Korean dog issue

[Guest guest]

I think that the idea of legalizing and bringing the

dog meat trade under some kind of control is a very

tempting option for people to believe right now. I

know that if I were in the west looking at the

theoretical side of the issue it seems sound that all

animals are the same and that reforming the slaughter

methods is a good first step. The problem is that

those promoting change in the Korean government: are

doing so only because the issue has come to a head,

have promoted no public discussion on what " humane

slaughter " may be and why it is preferable to the

present state, have no will to enforce any laws, and

are themselves more interested in pulling off a double

victory - gaining some kind of legitimacy and

expanding the dog meat trade,including ideas of

exporting dog meat. It is an unsavoury situation any

way you look at it. Can we really get dog meat banned?

Maybe not, probably even if we did there would still

be a huge underground market and no one willing to

stop it. The public have been whipped into such a

state of frenzy these days that no one dares speak

against this " cultural icon " . The best thing we can

probably hope to accomplish is to help those growing

number of Koreans who feel uneasy about it to speak

out and to promote the goal that will help all animals

in Korea - an end to dog meat. In any case we

shouldn't trust the government who talks reform out of

the english side of their mouth and decries foreign

imperialists with their Korean side. From my

perspective this issue is as much one as censorship

and public control as one of protecting animals.

 

If anyone out there is in Korea and is interested

in this issue please contact me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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