Goal: Close South Korea’s largest dog meat market The largest market for dog meat in South Korea is the “Moran Market” in Seongnam, known for the thousands of animals it brutally slaughters every year. The dogs are sent to the market from all around the country, where they then wait to be killed. Some of the market dogs were even former pets whose owners abandoned them or lost them. After arriving at the market, the dogs are forced to live in cramped cages shoved all together, until a customer chooses them. At this point, the dog is killed as the customer waits, sometimes by electrocution, beating, or being thrown into boiling water while still alive. These acts are committed right in the market, in front of the other dogs and the public. There is no attempt to hide these brutal killings, even though they are illegal. The hundreds of thousands of dogs slaughtered in the Moran Market are killed illegally, yet no one makes any attempt to stop it. This is because the public simply does not care enough, and their indifference is mirrored by that of the government. There are a number of laws that would prohibit the raising and killing of dogs for human consumption, yet none of these laws are enforced. There is a small number of animal rights activists in South Korea who have been working to end the dog slaughter, but their small size hinders them. Stand with the South Korean activists and demand that the dog meat market in Seongnam is closed down forever.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:12:21 +0000
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