Activists Force Cancellation of South Korean Dog Meat 'Festival'

06/29/2011

The Korea Dog Farmers' Association had scheduled a 'festival' aimed at promoting traditional dog meat consumption this week, but it was cancelled following the rising drumbeat of protest from animal rights activists.

This unfathomable 'festival' was planned to be held in the city of Seongnam just south of Seoul, and would showcase various canine delicacies...which frankly yours truly is unable to convey here as it is simply too upsetting to detail : (

Beyond Barbaric

How is it possible that this unfathomable practice is still legally going on in South Korea!?! How is it possible tthat nearly 600 farms still raise dogs for meat in South Korea? Un-freaking believable. The good news is that an increasing number of South Koreans are staunchly opposed to this practice and step-by-step, Korean animal activists are working to put an end to it, though it has unfortunately been a slow process due to grey areas in the legal system.

An "International Embarrassment"

A growing numbers of Koreans oppose the practice and consider it an international embarrassment, and according to the Wall Street Journal, the planned festival stirred fury from South Korean animal rights groups and many Internet users, who aided in the ultimate cancellation.

Park So-Youn, head of Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth, told the AFP this week "This is making our country an international laughing stock, and making the whole world mistakenly believe that all South Koreans eat dogs." 

"Canines are the animals emotionally closest to humans. You can't just publicly celebrate killing and eating them," Park told the AFP.

 Learn more about how you can support the South Korean animal activists who are advocating on behalf of these animals, as well as other worthy animal protection initiatives such as elimination of overcrowded puppy mills here in the U.S., visit the Care2 petition site here>

 Photo Source: Getty Images

 

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Impressive blog I didn't knew some thing like this also happens, sounds different.I have never came across an activity like this.

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To read about this blatant abuse of animal rights is appalling. I'm glad there is some people trying to protest it though.

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Right on! Good for the Korean people for standing up and speaking up against this inhumane and barbaric practice!

I urge them to keep the pressure on and to continue to demand stronger animal rights laws, with the long-term goal of outlawing the use of dogs as a food source forever.

Thank you, Animal Planet, for bringing this issue to light on your site!

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You haven't provided one logical argument to support your opinion. The fact that it offends western sensibilities isn't a rational argument.
Why is eating dog any different than eating beef or chicken?
If there is any valid reason, its not self evident to me.

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I commend those in South Korea and all of Asia who are standing up to put an end to this barbaric lifestyle. Someone once said to me "it's the way of their culture". My response was "they need to change their culture" and I'm glad to see that they are trying.

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@Rusty. I understand where you're coming from and I do agree but for me as a South Korean its not just the dog meat alone that bothers me but the way they do it and the way it is executed.

They get breeds like mastiff breeds and purebreds and breed them recklessly. Then they stuff these massive grown dogs into tiny crates that literally would fit 5 small puppies at best. They beat these animals and constantly aggravate them. The dogs are so traumatized that htey are aggressive towards humans and shake in fear when near them. THe dogs are also fed other dog meat, so when they are released, they go hunting and prey on small dogs and puppies (this has happened before. it was released on the show Animal Farm in Korea. The dog that they caught is going through intensive training and rehabilitation so it can be brought back to the domestic canine world). No one blamed the dog for its behavior but rather the ppl who were responsible for him.

The people who run this dog meat organization are cruel and have no heart. Several of these ppl even STEAL other ppl's pets so they can start a business or make money. Not all old people in korea eat dog meat, many of them has pets and always on the look out for dog knapping.

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This is nonsense. Does this mean we should stop eating beef because it would offend Hindus? Factory farming in the US is just as appalling, if not more so. Cows, pigs, and even chickens have degrees of intelligence and can bond with humans, as I've encountered during my childhood on a family farm.

Even being a vegetarian means you have blood on your hands. Do you think those foods harvested don't result in the deaths of scores of animals who calls those fields home? Not to mention the wildlife displaced and disrupted by growing produce that isn't there natively.

Seriously, unless you eat only native plants growing in their natural habitat, none of us are in a place to talk or judge. Get a grip.

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@Unbelievable, Just because it is impossible to avoid all loss of life to animals and destruction of their habitats doesn't mean that therefore you just throw up your hands and say we don't have a responsibility to act so as to cause the least amount of harm we can. That's like saying 'So what if people drink and drive and kill people in the process they are going to die eventually anyway.'
There is also the fact that dogs aren't covered by the livestock act that demands humane treatment and so can be hung while alive and beaten to death or packed into crates too small for them.
It is also the fact that Korean people themselves are objecting to the practices of a minority among them who behave with no concern for the suffering they cause.
It isn't just foreigners forcing alien standards on Koreans.

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