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To: boa@boa.org.uk, club@teamgb.com
Subject: The British Olympic Association: Take a stand in PyeongChang 2018
against the dog and cat meat trade!
The British Olympic Association (BOA)
60 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2NU
United Kingdom
Dear The British Olympic Association:
PyeongChang, South Korea, set to play host to the world in 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. http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q https://youtu.be/9SKVdNrfIZo
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.
This petition is just a start, 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!
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/the-british-olympic-association-take-a-stand-in-pyeongchang2018-against-dog-meat-trade
The favor of your reply is requested.
Thank you,
Sincerely:
boycot south korea please !!
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