EVENTS?
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God bless you Nina for what you do for these animals!!! There is no reason dogs need to be killed for food in the world. You and your organization are definitely making a difference!!!
Those evil rotten brains that believe the more you torture, inflict pain, the more tender the meat becomes. You are animals yourselves. You sick bas**rds!
Oh my gosh, tears came to my eyes for the love, care and tenderness that all those who are involved in rescuing dogs from the dog meat farms show to one another and expecially to the dogs! If it wasn’t for Ladyfreethinker I doubt that so much could be done for them and others. .
Por favor, basta ya.
Stop all these heinous acts of animal abuse and cruelty
Thank you for the work you do. I am happy to support your efforts. These stories just break my heart.
Please keep saving these innocent animals lives!!! You are appreciated so much !!! Thank you !!!!
Animals are sentient beings like us with feelings and love for others
A country is judged by how they treat their animals.
This is just so exciting. A thousand thanks to you ladies – Nina and Nami for the progress you are making in stamping out this abhorrent practice.
Please stop this brutal Dog trade! No animal deserve to be treated like this!
May God bless lady freethinket and Nina Ben and nami for the wonderful work that they do… the dog meat practice is trully one of the most horrific things I have ever seen… sincere thanks to these good people doing all that they can to such a cruel practice … thank you
One can only hope that the younger generation of South Koreans will realise how barbaric this is and that there is no place for it in the 21st century.
Please STOP this barbaric abuse on innocent animals and show some compassion.
I am ashamed sometimes to be human and to see what my fellow man is doing to animals.
Is there any way we,…can send a message to Nami. I want to tell her how so many people are so proud and so thankful
for her tireless work. This is an amazing person. We must let her know how many people are standing behind her supporting her in her efforts. I am not a religious person,…but I am hailing every mary and thanking every god,…that we have people like her fighting for the right thing when the masses around her,…think very differently. I know how that feels and she needs as much support,..financial and otherwise,..we can give this amazing person. I just want to hug her and hold her,….not let her go.
Thank HEAVEN for LFT and especially for that angel on earth saving dogs and cats in Asia, Nami Kim. Her courage and fortitude are inspirational and desperately needed. XOXOXOXOXOXOOX
Most of my comments are aggressive and very much to the point. I am just so disgusting with human beings and their
treatment of animals. And I am also very aggressive with our government,..police, prosecutors,..judges as they are clearly not doing their jobs in protecting animals and are doing everything imaginable to run in the opposite direction. When animal cruelty is caught, charged and prosecuted,…well,..that’s less tat 2% and I am so tired of this.
We are at an all new low each and every day when the horrific facts are exposed,…and then they go free,…(after costing taxpayers how much??!!) and then are again allowed to own animals. It is mind boggling and I am in disbelief this is actually happening. They don’t get the 101. The cruelty continues,…because lawmaker’s, judges, prosecutors,…police and on and on,…do not do their jobs and put these monsters in jail. People do not mind paying taxes for that for sure and it is what we have been screaming for for decades and it all goes on deaf ears. They simply don’t care because they need to exploit each and every animal for what they can get out of them financially. It’s so out of control,…it’s surreal.
This video nearly made me cry with sadness and a very tiny bit of hope. When rescues are nothing but a sham, and sanctuaries are being exposed for the exploitation of animals,…it is so disheartening and who can you trust. NOBODY AND NOTHING!!! This video and this women is amazing and yes,…send her money. Lots of it. The dog meat industry is so horrible,…so heinous, so disgusting and vile,…these people who do this,…are the ones who need to be put down. And no needle here. I want them to suffer and suffer with absolutely no mercy. Can u imagine the terror, horror of what these dogs go through before they are thrown in a large vat of boiling oil or water,…alive. Or being blowtorched ,…alive,..or perhaps a little skinning,…. alive and let that dog suffer. And suffer to the fullest of their ability. There is nothing more I would like to do,…is to gather these people,…and bomb these people off the earth,..
Thank you for this video. It gives us,…just a little bit,..a tiny bit of hope,…when it seems,…nobody (the masses) cares but a few. Thank you LadyFreethinker. Thank you Nina and her husband and all the other people who stand together andactually ….DO SOMETHING…..rather than just hope and talk. WE MUST STOP THIS!!!!! It is the shame of this earth. The shame of these things who perpetrate these horrific acts. They make me sick with disgust.
THANK YOU a million times — KEEP UP YOUR GREAT WORK — you’re the BEST — as long as you keep at it, the closer we’ll get to this DEPRAVED, UNCONSCIONABLY CRUEL industry being OBLITERATED off the face of the earth — once and for all.
Cruelty must end and all animals loved, thank you to everyone for all they do.
thank-you Nina & Ben and to everyone who’s mission is to make this world a better place for all living beings, you are all heros! God Bless you all & forever grateful!
THANK YOU NINA, NAMI KIM & TEAM! Your clip was so very moving . . . As were all of these BEAUTIFUL rescue dogs. It brings tears to my eyes to realize the fate of a domestic animal. Breeding for meet is bad enough, but stealing owned pets in local communities is as criminal. THIS MUST END! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Nina, Nami And All others who tirelessly advocate for these innocent animals: You are truly Angels of this Earth I cannot thank you enough for your work. Soon I will have surgery and be able to return to work and be removed from disability. The moment this happens I will start forwarding monetary donations and inquire as to when and where I can help in this area. God Bless you all and many personal Thank You’s from me. Truly amazing people you are!!!
The dogs deserve no beating BUT the A$$HATs who think eating them is good for you, DO!! South Korea needs to GTFU same as China..get their heads out of their asses and come around to the 21st century!!!
Just to add to that…4 paws up for the work Nina and LFT does and people such as Nami Kim!!
Justice, compassion,laws,life, LOVE for the dogs 🙏 Please 🙏