Guest guest Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Monthly Newsletter No. 13 January, 2010 Hi everyone, January has been a very busy month culminating in rallies against a dog torturer and Korea's useless animal protection laws . . . These emergency rallies made us realize at KARA's English site that we need to organize a local activist mail-out list, so that local activists can be easily alerted about such events in the future. If you would like your name on that list, simply email the admin address at the bottom of this newsletter with "activist" in the Subject line. Rallies Against Dog Torturer and Useless Animal Protection Laws On January 22, 2010, several animal welfare organizations including KARA held a rally outside the Songpa Police Headquarters in Seoul. This was to protest the lack of punishment for a dog torturer and killer ... more. On January 24, 2010, another rally was held to highlight Korea's totally inadequate animal protection laws that allow psychos to get away with murder ... more KARA in the News: Shelters Overflow with Abandoned Pets An article appeared in the English publication of the JoongAng Daily, January 14, 2010, featuring KARA's activities and highlighting the terrible problem of animal abandonment and strays in Korea, which is something of a national disgrace. Some Koreans treat dogs like toys or accessories and regrettably cast them out when they feel like it ... more Grandpa Kim's Shelter in Trouble KARA is one of a number of groups that are answering the call to help Grandpa Kim, who runs a dog shelter all on his own but whose health is failing. He is greatly worried about the future of the dogs in his care. Grandpa Kim was diagnosed with throat cancer and is asking either for assistance or for someone to take over his shelter ... more A Visit to KAPS's Famous Boeun Shelter The Korean Animal Protection Society or KAPS is run by founder Sunnan Kum of Daegu, who has been fighting to protect animals in Korea for decades. KAPS has two shelters, one in Daegu and one in Boeun, just north of Daejeon. The Boeun shelter has a reputation of being the best in Korea, so I paid a visit one wintry day to meet with Sunnan and tour the shelter ... more Silvia's Story of Two Special Cats KARA's English website is visited by animal lovers from all over the world, some of whom register with the site and offer their support despite being so far away. Silvia is one of those people. She's an animal lover who lives in Spanish speaking Uruguay, and she's written a story about two beloved cats for all you cat lovers out there ... more District Office Confines Young Tigers to Tiny Cages When a district office decided it would put on a display of young tigers for the public to mark the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, it failed to actually give any thought to the welfare of the tigers. What is worse, it lied to the public about what was happening with the tigers at night ... more Anti-Dog Meat Petition Ongoing At the time of writing, United Dogs' online petition against Korea's dog meat industry is over the 363,000 mark. This is a great achievement, but the ambitious aim of a million signatures is still a long way off. If you haven't signed already, head on over and sign the petition. If you need to, you can see different language versions of the page using its top-right drop down list. Please tell your friends! This Issue's Net Highlights Dolphins are thought to be the second most intelligent creatures on the planet after humans, so some scientists are suggesting that they should be regarded as non-human persons. There can only be one winner in a battle between a puppy and an ice cube!!! Chicken ought to be safer to eat by now, given that the problem of contamination goes back decades and should have been solved by now. But the very latest analyses from the US show that two-thirds of broilers sold in stores there contain disease causing bacteria. Americans were shocked recently when in a rare and courageous move two national news sources broadcast an exposé into the dairy industry. The exposé was thanks to undercover work by Mercy for Animals and shows the realities of dairy factory-farms today. Starbucks is to be congratulated, first for providing a soy milk option in their stores, and now--in the US at least--for serving up vegan cookies. Yum! This email was sent to you because you are registered or affiliated with the Korea Animal Rights Advocates website at http://animalrightskorea.org. If you have any queries, please contact admin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Monthly Newsletter No. 14 February, 2010 Hi everyone, February brings milder weather, and that means dogs stuck in steel cages all over Korea will not have to suffer being exposed to the bitter cold 24 hours a day ... KARA to Become Incorporated On February 1, 2010, everyone involved with KARA management had a meeting to discuss the details of KARA becoming a corporation. Once everything is sorted out, it should give us more powers when dealing with the government ... more Dog Abuse Reported and Dealt With By KARA This month a foreigner working in Korea's south reported the abuse of some puppies in a house nearby. She could see the abuse occurring from her window. Fortunately, she was able to provide some video as evidence, which is often crucial to us in such cases. KARA's manager travelled down to talk to the family and the boy involved ... more Huge Delivery to Grandpa Kim's Shelter Last month we reported on the desparate situation at Grandpa Kim's shelter, as his health is failing along with his ability to look after his dogs. You can now read an update about a large delivery of food and supplies to the shelter. We've also learned of some peculiarities about Grandpa Kim that certainly aren't helping matters ... more Animal Rights Group Targets Free Trade Agreement Kinship Circle is lobbying the Obama Administration to reject the South Korean Free Trade Agreement on ethical grounds, citing a failed animal welfare policy and corruption. However, the group incorrect says that South Korea is the only nation to openly slaughter cats and dogs for human consumption, and even uses a picture that appears to be from the Philippines ... Oh, well ... more China's Animal Rights Law a Long Way Off China of all places will possibly implement an animal rights law that bans dog and cat eating. But while all of this sounds good, actually achieving any change soon another story. In Korea, politicians and lawmakers were unmoved. In the future in China, as in Korea now, enforcing animal protection laws could be non-existent or rather hit and miss ... more Anti-Dog Meat Petition Ongoing At the time of writing, United Dogs' online petition against Korea's dog meat industry is over 384,000--about 20,000 more than last month. This is a great achievement, but the ambitious aim of a million signatures is still a long way off. If you haven't signed already, head on over and sign the petition. If you need to, you can see different language versions of the page using its top-right drop down list. Please tell your friends! But don't use Internet Explorer because it doesn't work!!! ... Use Firefox. (Internet Explorer is not working in Korea. United Dogs has informed us that they are recoding their site and it won't be completed for another week or so.) This Issue's Net Highlights It is a relief and heartening to see the Australian government stand up to Japan's barbaric whaling practice with the threat of legal action by November. West Hollywood is legislating towards ensuring pet shops only sell pets from shelters. Hopefully, this great idea will spread everywhere. Two video news reports here and here explain it all. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has called for governments to tax livestock production. Given the resource-intensive and heavily polluting nature of the livestock business, it's about time a fart tax was introduced. While on the subject, yet another sobering warning about the creation of antibiotic-resistant bugs in meat production comes to us from a special CBS news report in the US. And another news source reports on the use of a range of drugs that remain in consumer meat. There has been around 10 million pounds of meat recalled in the US since Obama took office, mainly due to disease contamination. Think of all the waste, the pollution and the suffering of animals that represents. This email was sent to you because you are registered or affiliated with the Korea Animal Rights Advocates website at http://animalrightskorea.org. If you have any queries, please contact admin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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