Sample letter to forward calling for end to dog-eating,,,,,

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Please use the sample letter below, or better still, use your own words to

implore the decision-makers to implement change that will spare millions of

dogs and cats from the hands of butchers.

If you need to see for yourself before you do this go to

http://compassionatetraveler.org/dogmeattrade.htm

 

 

With the World Cup 2002 games drawing ever-nearer, and an upcoming visit by

US President George Bush to South Korea to meet with President Kim,

Dae-Jung, your letters are URGENTLY needed to make of the most of this rare

opportunity to press for significant improvements in South Korea's animal

welfare system. PLEASE DO THIS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU CARE.

 

Please copy and paste the green letter and send it to the address given

(President Bush).

 

Copy and paste the blue letter and send it to all the addresses at the top of

that letter.

 

Don't forget to write your name at the bottom.

 

 

 

President George W. Bush

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

 

Email

president

 

 

Dear Mr. Bush,

 

I am writing in the hope that you will make the most of this rare

opportunity to press for significant improvements in South Korea's animal

welfare system.

 

I understand that many Koreans are saying it's an insult to them to insult

their tradition but just because something is a tradition it doesn't mean it's

right (take the head shrinking practices of some Borneo tribes for example).

Tradition or not, dog-eating has no place in modern society, and it can only

improve Korea's image to abolish the cat and dog-meat trades.Times change and

Korea is an upwardly mobile country with little poverty, and it isn't necessary

any more to eat dog meat when there are other foods available.As human

civilization and cultures evolve, many nations have shed so-called " traditions "

that are rooted in cruelty, suffering and subjugation. Isn't it time Korea

follows suit?

 

Just because I can sympathize with the horrific way these cats and dogs die

and hate to think of them suffering like that, it doesn't mean I'm insulting

Koreans. This is not a race thing at all - it's an empathy thing. Being the

ruling species we should treat other species that also inhabit the planet with

more empathy. .

 

Rather than regulating the farming and slaughtering processes it is the

total and complete abolition of the dog and cat meat trade that needs to happen.

Many of us have considered the former approach (i.e. regulation), mistakenly

believing this will spare the animals from being tortured, but have concluded

that regulating the slaughter of dogs and cats will not ensure humane treatment,

but will instead strip them of any chance at being accepted and regarded as

" companion animals. "

 

Please be a catalyst in ending this horrific practice.

 

If you need to see for yourself before you do this go to

http://compassionatetraveler.org/dogmeattrade.htm

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second letter to send to the below addresses, you can copy and paste this into

the to section of your new message

 

Webmaster,m_opm,afec,wmaster,minis\

ter,minister,kh1yang

,wookm

 

 

..President Kim, Dae-Jung

Blue House

1 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-gu

Seoul, South Korea 110-050

Webmaster

 

Prime Minister Lee, Han-Dong

77-6 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-gu

Seoul, South Korea 110-050

m_opm

 

Representative Ham, Suk-Jae

Chairman of The Standing Committee of the

Agriculture, Forestry, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

National Assembly

1 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu,

Seoul, South Korea 150-702

Phone : 02-788-2960 Fax : 02-788-3361 afec

 

Minister Choi, Sun-Jung

The Ministry of Health and Welfare

1 Joongang-dong

Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

South Korea 427-760

wmaster

 

Minister Kim, Dong-Tae

The Ministry of Agriculture

1 Joongang-dong

Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

South Korea 427-760

minister

 

Minister Kim, Myung-Ja

The Ministry of Environment

1 Joongang-dong

Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

South Korea 427-760

minister

 

Mr. Yang, Kyu-Hwan Korean Food and Drug Administration

5 Nokbun-dong, Unpyoung-gu

Seoul, South Korea 122-704

kh1yang

 

Governor Yu, Kun-Man Governor of Jeju Province

312-1, Yeon-dong, Jeju-si, Jeju-do 690-700

TEL. 82-64-710-2362,

wookm

 

 

 

 

Dears Sirs,

 

I am writing to you to try and persuade you to abolish the practice of

eating cats and dogs. I understand that many Koreans are saying it's an insult

to them to insult their tradition but just because something is a tradition it

doesn't mean it's right (take the head shrinking practices of some Borneo tribes

for example). Tradition or not, dog-eating has no place in modern society, and

it can only improve Korea's image to abolish the cat and dog-meat trades.Times

change and Korea is an upwardly mobile country with little poverty, and it isn't

necessary any more to eat dog meat when there are other foods available. As

human civilization and cultures evolve, many nations have shed so-called

" traditions " that are rooted in cruelty, suffering and subjugation. Isn't it

time Korea follows suit?

 

Just because I can sypathise with the horrific way these cats and dogs

die and hate to think of them suffering like that, it doesn't mean I'm insulting

Koreans. This is not a race thing at all - it's an empathy thing. Being the

ruling species, all of us should treat the other species with which we share the

planet with more empathy.

 

Despite the 1984 Ministry of Health law banning dog-meat soup and the 1991

law enacted to protect dogs and cats from torture and slaughter, dogs and cats

are still not safe in South Korea.

 

Koreans are well educated, intelligent people, and most know better than to

believe the myth that dog meat and cat juice are healthful, but it is that

minority who are giving Koreans a bad name.

 

Rather than regulating the farming and slaughtering processes it is the

total and complete abolition of the dog and cat meat trade that needs to happen.

Many of us have considered the former approach (i.e. regulation), mistakenly

believing this will spare the animals from being tortured, but have concluded

that regulating the slaughter of dogs and cats will not ensure humane treatment,

but will instead strip them of any chance at being accepted and regarded as

" companion animals. "

 

Please be a catalyst in ending this horrific practice.

 

Yours sincerely