loophole for adding dogs to Livestock and Sanitation laws

[Guest guest]

Please don't inadvertently assist the Korean government by giving them a

loophole for adding dogs to the Livestock and Sanitation laws. They are

saying that by legalising the sale of dog meat the critisim will diminish,

and that it is the cruelty involved that causes objections, by focusing on the

cruelty aspect we are inadvertantly supplying them with a loophole

for legislation. When writing your letters, please emphasize that it is the

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

 

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rather than regulation of the farming and slaughtering processes.

Many animal groups are currently taking this latter approach (focusing

Exclusively on the cruelty aspect), mistakenly believing this will spare the

animals from being tortured, but regulating the slaughter of dogs and cats

will not raise the status of dogs and cats, but will instead strip them of

any chance at being accepted and regarded as " companion animals. " Avoid

reference to animal cruelty, and instead, mention one or all of these key

points:

 

 

1. Korea is an upwardly mobile country with little poverty, and it isn'

t necessary to eat dog meat when there are other foods available.

 

2. Koreans are intelligent people, and should know better than to

believe the myth that dog meat and cat juice are healthful.

 

3. 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

 

4. Food animals do not run into burning buildings to save their owners or

tackle people with weapons or lead the blind, eating those lives that render

devotion and share emotional feelings together with us is universally considered

cheating on their values in this modern day society

 

5.It isn't just westerners who oppose the illegal trade in dog meat; scores of

Koreans, Korean-Americans and individuals of various Asian ethnicities support

the abolition of the trade in canine flesh.

 

CONTACT:

President George W. Bush

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

EMAIL: president (whitehouse.gov)

 

CONTACT:

 

Prime Minister Lee, Han-Dong

77-6 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-gu

Seoul, South Korea 110-050

EMAIL: m_opm (opm.go.kr)

 

Minister Choi, Sun-Jung

The Ministry of Health and Welfare

1 Joongang-dong

Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

South Korea 427-760

EMAIL: wmaster (mohw.go.kr)

 

Minister Kim, Dong-Tae

The Ministry of Agriculture

1 Joongang-dong

Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

South Korea 427-760

EMAIL: minister (maf.go.kr )

 

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

5 Nokbun-dong, Unpyoung-gu

Seoul, South Korea 122-704

EMAIL: kh1yang (kfda.go.kr)

 

Governor Yu, Kun-Man

Governor of Jeju Province

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

TEL. 82-64-710-2362,

EMAIL: wookm (provin.jeju.kr)

 

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