Emne:
Boycott PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics
Dear Hon Sir, Madam,
Please watch this video:
http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q
Animal welfare organizations and animal lovers worldwide strongly feel that this unprecedented
cruelty towards animals in South Korea can no longer be tolerated and it is the moral duty of
our Government to intervene on our behalf. Our Government should urge the South Korean
government to respect and enforce not just its own but also the Global Animal Protection Laws.
We oppose this cruelty on ethical, health, environmental and moral grounds. The issue concerns
all of us as citizens of the world because nations from around the world sacrificed their loved
ones to protect the South Koreans in the Korean war of the 1950′s and even today we are
still spending our hard-earned money to ensure their freedom and safety every year. It is
unconscionable for our Government to ignore the huge, growing shock and outcry on social
media sites worldwide about this barbaric practice. With the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in
Pyeongchang, South Korea we feel that the timing is now perfect for worldwide pressure on
South Korea!
South Korea is the World’s 14th largest economy, yet an estimated 2.5 million dogs and
thousands of cats are brutally slaughtered and eaten as “health food” each year. Forced to
endure deprivation and unimaginable torment from the moment they are born till the day they
are slaughtered, dogs are imprisoned in cramped, rusty, raised cages all their lives with no
protection from extreme weather and no water, exercise, companionship or medical care. Their
eardrums are often burst to prevent them from barking! In broad daylight, often in the presence
of other live dogs, they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten or burnt to death. People’s beloved
pets are also lured and caught and end up as meat! This is a profit-driven, tax-free, unregulated
industry that aggressively promotes the myth that eating a dog (especially the dog’s penis)
enhances male virility and gives men energy! Koreans genuinely believe that the more the dogs
suffer, the more the consumer will enjoy the health benefits and taste of the meat. Many dogs
are sadistically made to experience extreme fear and suffering prior to death. Cats are
frequently boiled alive to make tonics believed to treat rheumatism! The demand is so high in
South Korea that 20% of the dog meat is now imported from China!
It is hard to believe that a nation such as South Korea, which is one of the major economic
powers in the world and boasts one of the highest educational levels in the world, is still
committing this type of barbaric and despicable brutality in this day and age! But for the millions
of dogs and cats that are being slaughtered each year in South Korea’s markets,
slaughterhouses, restaurants, dog farms and backyards, it is a tragic reality and a nightmare
that they can’t escape from. If South Korea wants to join the civilized nations and be
respected as a nation of conscience, they need to strengthen their animal protection laws and
ban the dog- and cat meat consumption once and for all. This has been going on far too long
and it’s time for the South Korean government to take moral leadership on behalf of their