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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