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Do Not Alter Law For Consumptive Use Of Cats And
Dogs
The Ministry of Environment plans to categorize dogs as livestock to regulate the
sanitation practices of
large-scale dog breeders. There are about 720,000 dog farms, raising some 2.3 million
dogs. Respectfully
demand the Korean government takes no action to amend the Animal Protection Law of
1991. An amendment
categorizes some as "pet animals," others as food-source animals, and allows
consumptive use of certain
dogs and cats. Those bred as family companions are protected, while other dogs and
cats — strays and
those purposefully raised for food or medicine — are not. This proposed law turns a
blind eye on the
cruelty inherent in the dog/cat consumption trade: Prolonged beatings, dismemberment,
hangings, live
boiling, and more brutal customs thought to enhance flavor and potency.
Hypocrisy Of Saving Dogs And Cats While Eating Pigs And
Cows
Kinship Circle recognizes that some feel it's hypocritical to protest the consumptive
use of dogs and
cats while other sentient creatures live in wretched conditions and die horribly
under the knife. Please
note that we regularly post action campaigns on animals farmed for food. We have
addressed this hypocrisy
in our literature, an article that ran as The Animals Voice cover story: One Country's Companion Is Another's
Cuisine. We wholly
reject the consumptive use of ANY animal, including dogs, cats, horses, chickens,
pigs, cows, fishes,
turkeys, ducks, etc.
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Honorable Officials of the Republic of Korea:
I respectfully ask the Korean government to not amend the Animal Protection Law of
1991 to classify some dog breeds as livestock and others
as companions.
The distinction between "pet animals" and food-source animals merely allows the
consumptive use of certain dogs and cats. Those bred as
family companions are protected, while other dogs and cats — if purposefully
raised for food or medicine — are not.
This draft law undoes humane policies established in 1991. In fact, it allows any
animal abuser to bypass punishment by simply claiming the
abused dog or cat was intended for meat or medicine.
This law turns a blind eye on the cruelty inherent in the dog/cat consumption trade:
Prolonged beatings, dismemberment, hangings, live
boiling, and more brutal customs thought to enhance flavor and potency.
Moreover, if Korea enacts this amendment, it becomes the only nation to openly permit
the slaughter of dogs and cats for human ingestion. I
urge Korean officials to cease all efforts to legalize this vile trade. Taiwan,
Thailand and the Philippines have banned dog meat. Most Koreans
do not consume dogs and cats. Why does Korea continue to sacrifice its integrity and
global image to appease a minority interest?
Please enforce animal protection laws that afford ALL dogs and cats immunity under
pet animals. Please explicitly outlaw the killing of any of
these animals for food or medicine.
Thank you,
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TO: webmaster@president.go.kr,
foreign@president.go.kr, webmaster@pmo.go.kr,
M_opm@opm.go.kr, m-opm@opm.go.kr, help@mct.go.kr, webmaster@www.mct.go.kr, minister@maf.go.kr, wmaster@mifaff.go.kr, afec@assembly.go.kr, minister@me.go.kr, wmaster@mohw.go.kr, webmaster@sppo.go.kr, spoweb@sppo.go.kr, leeys@kfda.go.kr, m_kfda@kfda.go.kr, fsb1234@kfda.go.kr, ohsehoon@seoul.go.kr, english@www.metro.seoul.kr, information_usa@mofat.go.kr, consular_usa@mofat.go.kr, koreanembinuk@mofat.go.kr
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full contact information
Korean President Mr. Lee Myung-bak
1 Cheongwadae-ro; Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
email: webmaster@president.go.kr, foreign@president.go.kr
SOURCE: english.president.go.kr/
Prime Minister Mr. Han Seung-soo
Central Government Complex, 55 Sejong-no, Jongno-gu
Seoul, Korea 110-760
email: webmaster@pmo.go.kr, M_opm@opm.go.kr,
m-opm@opm.go.kr
SOURCE: www.pmo.go.kr/eng.do
Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism Republic of Korea
110-703, 42,Sejongno, Jongno-gu; Seoul, Korea
email: help@mct.go.kr, webmaster@www.mct.go.kr
web mail: www.mct.go.kr/english/con
tactus/contactus.jsp
SOURCE: www.mct.go.kr/english/index.jsp,
www.southkorea.alloexpat.com/s
outhkorea_information/ministries_ministry_southkorea.php
Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Government Complex Gwacheon, Jungang-dong 1
Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
email: minister@maf.go.kr, wmaster@mifaff.go.kr,
afec@assembly.go.kr
SOURCE: english.maf.go.kr/index.jsp
Ministry of Environment
Government Complex Gwacheon 1 Joongang-dong
Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 427-729 Korea
email: minister@me.go.kr
SOURCE: eng.me.go.kr/docs/index.html
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Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu; Seoul, Korea 110-793
email: wmaster@mohw.go.kr
SOURCE: english.mohw.go.kr
Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office
1730-1 Seocho3-dong, Seocho-gu; Seoul, South Korea 137-730
email: webmaster@sppo.go.kr, spoweb@sppo.go.kr
SOURCE: www.spo.go.kr/eng/index.jsp
Korea Food And Drug Administration
194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu; Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea
email: leeys@kfda.go.kr, m_kfda@kfda.go.kr
SOURCE: kfda.go.kr/index2.html
Seoul Regional Food Surveillance Division
email: fsb1234@kfda.go.kr
Mayor of Seoul Mr. Oh Se-hoon
Deoksugung-gil 15, Jung-gu; Seoul 100-110, Republic of Korea
email: ohsehoon@seoul.go.kr, english@www.metro.seoul.kr
SOURCE: english.seoul.go.kr
US KOREAN EMBASSY
His Excellency Mr. Lee Tae-sik
Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA
2450 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.; Washington DC 20008
email: information_usa@mofat.go.kr,
consular_usa@mofat.go.kr
SOURCE: kr.embassyinformation.com/list.php,
www.koreaembassy.org
UK KOREAN EMBASSY
His Excellency Mr. Chun Yung-woo
South Korean Embassy in the UK
60 Buckingham Gate; London, SW1E 6AJ
email: koreanembinuk@mofat.go.kr
TO FIND KOREAN EMBASSIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TRY:
www.embassyworld.com/embassy/ko
rea1.htm, embassyinformation.com/
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