FW: Please help 3 million dogs who are illegally tortured then eaten every year

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Please help 3 million dogs who are illegally tortured then eaten

every year

 

 

 

> Dear animal friends

> 3 million dogs illegally tortured then eaten every year-

> and YOU can help a stop to this.

>In the original message there were pictures included. Some people say they

>can't look at them. Just remember that if we even can't look at them, can

>you imagine what horrendous pain the animal has to suffer? So please - no

>excuses, put on hold whatever you do, and write letters.

>The list of addresses is included at the end of this message.

>-Teresa

>'Australians for Wildlife'

>'The biggest threat to animals is not that we hate them, but that we are

>indifferent. That's the essence of inhumanity' - George Bernard Shaw

>

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>The violent methods of killing are thought to tenderise the flesh and

>improve its aphrodisiac qualities by stimulating the release of adrenaline.

>The more the animal suffers the more flavourful and beneficial the meat is

>thought to be. Dogs are hung, bludgeoned with hammers and electrocuted. A

>blowtorch then removes the hair, sometimes while the dog is still alive.

>There are over 6000 dog meat restaurants marketing 'dog stew' as a healthy

>option to meat with mythical benefits ie: cures impotence. There is no

>scientific evidence to support these bogus health claims made by dog meat

>butchers, farmers and restaurateurs.

>

>Recently, the Korean Grand National Party and Democratic Party have once

>again begun work on legalising dog meat. We cannot allow this to happen. It

>has taken us years to lobby the Government to make it illegal. Within weeks

>dog farms would spring up all over Korea and the number of dogs brutalised

>every year would increase tenfold. If approval was given to farm dogs

> " humanely " the cruelty would simply go underground and would create a

>precedent for accepting dog consumption in other countries across Asia,

>including those with no anti-cruelty legislation. Unlike other domestic

>animals raised for food, dogs are carnivores and in intensive rearing

>conditions they fight - sometimes to the death - over water, food scraps or

>even the right to lie down in cramped conditions. Dogs have earned their

>right in society as companions and helpers.

>

>This worldwide demonstration is intended to highlight the Korean

>Government's failure to enforce it's own existing Animal Protection Law

>banning cruelty to animals and the Ministry of Health law that bans dog

>meat stew as a 'disgusting food', not intended for human consumption. We

>need to exert pressure on the government to close down the 6000

>restaurants, numerous dog meat markets and farms that currently operate

>illegally. So, how can you help?

>

>DONATE 1hr OF YOUR TIME and write letters

>

>For more info please go to www.koreananimals.org or Dogaid Australia

www.dogaid.freeservers.com

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>List of contact to write your letters.

>

>This is a long list so to make it easier I would suggest that you write

>just one simple letter and copy and paste (then all you need to do is to

>change the address and modify last sentence as per suggestion on the

>list).

>

> If you find this to overwhelming at least please write to President Roh

>in Korea (no 2).

>Thank you

>

>1) Korean Embassy/ Consulate in your city/country

>

>

>2) President of South Korea - Roh Moo -hyun

>Blue House. I Sejong-Ro, Jongro-gu Seoul, South Korea 110-050

>webmaster Ask the president to establish new laws that

>will prohibit dogs and cats from being tortured and eaten.

>

>3) Mayor of Seoul - Goh Kun

>77-6 Sejongno, Jongno-gu

>Seoul, South Korea 110-050

>Tel: 82-2-737-0094

>Fax : 82-2-737-0109

>m_opm

>

>

>4) Minister Kim Young-jin

>The Ministry of Agriculture

>#3-108 Gwacheon Government Office Building

>Joongang-dong 1

>Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province

>South Korea 427-760

>Tel: 82-2-503-7201, 82-2-500-1501

>minister

>Ask Minister Kim Young-jin to introduce and enforce a new law to stop

>killing dogs and cats

>

>5) Minister Kim Hwa-joong

>The Ministry of Health and Welfare

>615 Member Hall of National Assembly 1 Yeouido-dong

>Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

>South Korea

>Fax: 82-2-5037568

>wmaster

>Ask Minister Kim Hwa-joong to enforce the 1984 law introduced to stop

>eating

>dog soup

>

>6) Shim Chang-koo Ph.D.

>Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

>5 Nokbun-dong, Unpyoung-gu

>Seoul, South Korea 122-704

>Tel: 82-2-354-8622

>m_kfda

>Ask Mr. Shim Chang-koo to uphold the law by ensuring that the 1984 Food

>Sanitation Law is enforced and to crack down on and close dog meat

>restaurants

>

>7) Minister Kim Ho-shik

>Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

>139, Chungjeongno 3-ga Seodaemun-gu, Seoul South Korea 120-013 Tel:

>82-2-3148-6040 Fax: 82-2-3148-6044

>

>

>8) Minister Kim, Myung-Ja

>The Ministry of Environment

>1 Joongang-dong

>Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

>South Korea 427-760

>minister

>Ask Minister. Kim, Myung-Ja to foster animal welfare education and to

>support humane treatment of feral and stray cats

>

>9) Ko Kye-in

>Food & Drug Administration

>Seoul Regional Food Surveillance Division

>#171-2 Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu

>8F Korea Appraisal Board Bd.

>Seoul, South Korea

>Tel: 82-2-539-2576

>Fax: 82-2-552-3125

>fsb1234

>Demand that Ko Kye-in investigate and seek prosecution concerning the

>illegal sale of cat and dog-meat as foodstuffs at the Moran Market in

>Seoul.

>

>10) Kim Kack-young

>Prosecutor General

>Public Prosecutor's Office

>1730-1 Seocho3-dong, Seocho-gu

>Seoul

>South Korea 137-730

>Tel: 82-2-3480-2000

>Fax: 82-2-3480-2555

>webmaster

>Ask Prosecutor General Kim Kack-young to begin an investigation of the

>ilegal cat and dog-meat trade and seek prosecution of those commiting

>animal

>abuse crimes.

>

>11) Governor Yu, Kun-Man

>Governor of Jeju Province

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

>TEL. 82-64-710-2362,

>wookm

>Ask Governor Yu, Kun-Man to to cancel the building permit for a dog farm in

>Jeju Island Province.

>

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