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Subject: PyeongChang, S. Korea, host to the 2018 Winter
Olympics
Australian Olympic Committee Inc. NC.,
Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge,
British Olympic Association ,
Bhutan Olympic Committee,
Canadian Olympic Committee,
Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois,
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund,
Finnish Olympic Committee,
National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark,
Nederlands Olympisch Comité, Nederlandse Sport Federatie,
New Zealand Olympic Committee Inc.,
Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of
Sports.
Dear Representative, Sir, Madam, To whom it concerns:
PyeongChang, South Korea, is set to play the host for the global 2018
Winter Olympics, starting on Febr. 9th. 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
these video’s, 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.
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 a change, and
if South Korea wants to be respected as a nation of conscience and ethics, 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!
I would be very grateful for your reply and thank you for reading
this.
Sincerely:
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