re Korea - dogs and cats

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Fwd.........(Kim Beazley is Leader of the Opposition in Canberra, Australia)

 

For your information.

Barrie

 

 

bcollins [sMTP:bcollins]

Monday, 4 December 2000 7:21

'Beazley, Kim (MP)'

RE: Oslo Demo Dec. 10

 

We not only want you to be informed but to do something about it. Please

exert pressure on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Korean

Government.

 

Barrie Collins

 

 

Beazley, Kim (MP) [sMTP:Kim.Beazley.MP]

Monday, 4 December 2000 1:44

'bcollins'

RE: Oslo Demo Dec. 10

 

Dear Mr Collins

Thank you for your e-mail. I appreciate being kept informed on issues such

as these.

 

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FW: Oslo Demo Dec. 10

 

For your information.

 

 

Iaka [sMTP:iaka]

Wednesday, 29 November 2000 9:44

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Oslo Demo 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