Fwd: Demonstration for Korean Dogs

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INTERNATIONAL AID FOR KOREAN ANIMALS (IAKA), THE EYES, VOICE & EARS OF NYC,

INC., and NEW YORK ACTIVISTS and GROUPS PROTEST KOREA'S ILLEGAL DOG MEAT

TRADE

 

When & Where: Thursday, June 29, 2000 at 12:00 noon

Across from 866 United Nations Plaza (in the park on the corner of First and

West 47th streets) NYC, NY

 

When & Where: Saturday July 1, 2000 at 12:00 noon

Flushing Library, Main Street, Flushing, NY

 

IAKA and animal-protection activists in New York will stage two

demonstrations, in front of the United Nations building in NYC and in

Koreatown in Flushing, NY to protest the cruel and illegal slaughter and

consumption of companion animals in Korea. This event takes place in June

because every year at this time dog meat consumption escalates in

anticipation of the Korean " Bok " holidays (literally " sweltering dog days "

of summer), when the vicious practice of beating, electrocuting, and often

skinning dogs alive for boshintang (dog meat stew) peaks to celebrate Bok

days. The goal of the protest is to highlight the Korean Government's

failure to enforce its own Animal Protection Law that bans cruelty to

animals, and that specifically bans the slaughter and consumption of dogs.

 

The Korean Animal Protection Society (the leading animal protection group in

Korea) and it sister organization, International Aid for Korean Animals

based in California, have called for worldwide demonstrations and boycotts

of Korean goods until the government enforces the Animal Protection Law and

ends the dog meat trade. Corporate sponsors of the 2002 Soccer World Cup in

South Korea are also being asked to withdraw their support until the

government takes action. In South Korea, some people believe that torturing

a dog to death produces better-tasting flesh with aphrodisiac qualities, so

animals are routinely killed by hanging, prolonged beatings, and

electrocution. Dogs are commonly skinned alive.

 

Kyenan Kum, spokesperson for the Korean Animal Protection Society said,

" This is not an issue of " cultural differences. " Caring Koreans and most

people worldwide know that no animal should be intentionally tortured and

abused. Cats and dogs are simply not appropriate for human consumption

because they often bite and fight back against their abusers. This leads to

terrible cruelty and suffering. The Korean government recognized this fact

when they created the Animal Protection Act, but now a few politically

powerful dog dealers are preventing enforcement of Korean law. We need the

help of caring people everywhere to stamp out this abuse once and for all. "

 

Contact: Kyenan Kum, International Aid for Korean Animals,

P.O. Box 20600 Oakland, CA 94620-0600

Tel. (510) 271-6795 kaps

www.koreananimals.org

The Eyes, Voice & Ears of New York City, Inc. Tel./Fax. (718) 628-6371

eyesvoiceears

 

 

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