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Subject: Olympic Committee: Take a stand in Pyeongchang 2018 against the
dog meat trade!
National Olympic Committee in:
Indonesia,
Iran,
Iraq,
Japan,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Korea, Rep. of
Kyrgyzstan,
Lao,
Lebanon,,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Mongolia,
Myanmar,
Nepal.
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.
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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