Help dogs in Korea
 

Hi, everyone

I am a yorkie owner, and I joined this forum few months ago.
I am sad to post this sad dog cruelty to you.
But I hope you can help dogs in Korea . I believe your sympathy on them
can rescue dogs in Korea as soon as possible.

http://www.kaap.or.kr/bbs/zboard.php...esc=asc&no=318

I found this sad story on a Korean website. I got really shocked and angry by this
and I want to write to the Korean goverment to do something about this.
At this moment, more Koreans realize that dog meat is not a culture but a barbarian thing which has to stop.
So there are many discussions going on and the people against animal cruelty gather this Sunday to protest in Seoul.
I hope they get more interests from foreign media and animal lovers which will encourage them even more.

Here you can sign the petition against dog meat.
http://choimimi.com/zboarde/zboard.php?id=sign
I would appreciate if you can let another friends know about this.

Thank you

This is sickening :mad:
I have signed the petition

:thumbdown I SIGNED. I just wanted to cry. Poor doggies.Mercy to the vulnerable and weak.Cathy and Yoshi

That is horrible. :eek: :mad: :thumbdown I've signed the petition and so have my family!

I signed!! I couldn't bear to look at the other link .... seen this before! It makes me want to throw up!! :mad:

OMG. I was SICK looking at that site. I signed the petition and could hardly look as I tried to find the place to sign....

I want to add.......dogs and cats are ALSO BEING Slaughtered and SKINNED ALIVE for their fur .... :mad: :mad: :mad:

I wish I knew better ways to help...I don't know if signing petitions works in Korea but MAN...it worked for Oprah ....

I just feel sick - this world will have h*ll to pay one day for the abuse inflicted on innocent animals...... :( :( :( :(

I currently live in South Korea(hubby is in the US army)and I have heard of Koreans eating dog meat :mad:. I think is sick :mad:. I think now they have a different view of dogs and alot of Koreans take care of their pets, mostly small dogs.

so shame.
 

Thank you for supporting poor dogs in Korea.
Currently I am living in Holland .
As a Korean it`s real shame to show this bad side of Korea, but I believe
revealing this cruelty to more people in the world would be helpful to rescue
those innocent animals. I wish Ophra can see this also.
I wanna cry!!! So heart broken!! I hate those people eating dogs .I believe there are more Koreans against dog meat and take care of animal family with respect.
It is so unfair the animal lovers and animal angels have to be this in pain just because of some ignorant babarian dog eaters.
Please let other people know about this more..
THank you again !

You can go to Oprah's web site and email her there.

I had a friend stationed over there. We talked about the dog eating thing. He told me what many of us don't understand...it's not pets that they eat. They raise dogs on farms, like cattle, for slaughter. I don't really care where they raise them, I wouldn't eat it ever......but it did make it a little easier to swallow (no pun intended)

I Signed!
 

I was born in Korea. My mother is korean, my father is Canadian. I have eaten korean food all my life. We have never eaten dog meat. It is my understanding it is a delicacy. Like the French eat horsemeat. I'm not saying it is right but in different cultures people eat different things.I watched a program called "Worlds Apart" and this family from the US stayed with a family in a village in Africa. They thought we (americans) were sick to eat chicken.
I just don't want people to discriminate against other races for their differences of cultures.

I think it's illegal now, I know they only used to eat certain dogs. But I don't think they do it anymore, I hope not. Any kind of dog is cruel :mad: I live here in Korea and I haven't seen any restaurants that sell dog meat :animal-pa . I have however seen many Koreans love and take good care of their dogs. As a matter of fact there is 5 vet clinics around my neighborhood and the dogs here look so cute. Most of the dogs I encounter are dressed and nicely groom.

Koreans who eat dog meat also think it’s a delicacy and it’s traditional culture which westerners can’t say anything about.
I don’t think it’s a culture, dog meat is only a bad habit from the old days which has to stop. You talk about horse’s meat. I think horse meat, whale meat and dog meat all should stop. We don’t have to compete among each other which food is the most horrible. The point is whether Korea or USA or France, if it’s a horrible eating then we should stop eating.

Dog meat is not a Korean traditional culture. Culture should be something you can find only in one country. But dog meat started in China and we just copied it.
Korean’s origin is horse-riding people. Same horse -riding people such as Turkish, Mongolian and Japanese. They don’t eat dog meat.

Around the time dog meat started to be introduced, the Buddhist banned dog meat. Also people thought dog meat would bring bad luck to people especially to women, and it couldn’t go on the Jesa ( memorial ceremony for ancestors) . If it was a real delicacy why ancestors didn’t allow dog meat on their memorial day?

This dog meat was eaten more when we were very poor . While we had no food to eat, but still they didn’t eat their own doggies and they thought it `s a shame to eat dogs. I remember people usually went to the corner of riverside or mountain. They were not proud of killing dogs.

Now, Korea is not a poor country , they have lots of food to eat and enjoy life.
Why they still have to eat our best friend animals? It’s because some people think it `s good as viagra and good for protecting the body at hot summer days.

And who decided which are the eatable dogs? Dogs are all same. Just same as Humans are all same .
The eatable dogs are Korea’s traditional yellow dogs. They used to be Korean’s best friends. The protection of culture should be letting them live with Koreans and not raise them for eating.

If you see the poor dogs eyes waiting for death, you can’t say it’s a delicacy. It’s only animal cruelty.

Unfortunatly there still are a lot of dog-farms and dogmeat restaurants in Korea. The legal status is a bit strange. While there is not a law against raising them for meat or selling the meat, it is illegal to keep them in poor and cruel conditions.
I agree many dog-owners treat their pet as one of the family and buy all the best food and clothes /toys for them. That's why it's so strange that there is still this 'dark' side where people don't think the dogmeat they eat is from the same animal which they love so much at home.

Yes, I lived there for 2 1/2 years and this is what I was going to say. The dogs that are eaten are raised for that purpose. While I realize we don't understand it, it doesn't mean they are barbarian. I am sure there are morays and or cultural things that we do that some people don't understand.

I did see the dogs - I walked up to them and started to pet them when I realized that I was standing at a dog butcher shop. I seriously almost fainted as I looked up and saw the dog meat hanging. It is a shame for this to happen but I still don't think we can condemn another culture's ways- We eat beef and turkey and chicken - who is looking them in the eye when they are slaughtered. I understand your wanting to get this noticed and hopefully things will change but you have to do it with love and kindness.

I can't believe that here on YT anyone would say this is ok! Maybe I am reading this wrong who knows. This is a SICK practice. There is nothing that is right about this. They skin these dogs ALIVE! What worse is that some may say not to discriminate but it is really hard not to look at someone who is from Korea and not saw EWWWW!

Michelle

I wanted to add that I know not everyone from Korea is like this.Often I have to stop and remind myself of that.

Michelle

I signed this.Thank you for making us aware of these conditions.

That is so sad! I signed the petition!!!! :(

Emmsmom...I give KimMees mom credit for defending the culture of Korea...but I also know she probably didn't mean to sound like she defended this practice...but what some people eat in their cultures - we would never dream of eating.

Hopefully people can see this as an OLD part of Culture and even the country who think this is a delicacy are coming around to more modern thinking like we do....that eating dog is cruel, sick and horrible for the dogs....

there ARE countries that can't believe we eat COW ...but we do it here every day. Please don't take this as I AGREE with this practice .....I Think it's HORRIBLE ! but also know the person who defended it is very sweet woman and she has been to the country herself and probably saw first hand how different their culture is.

The animals we eat do NOT play fetch...or look into your eyes....kiss us ....or wait for us to come home....(well I'm sure there is a cow or 2 out there that will kiss someone - but I haven't met any :D )

I wish the world would remember......DOG is GOD spelt backwards....

I am really sorry about your experience with the dogs in front of the butcher.
I also agree we have to respect another culture which we are not used to.

I don`t mean to defence myself, and I am really proud of being a Korean. I studied Korean history in Korean university. I know we have a rich history and many civilized things we can show proudly to the world.
I will be even more proud if some Koreans don`t eat dogs anymore.

For me saving dogs is more important than become embarrassed bc I am Korean , so I said some doggy eaters are barbarians . If anyone mistreats our companian animals I would say he or she is a barbarian no matter which country they come from.

I totally don`t agree eating dog under the name of 'cultural diversities' . Because in human history, chicken or pigs are raised to be eaten but dogs are a different rank of animals. They show so much emotion and have always been human`s best friends. I believe Korean dogs have been same to their people .
I want to respect all the dogs. I can`t agree some dogs have different purpose.

I hope this thing changes eventually.. I will try to calm down. I `ve been not myself thesedays when I saw the animal cruelty. Thank you for interests.

JimmyJimmy - don't stop being outraged ! :thumbup: People NEED to hear this and the internet is an awesome tool to help let people know what's going on in the world....so don't apologise for being passionate....

I actually didn't know this is still being done that much still (though I DO know about the disgusting Fur trade) and it made me sick to read....but people do need to be made aware of it in order to help STOP it.

So ....Rock on !! :thumbup: :thumbup:

my two cents
 

uhm, right. nice attempt at a save. :rolleyes:


this disgusts me as much as people who eat chickens, cows, pigs, etc knowing the conditions THOSE animals are raised/slaughtered yet it doesn't keep them from eating their hamburgers or chicken nuggets.

Oh well everyone has an opinion.

I am saddend by this culture BUT I think they have a right to their culture EVEN when we don't agree with it. Korea is not the only one with this culture. They also eat dog in Indoneisia. My dad worked over there for a while and he has a dog that he "resuced". He found her hanging (still alive) with part of her tail cut off. They were bleeding the puppy. Supposidly it makes the meat tender. Anyway my dad grabbed the dog and ran. He told a bunch of his buddies who went and "resued" the rest of the litter. This poor family went without dinner that night. So I totally understand. I just think they have a right to their culture. (If I were in my dad's shoes, I would've grabbed the dog and ran too.) :animal-pa

JimmyJimmy, I agree with Red98Vett! People need to know this is still happening. Most don't know this practice is still going on so this info is a good thing! I also wanted to let you know that I signed the Petition. Great Work!

OMG your dad is a hero....you must be so proud of him and that was outstanding.... :thumbup:

but...really really AWFUL TO READ...I didn't know this either :( :( :( This really REALLY needs to be stopped. I wish we could do more to educate people on this.....I read ALOT .....and didn\'t know this was still happening and to hear about that poor alive doggie hanging with a cut tail is truly sickening...I got chills reading that :(

Thanks and same to you ! Great work yourself...we all need to sign that petition....ALL OF US...