Fw: Oslo Demonstration Dec. 10, IAKA/KAPS

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Tuesday, November 28, 2000 7:44 PM

Oslo Demonstration Dec. 10

 

 

Demonstration for Korean Dogs to Protest Korea's Illegal Dog Meat Trade

To all friends of animals-please join us!

 

When: Sunday, December 10, at 12:00 noon

Where: Railway Station across from Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

 

The Korean President, Kim Dae-jung, will be receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

on December 10th, 2000, in Oslo. We want to take this opportunity to

highlight the Korean Government's failure to enforce its own 1991 Animal

Protection Law that bans cruelty to animals and its 1984 Ministry of Health

Law banning dog soup as a " disgusting food. " President Kim should be

commended for his humanitarian efforts, but he should not allow the

horrific slaughter and consumption of dogs and cats to continue in his

country.

 

The Korean Animal Protection Society (the leading animal protection group

in Korea) and its sister organization, California-based International Aid

for

Korean Animals, have called for worldwide demonstrations and boycotts of

Korean goods until the government enforces the Animal Protection Law and

ends the dog meat trade.

 

The demonstration is also intended to expose the plight of Korean animals

to animal-loving Norwegians, so we can continue to raise public awareness of

the cruelty that goes on in Korea. We want to strengthen our boycott of

Korean goods and continue to influence the international community in its

economic attitude toward Korea.

 

2.6 million dogs and countless cats are still slaughtered and consumed in

South Korea annually, despite the laws specifically passed to prevent this.

The lack of specific provisions for enforceability in the law as well as a

general corruption and susceptibility to bribery in the Korean government

have rendered the laws useless.

 

The myths propagated by dog-meat dealers about the healthfulness of

consuming dog and cat meat continue to make the practice popular. One such

myth is that the more pain suffered by these animals, the more tender and

aphrodisiac the meat. Because of this, dogs are routinely hung, beaten at

length with pipes and hammers, electrocuted, blowtorched, and skinned alive.

 

Some South Koreans also torture cats by hitting them on the head repeatedly

with hammers or by placing them in sacks, which are then pounded on the

ground. Often, while still alive, the cats are thrown into large pots of

boiling water and cooked with ginger, dates and chestnuts until liquefied to

a brown juice called goyangi soju, which is touted as a remedy for

rheumatism and joint problems.

 

By rallying together to protest these abuses, we have been able to make

effective change. Through our protests the Korean government passed the

Animal Protection Law in 1991. If we show our support of the companion

animals of Korea, we can expect effective amendments to the existing Law

and the end to the torture, slaughter, and consumption of dogs and cats in

Korea.

 

Contact: Maggie Hansen

Fax: 55 54 4971

e-mail: asiananimal

 

Kyenan Kum, International Aid for Korean Animals

tel. (510) 271-6795, fax (510) 451-0643

e-mail: iaka; website: www.koreananimals.org

 

This project was made possible by International Fund for Animal Welfare

(IFAW).

 

 

Kyenan Kum

www.koreananimals.org

E-mail: iaka

International Aid for Korean Animals

Korean Animal Protection Society

P.O. Box 20600

Oakland, CA 94620-0600

Tel.: (510) 271-6795

Fax: (510) 451-0643

 

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