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Other IDA Campaigns Korean Animal Abuse |
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Opportunity to protest Korea's dog meat policies: World Cup 2002 In Korean folklore, it is believed that the presence of adrenaline in dog meat is a sexual aphrodisiac. Toward that end, Korean Dog Meat restaurants use hammers and body hanging to break bones that slowly tortures dogs to death. Since 1991, South Korea has outlawed the "cooking and selling of dog meat," and the "infliction of unnecessary pain." But the law is not being enforced and thousands of Korean restaurants continue to serve dog meat. The World Cup is coming to Korea in 2002. This may be our only opportunity to spare one million dogs the fate of death by torture. The corporate sponsors of the World Cup should apply the rules of fair play and urge that the Cup not be held in Korea unless the law is enforced and the 6000 dog meat restaurants are closed permanently. Recently, a bill by the opposition political party - that would have re-legalized dog eating - was defeated in Parliament. Clearly, the vast majority of South Koreans do not torture and eat "man's best friend." They are good people who do not deserve to be associated with such monstrous cruelty. We must compel South Korea's government, the Federation Internationale de Football Association -- the World Cup governing body -- and the World Cup sponsors to do the right thing. On Thursday, June 29, nearly 100 activists turned out at a rally in a park near the United Nations building in New York City with the goal of bringing attention to the cruel and torturous Korean "tradition" of eating dog meat. Similar rallies took place in San Francisco, Seattle, San Jose, and Los Angeles. At the conclusion of the rally in San Francisco, IDA's Gerard Livernois delivered hundreds of petitions signed by compassionate concerned citizens to the Korean consulate. The simultaneous, nationwide rallies, co-sponsored by In Defense of Animals in conjunction with other animal rights groups, as well as organizations representing the interests of the Asian-American community, drew plenty of media attention, not only from the Associated Press, but from major Asian media outlets as well. Photos from the demonstration in San Francisco Click on the thumbnails to see full-size photos.
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What YOU can do: Please write to the following officials in Korea:
Please also contact the following organizing bodies of the World Cup:
World Cup Sponsors: Budweiser Coca-Cola Fuji Film Hyundai JVC MasterCard
Korean Mission to the U.N.: 212-371-1280
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