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CHEAP TRICK

BY KOREAN GOVERNMENT

 

TO LEGALIZE DOG MEAT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Korean Government¡¯s ¡°Cheap Trick¡±

 

 

 

 

On March 9th 2005, the Prime Minister of Korea announced the Sanitary

Management Policy of Dogs for Meat. It is the first step the Korean

Government is taking to legalize the slaughter of DOGS for human

consumption.

 

 

 

 

 

This policy was announced after the Korean Government informed Korean

Animal Protection Groups that the Government would not pursue this

policy and told them to stop sending petitions to oppose the policy

of legalizing Dog Meat in Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

For many years, the regulatory status of Dogs has been intentionally

kept in a state of legal limbo by the Korean Government. This

allowed government officials to placate local and foreign animal

rights groups by telling them that Dog Meat in Korea was not legal.

While at the same time, turning a blind eye to its¡¯ wide spread

practice in Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

Korean Animal Protection Groups have been campaigning to make the

practice of eating Dogs clearly illegal and to properly enforce such

a law. The Korean Government, however, proved that they have no

intention of making dog meat illegal. On the contrary, they are

taking the first step to make it legal by re-interpretation of the

definition of ¡°FOOD¡± as ¡°anything edible¡± in the current KFDA¡¯s

(Korean Food & Drug Administration) food safety regulation.

 

 

 

 

 

At the same time, the Korean Government is revising the Animal

Protection Law that will separate Dogs for Meat and Dogs for Pets,

and providing legitimacy to Dog Meat Farms by requiring them to

register. This is how Dog Meat was legalized in some isolated parts

of China.

 

 

 

 

 

IS DOG OUR FRIEND OR OUR FOOD?

 

 

 

 

 

Dogs that are slaughtered for MEAT in Korea are not just native dogs

called Noo-rung-ie, which is what the Korean Government have been

saying to foreigners. In reality, all breeds and types of dogs are

killed for Meat in Korea. No breed of Dog is safe from being

slaughtered for FOOD in Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE HELP US STOP

 

THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT

 

FROM LEGALIZING DOG MEAT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please send your petition to:

 

 

 

Roe, Noo-Hyun / President

 

webmaster

 

webmaster

 

Cheong Wa Dae

 

Office of the President, South Korea

 

1 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-gu

 

Seoul, 110-050, Korea

 

 

 

Lee, Hae-Chan / Prime Minister

 

m-opm

 

Office of the Prime Minister

 

Central Government Complex 77-6, Sejongno, Jongno-gu

 

Seoul, 110-760, Korea

 

 

 

Han, Duck-Soo / Minister of OGC

 

Tel: 822-720-2003

 

dshan

 

 

 

Choi Kyoung-Soo / Vice-Minister for Social Policy Coordination in OGC

 

Tel: 822-3703-2131

 

k.s.choi

 

 

 

Cho, Young- Tak / Vice-Minister for Public Policy Coordination in OGC

 

Tel: 822-3703-2111

 

young

 

 

 

OGC (Office for Government Policy Coordination)

 

Central Government Complex 77-6, Sejongno, Jongno-gu

 

Seoul, 110-760, Korea

 

 

 

Park, Houng-Soo/ Minister of MAF

 

Tel: 822- 500-1501~2

 

minister

 

 

 

LEE, Myung-Soo / Vice Minister of MAF

 

Tel: 822-500-1503~4

 

myungslee

 

 

 

Kim, Chang-Sup / Domestic Animal Sanitation Manager of MAF

 

Tel: 822-2110-4447~8

 

Fax: 822-504-0908

 

cskim

 

 

 

MAF (Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry)

 

Government Complex, Jungang-dong 1, Gwacheon

 

Gyeonggi-do, 427-721, Korea

 

 

 

Kim, Geun-Tae / Minister of MOHW

 

Tel: 82-2-503-7500

 

Fax: 82-2-503-7551

 

minister

 

 

 

Song, Jae-Song/ Vice-Minister of MOHW

 

Tel: 82-2-503-7502

 

Fax: 82-2-503-7503

 

sjs1205

 

 

 

MOHW (Ministry of Health & Welfare)

 

Government Complex, Jungang-dong 1, Gwacheon

 

Gyeonggi-do, 427-721, Korea