Urgent Message from Kyenan & Sunnan.....Korean Dogs

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Urgent Message from Kyenan & Sunnan

Dear Friend to Korean Animals,

 

The letter below is from an eyewitness to the some of the worst

cruelty I have ever heard described, made even worse by the dog

butcher's insensitivity to his victim as a sentient, feeling being.

The white dog expressed love for his trusted guardian right up to the

moment he handed him over to the butcher.

 

Chun Am (a pseudonym), Sunnan and myself are urging animal defenders

everywhere to circulate this letter as widely as possible, and to

send by regular mail or by email to the Korean government officials.

(See addresses below)

 

Be warned--the letter is very graphic and heart-wrenching, and I cry

tears of rage and sorrow every time I read it, which is why I haven't

been able to translate it for our non-Korean members until now. It

sickens me, and I am deeply angered that these acts continue in the

face of so much denial from so many, including government officials,

who refuse to believe that these animals are deliberately tortured

with maximum cruelty.

 

Please send your strong protest letters with a copy of Chun Am's

letter to as many Korean government officials, Korean Embassies and

Korean companies as you can.

 

2. Letter from Chun Am-His Eyewitness Account of Horrific Dog Torture

 

(Translated from original letter in Korean)

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE TERRIBLE, CRUEL ACTS?

 

At 7:30 on the morning of May 14, 2002, I left my inn to take a walk

by Manripo Beach. I came upon two men talking. One man walked up to a

dog tied up by a stream.

 

This white dog was jumping up and down and wagging his tail, happy to

see his owner. The owner untied the rope from the tree and used the

rope to tie up the dog. He handed him over to the other man.

 

From the moment he was handed over to the second man, the dog was

unable to move and the man dragged the dog for about twenty meters to

a post. He put the rope around the post and yanked the dog over

roughly, then tied him to the post.

 

The dog was screaming in pain and flailing. This middle-aged man used

his two hands to pull on the dog's tail with all his strength,

causing the dog to be choked around the neck, crushing the dog's

backbone. Then he was using all his strength to pull the dog by his

left leg. Next he did the same with the right leg.

 

While the dog was still alive, he was tearing his body apart. The dog

was barely able to move, and he was moaning with horrible pain. He

took a short break, looking at the dog and observing the dog's dying

condition. He waited a few minutes, and proceeded to repeat these

actions about three times over the next thirty minutes.

 

He stopped to check if the dog was breathing to make sure he was

still alive, then he went back to his house, four meters away. The

dog was still alive and still moving. I asked this man, " Why are you

killing this dog so painfully, so cruelly? Why can't you kill him

quickly? " He thought I was a dogmeat buyer or someone who enjoyed

dogmeat.

 

He smiled at me and proudly told me, " Dog should take a long time to

be killed, that way it tastes better. " At that moment I was so

enraged. " All the other countries who don't eat dog advance as a

country. If we don't stop eating dogs, we are never going to be a

progressive country. " " People in Seoul enjoy eating dog more. " the

dog butcher replied, and he went back to his room.

 

My heart was aching and pounding with panic. I couldn't breathe from

the shock. I ran the 150 meters back to the inn, my back and face

covered in sweat and tears. An hour later I calmed down. The group I

was travelling with had to leave. While I was leaving, I looked at

the dog and saw him still tied up, dangling on the post. I was

thinking about how many hours would pass until sunset and how long

this butcher would hang the dog alive, if he was still alive.

 

I cried and closed my eyes. " White Dog, I wish you peace in heaven.

The man who killed you is so cruel, how can he be part of our Korean

people? White Dog, you can't forgive the butcher, but I will do it

for you. I feel that our country is still so primitive. Someday the

butcher will die. I believe that he will die just like you died, with

pain.

 

When you are reborn, hopefully you are never born into a country like

this one, I hope you will be born into some advanced country. "

 

This past week, I cannot work, I cannot sleep with the rage and this

feeling of despair. This man had put in a big post in front of his

house with equipment all around it, which seems to show that he has

been doing this kind of work for a long time. He does this thing when

an order comes from a dog soup restaurant. I am sure this expert dog

butcher knows how to give maximum cruelty.

 

That white dog so cruelly killed was eaten by savage dog eaters at a

table of drinking, laughing people, who pay expensively for tender

meat!

 

In my life, I have observed that the dog meat eaters are always

ailing, are never healthy and don't live a long time. I don't know

why.

 

Everyone, please be aware there is no one in this world more cruel

than this butcher. Would you like to go to this Manripo Beach in

Taeahn-gun where you might see this evil, cruel man who has already

given up his humanity?

 

Please let everyone all over the country know about this cruel man

and his acts by sending this letter continuously to the newspapers,

television, magazines-use all the media. Let them know the name of

this place.

 

Because I fear revenge, I regretfully cannot reveal my real identity,

but some day I will.

 

His Excellency Kim Dae-jung

President of the Republic of Korea

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1, Sejongno, Jongno-gu

Seoul 110-050

Republic of Korea

 

Ministry of Agriculture

1 Jungang-dong

Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province

South Korea 427-760

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minister

Fax: +82-2-503-7249

Tel: +92-2-2110-4046

 

Prime Minister

77-6 Sejong-Ro, Jongno-gu

Seoul, South Korea 110-050

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Fax: +82-2-737-0109

Tel: +82-2-737-0094

 

Minister Lee, Tae-Bok

The Ministry of Health and Welfare

1 Joongang-dong

Kwanchun City, Kyoungki-do

South Korea 427-760

 

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

5 Nokbun-dong, Unpyoung-fu

Seoul, South Korea 122-704

 

(Ask to crack down on and close dog meat restaurants.)

 

Fax letters to: 02-503-7551 or mail to the above address.

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