FW: [helptheanimals] Animal Cruelty/South Korea

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Ohmigod, this is disgusting, I almost threw up after reading it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send this to everyone you know...

Christine

< Kay Bruggemann writes...> I am sorry to have to share the attached pictures with you but I knowthat all dog lovers will want to help stop the barbaric torture of dogsthat is currently occurring in South Korea. Each year many dogs in SouthKorea are slowly beaten to death to "tenderise" their meat before theyare eaten. Why? Because some Korean men believe that softened dog meatis a sexual aphrodisiac. These men believe that the softness of the meatis increased if the dog is forced to release adrenalin by beingslaughtered under extreme fear. While it is illegal to eat dog and cat meat in Korea, the government notonly does not enforce the laws, but you can find a large variety ofmeals featuring dog meat in the markets and can even pick your live dog,which will be tortured and killed and prepared for you in a back room.This is an eyewitness account from the Korean Animal ProtectionSociety(KAPS). Once again, I am sorry to have to share it, but we mustknow the horror these dogs are facing if we are to help in stopping thepractice. "After the dog is hung by its neck it is tenderised by beating it for upto an hour or more. Bruised and bleeding the dog is then lowered to theground and finished off with a blowtorch to remove his or her fur. Thedogs, often still alive, scream and cry in agony and pain, urinating anddefacating while gripped in the throws of unimaginable horror" If you are horrified by this then I know you will want to help - even ifonly in a small way. The World Cup International football competition ispreparing to come to Korea in 2002. This may be our only opportunity tosave the death row dogs of Korea, when the whole world is watching. HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP. Even if you do only one or two of these things, you will be helping in asignificant way. If you do nothing else, at least forward this email toall your friends in your personal directory. 1. Sign the on-line petition that can be found on this web site: URL http://members.aol.com/abical/koreapetition2.html 2. Email wbutler if you believe you can assist in thesigning of petitions or the distribution of post cards. Also email this addressif you would like sample letters to send to the President South Korea,and the President FIFA. 3. Send the following e-mail (or similar) to the World Cup Sponsors.This will take no longer than 5 minutes and can be easily done throughthe following e-mail addresses (or through the links to web pages thathave been specifically designed for the acceptance of consumercomments). JVC World Head Quarters: E-mail:gifford Fuji Film: E-mail:club Hyundai: E-mail: ferapark MasterCard:URL http://www.mastercard.com/cgi-bin/form/custserv/comment_template.html?Origination=Problems_And_Questions Budweiser: URL http://www.budweiser.com/ind_contact.html Coca Cola: URL http://www.thecocacolacompany.com/sitemap/index.html (go to thiswebsite, then click on FAQs, then civil action network, and then clickon "e-mail" at the bottom of the page) Dear Sir/Madam, Please use your unique position as sponsor of FIFA to apply pressure onSouth Korea to stop the barbaric torture and eating of dogs and cats inviolation of its own laws. Each year many dogs in South Korea are slowly beaten to death to"tenderise" their meat before they are eaten. They are often finishedoff by a blowtorch to remove the fur. Why? Because some Korean menbelieve that softened dog meat is a sexual aphrodisiac. These men believe thatthe softness of the meat is increased if the dog is forced to releaseadrenalin by being slaughtered under extreme fear. While it is illegalto eat dog & cat meat in Korea, the government not only does not enforcethe laws, but you can find a large variety of meals featuring dog meatin the markets and can even pick your live dog, which will be torturedand killed and prepared for you in a back room. Torturing cats and dogsis not a "cultural matter." It is the responsibility of all of us tostop brutality against innocent creatures . We are all tainted by thecruelty when we turn a blind eye to this savagery. Please do not encourage South Korea in its torture and killing of thesecats and dogs. It is absolutely imperative the Korea Animal ProtectionAct be strengthened and enforced immediately. Please use your influenceto change South Korea and stop these barbaric acts. You are in a unique position to apply pressure on South Korea to changethis horrible daily torture and murder of companion animals. It does nogood for your image to hold a prestigious world championship in a placesuch as this. I for one, will not buy any products made or sold by anyof the sponsors of The World Cup if it is held in South Korea, withoutthese laws being enforced. I will also inform all that I can of theatrocities condoned by FIFA and its sponsors, if you do not take a standon this issue. Do not under-estimate the power of the email network toreach and indeterminable number of sympathisers prepared to make a standon this issue. Thank you for your help in this terrible situation. Sincerely, " 4. Send letters to President Kim Dae Jung expressing your disgust andrequesting that he enforce the South Koreans' own "Animal Protection ActAnd Related Law" enacted May 7th, 1991. President Kim Dae Jung,Blue House,1 Saejong-ro, Chongro-kuSeoul, SouthKorea 110-760 5. Send letters to the FIFA President requesting that FIFA use theirinfluence to apply pressure on South Korea to change this horrible dailytorture and murder of companion animals. President: Jack A. Warner, 725 5th avenue, 17 floor,New York, NY 10022, 6. Contribute financially by donating to either of the followingorganisations: The Korea Animal Protection Society (KAPS) : URLhttp://www.koreananimals.org/index.htm The International Fund for Animal Welfare (secure on-line donationavailable) : URL http://www.ifaw.org/joinifaw.html Please, please help to stop this torture of innocent dogs. Let's notbury our heads in the sand and become a part of the problem - let's worktogether to put a stop to the torture. Personal Note: I went on the KAPS web site(www.koreananimals.org/index.htm) to confirm that all this is true. Ifyou click on "Animal Issues" in the left column, you will be able to seethe pictures they talk about in the beginning of this e-mail. It isabsolutely horrible. I read this message an hour ago and am still sickto my stomach... To tell you the truth, I wish I hadn't looked atthem-so this is just a warning to those who have a way too activeimagination like me...