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Subject: UN Food and Agriculture Organization: about the Dog meat trade in
Asia
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization,
Sir, madam, To whom it concerns:
We are reaching out to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations help put an end to the dog meat trade in Asia.
As an international organization dedicated to the eradication of hunger and
to the proper use of natural resources to maintain sustainable food sources, you
have the ability to use your organization and influence to bring awareness to
this subject.
In South Korea alone, 2.5 million dogs are slaughtered and consumed each
year. The farming and methods of slaughter are unregulated, and this allows the
meat trade industry to practice in an entirely uncontrolled environment. The
methods utilized in this poorly regulated industry are barbaric, and the
conditions under which these animals are kept are horrendous.
The health risks to humans are all too real. By the time these dogs are
slaughtered, they are so sick with untreated broken bones, infections and
malnutrition, that anyone who has not themselves witnessed the documentaries of
this practice has no idea that the meat that is going into their “health soup”
has been harvested in the most disgusting and unsanitary fashion.
The slaughter methods themselves are nothing short of sadistic and
inhumane. They promote the misguided belief that the adrenaline release which
occurs at death improves the quality of the meat, so that the dogs are
purposefully tortured and made to experience extreme fear and suffering at
slaughter. This often takes the form of prolonged beatings while being hanged,
and smaller dogs and cats are boiled alive to make “tonics” which are purported
to treat ailments such as rheumatism.
It has been well-documented that the treatment of these dogs is
unimaginably cruel and inhumane. From birth to death they are kept in cramped
cages raised off of the ground, so that their feet never touch the ground their
entire lives. They are fed food wastes in extremely unsanitary conditions. Their
treatment during transport to slaughter is horrific. They are packed so tightly
into cages like stuffed animals that many die from being crushed by the weight
of the other dogs. They must endure extreme heat and cold, and are given no
water during the days-long trek, so that many die of dehydration.
We are asking you to help bring awareness and a solution to this
problem.
An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous South
Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-food-and-agriculture-organization-unfao-the-dog-meat-trade-in-asia-is-unregulated-industry-imposing-dangerous-health-risks
Thank you,
sincerely:
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