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Subject:
Olympic Committee: Take a stand in Pyeongchang 2018 against the dog meat
trade!
National
Olympic Committee in:
Vietnam,
Yemen,
Albania,
Andorra,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Bosnia
Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Cypres,
Czech
Republic,
Denmark.
Dear
Sir, Madam, to whom it concerns:
PyeongChang,
South Korea, is set to play the host for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
An
international gathering of elite athletes, sports fans, governments and
businesses on such a grand scale is a unique platform for taking a meaningful
stand against the widely condemned, barbaric and inhumane dog and cat meat trade
in South Korea.
We
know you are busy preparing for this epic sporting event.
However,
we urge you to spare just a few minutes of your time to watch this video, as
fellow people with compassion for animals, whether they are raised for our
consumption or as our companions, working partners and guardians, we know you
will agree that the current practice and attitude of those involved in this
medieval industry is completely unacceptable and abhorrent.
No
living being deserves such a torturous existence.
Forced
to endure the most extreme deprivation and unimaginable torment from the moment
they are born until the day they are brutally slaughtered; dogs (our best
friends) are battery farmed - imprisoned in cramped, rusty, raised cages all
their lives with no protection from extreme elements.
They
have no access to water, exercise, or medical care.
Their
eardrums are often burst to prevent them from barking. Until, often in front of
other live dogs, they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten skinned or burnt alive in
the ignorant belief that such suffering will improve their taste.
Could
you imagine this happening to your best friend?
This
industry is by no means small scale, thousands upon thousands of dogs are
factory farmed in this way every day, there is no emphasis on even the most
basic and cheapest humane farming methods in this operation.
This
trade has no basis in promoting "culture" or tradition of the Korean people, it
is purely driven by greed and the profits that can be made in this severely
under-regulated, tax free sector which in itself is highly unsanitary and a
severe risk to both human and animal health.
Please
do not look the other way, please do not see this issue as a 'cultural
difference', we urge you to look at this issue with unbridled compassion and to
use whatever means or methods you can to add your voice to the many already
calling for change in south Korea.
We
urge you to add your voice to social media and other campaigns. Please use this
unique opportunity to help change the lives of so many dogs and cats condemned
to a life in the meat trade.
If
South Korea knows the world is watching and is asking for change, and if South
Korea wants to be respected as a nation of conscience, South Koreans need to
strengthen their abysmal and outdated animal welfare laws and permanently ban
dog and cat consumption.
Please
help us to bring about this change!
Yours
sincerely:
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