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Subject: Introduce effective legislation and enforcement to ban the
intensive farming of pet dogs!
To:
President Roh Moo-hyun.
Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan.
Minister Kim Kuen-Tae.
Minister Lee Chang-dong.
Cc:
OIE, EU Del.
Consulars, Ambassadors.
President, Prime Minister, Ministers:
We urge you to take swift action and to radically change your Government’s
plan to expand the puppy mill, pet auction and pet trade generally. At a time
when most forward thinking countries are considering banning or heavily
legislating and regulating against puppy mills and intensive ‘factory’ pet
breeding practices, we find it unacceptable and shameful that South Korea is
making an active decision to move backwards and not forwards with regard to this
highly controversial issue.
Encouraging the puppy mill industry via financial incentives with regard to
the opening of new mills or the upscaling of mill facilities goes against public
opinion both in Korea and globally, is not in the public interest and showcases
to the world that South Korea has a complete disregard to animal welfare. Growth
in the pet sector in other world leading countries has come through expansion of
the pet food and accessory and service trade and not through the use puppy mills
which is a dying trade in the majority of forward thinking counties.
You should be aware of the horrific public and environmental health and
animal welfare abuses going on in puppy mills across South Korea at this very
moment. Below are just a few examples:
– In the demand for smaller and smaller popular ‘tea-cup’ versions of
various dog breeds, practices such as premature C-section are commonplace in the
industry and often carried out by unqualified puppy mill staff with no regard to
both the mother or the puppies’ welfare and often carried out without
anaesthetic.
– Intentional malnourishment is also common in a bid to produce smaller and
smaller dogs. These ‘tea-cup’ dogs often suffer from horrific genetic defects
alongside being exposed to the unsanitary conditions found in most puppy
mills.
– The practises at these mills echo those of other intensive factory
farming operations, with repeated cycles of insemination and no break for the
mother dog, which goes against modern veterinary thinking and advice along with
abysmal and inhumane conditions for the breeding animals, caged for life often
living in their own filth, suffering from a number of chronic health
issues.
o Is this what the average Korean consumer wants when purchasing a puppy?
No!
o Is this information even disclosed to the end customer when purchasing
their new puppy? No!
o Is this fair on the animal or on the consumer? No!
Supporting the intensive factory farming of dogs creates more opportunity
for abuse, not less. In order for regulation to work it has to be actively
policed, implemented by local law enforcement and supported through direct
action and sentencing in the judicial system.
South Korea’s record in this respect is appalling to say the least, so any
suggestion that the current proposals will seek to address some of the animal
welfare abuses taking place in the pet industry right now is misleading in the
extreme.
Your Government through these latest proposals seeks to increase the dog
population for short-term economic gains, doing nothing to address the
‘disposable’ culture when it comes to pet dog ownership, which will inevitably
lead to an increase in the amount of dogs abandoned, ending up in already
overstretched rescue centres or worse sold to dog meat traders. The even greater
tragedy is that there are so many dogs and puppies that need homes right now,
that have been rescued from the South Korean meat trade and yet there are no
proposals on addressing this issue or indeed supporting those charities and
NGO’s that work so hard to save and rehome these animals.
South Korea is the world’s 14th largest economy, but it is hard to believe
that a nation such as South Korea, which is one of the world’s most highly
educated and major economic powers is ignoring its public, snubbing the latest
veterinary and behavioural advice with regard to intensive breeding of pet dogs
and seeking to solidify its embarrassing reputation when it comes to animal
welfare and abuse.
We urge you to carefully rethink these latest proposals and ask that you
introduce effective legislation and enforcement to ban the intensive farming of
pet dogs via the puppy mill and auction industry. It is time for South Korea to
start taking animal welfare seriously and prove to the global community and to
itself that South Korea really does have a compassionate and ethical
society.
Sincerely:
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