Animal activist groups in South Korea have launched two important government petitions that need your support. As legislation for better treatment of dogs moves through the National Assembly, now is the time to step up the pressure: the brutal treatment and slaughter of dogs and cats in South Korea must end. If these petitions reach 200,000 signatures, S. Korean President Moon will be obligated to respond.
In contradictory and confusing legislation, dogs in S. Korea – though often treated as companion animals – are legally defined as livestock under the Livestock Industry Act.
However, this May, Korean Member of Parliament Mr. Lee Sang-don proposed a new bill to clear up the murky definitions and give dogs a better legal standing. If passed, Sang-don’s legislation will cement the status of dogs as companion animals, affording them greater safety through the Animal Protection Act.
The first petition, which translates to ‘End the Dog and Cat Consumption (Exclude Dogs from the Livestock List),’ is poised to make a massive impact in support of Sang-don’s bill, having already received 75% of the goal of 200,000 signatures.
The second petition, ‘Ban the slaughter of dogs for meat under the S. Korea’s Animal Protection Act,’ is in support of equally important legislature proposed in June by Korean Member of Parliament Mr. Pyo Chang-won. Chang-won’s bill, an amendment to the Animal Protection Act, seeks to outlaw slaughtering dogs for meat. Currently, the act only states that dogs should not be killed “brutally” or for “unjustified reasons.” If the new amendment passes, it will prohibit any killing of animals except those named in the Sanitary Control of Livestock Products Act, which dogs are not a part of.
An estimated one million dogs are currently held in shocking conditions in South Korea’s dog farms, with thousands slaughtered every day. This is the only nation in the world that has such large, factory-style dog meat farms for human consumption.
The tide is turning on this barbaric practice, with the younger generations in South Korea actively speaking out in opposition. Be a part of this revolution, and don’t let the government ignore this issue any longer.
PETITION LINKS:
https://www1.president.go.kr/petitions/272632
https://www1.president.go.kr/petitions/281200
The petitions are in Korean, but are simple to sign by following the steps below (note that you will need a Facebook or Twitter account):
- Click the petition link, then scroll down and click on the blue rectangle
- Choose Twitter or Facebook, and check whatever box necessary to grant access
- Once you are taken to the petition screen, scroll all the way down until you see another blue rectangle with text that means “I agree.” Click there to sign the petition. A confirmation popup will appear.
Stop slaughter of dogs
It’s sickening
STOP THE KILLING of defenseless dogs and cats
There are someone beloved family members that you stole. They were put here to get tortured and eaten. Wish someone would do the same to you and your family and friends then you would feel how the dogs and cats felt.
That’s why we have this pandemic because of your tradition and selfishness
IL FAUT ARRETER CETTE BARBARIE DE TOUTE URGENCE
Please have mercy on innocent dogs.Thank you Susan Laube
PLEASE STOP THIS CRUELTY NOW!!! THIS SHOULDN’T BE HAPPENING! IT’S AN INHUMANE CRIME!!!
PLEASE BAN THE DOG AND CAT MEAT TRADE NOW! THESE COMPANION ANIMALS ARE VERY CRUELY TORTURED! THIS IS NOT WHAT A COUNTRY LIKE YOURS SHOULD EVER ACCEPT! PLEASE SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT YOU ARE COMPASSIONATE, AND STOP THIS INHUMANITY PLEASE! WE’RE COUNTING ON YOU!!!! AND SO ARE THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT AND LOVING ANIMALS!!!
Please stop this awful treatment to animals.
Lets stop the dog farms
EVOLVE!
Animal cruelty Please stop this awful treatment to animals
We need to raise our voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.
I support any action that will provide animals with the validity and dignity that is their birthright…
The time is NOW. Press on!!!
Please stop this awful treatment to dogs and cats, this is animal cruelty and it needs to stop.
PROUD TO SIGN THE, AND THANK YOU, KOREA, FOR TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY!
This is disgusting & cruel.
Please stop torturing and murdering dogs. They are sensitive intelligent beings. The practice of eating dogs for food is unconscionable.
Sorry – I couldn’t find where to sign!! The Korean government isn’t following up on this – so it continues.
No habrá ningún avance social mientras la crueldad con los animales sea permitida.
Dogs are pets never meant to eat get into the 21st century lead your people to stop dog meat please. Hurt people who hurt animals please stop butchering innicent animals do it soon i cant sleep at night please please stop it now
Hate asians, Harry should have finished the job
Stop hurting dogs and end cruelty to all animals!
Stop
Please treat animals with kindness.Love them don’t eat them
Please stop this awful treatment to animals.
No animals should be treated like this!
Please stop this awful treatment to animals.
Please please stop doin this awful act, Please stop it, no Dog should be treated in such a barbaric way
This is evil what’s going on over there, it must be stopped the poor faces of those pitiful dogs with no way out and no rescue and in the heat it’s evil doing by men
Stoooooooooop every animal abuse!
BOYCOTT CHINA /SOUTH EVIL KOREA /VIETNAM TOTAL BOYCOTT !!! NO MORE DOG ABUSE AND MEAT !! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH =WE DONT FEED SICK EVIL DEMONS FROM ASIA OR OTHER SHIT EVIL HOLE !!
If countries do not start being human then we need to cut them off from the rest of the world. Don’t do bossiness with them and DON”T go to there country’s and spend money !
Barbaric and cruel. Stop now!
Please I beg you let these animals live. Show compassion
Please I beg you let these animals live. Show compassion
STOP THIS BARBARIC PRACTICE! DOG WAS NOT PUT HERE FOR FOOD!!!!!! THE TORTURE IS UNACCEPTABLE~
PLEASE STOP THEIR OUR PETS NOT FOOD
Ban the confinement, torture, slaughter and consumption of dog and cats!
Should never be allowed