Video reveals pets being saved from South Korean dog meat farm
Video video reveals pets being saved from a dog meat farm in Ansan, South Korea, on July 13, 2022. (Credit: Humane Society International)
WASHINGTON – Almost 3 lots pets showed up in the U.S. today after being saved from South Korean dog meat farms and will quickly be prepared for adoption, authorities with Human Society stated– contacting the federal government to forbid the market.
The 34 pets, with names like Romeo, Nuri, Daisy, Phoenix, and Brown Bear, came to the Washington Dulles International Airport after being saved by Humane Society International/Korea and its partners.
The pets will be taken care of at a rehab center run by the Humane Society of the United States, where they’ll get “the love and convenience that the dog meat market rejected them, consisting of beds, a healthy diet plan, enrichment, and veterinary care,” authorities stated in a declaration.
Ultimately, they’ll be moved to the Human Society’s shelter and rescue partners in the U.S. for adoption into caring houses. Due to the fact that the pets showed up on the East Coast, the bulk will be put with shelters in the Northeast and Midwest, according to Lindsay Hamrick, director of shelter outreach and engagement at the Humane Society of the United States.
” Some pets might be behaviorally and clinically prepared to be put with partners and for that reason, will be moved within a couple of days while others might need a bit more time at our rehab and care center,” Hamrick informed FOX Tv Stations.
Hamrick kept in mind how this group of pets consists of some types typically seen at the dog meat farms, such as Jindo blends and Tosa blends. It likewise consists of pets who appear like Corgis, Setters, Yorkshire terriers, and hound blends.
” For these pets flying to the United States, South Korea’s dog meat market will quickly be a far-off memory. However numerous countless other pets are still suffering in dreadful conditions on dog meat farms for a meat that really couple of Koreans wish to consume and the majority of desire prohibited,” Sangkyung Lee, dog meat advocate for Humane Society International/Korea, stated in a declaration.
About 1 million to 1.5 million pets are killed each year for food in South Korea, which is a decline from numerous million about 10 to twenty years back. The pets are intensively reproduced on farms where they’re secured metal cages, frequently without water or correct food, according to the Humane Society International.
Lots of are discovered living in squalid conditions, experiencing poor nutrition and skin and eye illness. The majority of the animals are butchered at around one year of age, normally by electrocution, the group stated.
Growing calls to prohibit dog meat intake
As more youthful individuals discover dog meat a less appealing dining alternative and family pets are growing in appeal, dining establishments that serve dog meat in South Korea have actually been decreasing.
Ballot performed in 2020 by Nielsen Korea discovered that almost 84% of Koreans stated they had actually never ever consumed dog meat nor were not going to do so in the future. Additionally, 59% of individuals surveyed stated they would support prohibiting dog meat in South Korea, a noteworthy boost from 2017 (35%).
In 2015, the South Korean federal government stated it would introduce a job force to think about forbiding dog meat intake, which drew demonstrations from both dog farmers and animal rights activists.
Ju Yeongbong, basic secretary of an association of dog farmers, implicated the federal government of “squashing upon” individuals’s right to consume what they desire and farmers’ right to live.
The farmers, primarily bad, senior individuals, desire the federal government to momentarily legislate dog meat intake for about twenty years, with the expectation that require will slowly lessen, Ju informed the Associated Press in 2015.
On The Other Hand, Lee Won Bok, head of the Korea Association for Animal Security, called the federal government’s statement “really frustrating” due to the fact that it didn’t consist of any concrete intend on how to prohibit dog meat intake and numerous desire a fast end of business.
For its part, authorities with the Humane Society International stated the effort Is “still no closer to ending this terrible market” than it was a year ago when the job force was initially revealed.
” The time for hold-up is over. We are advising pertinent federal government ministries to proactively work towards making sure the job force provides a strategy to end the suffering of all pets living dog’s lives on dog meat farms,” Lee stated in a declaration today.
Given That 2015, the Humane Society International has actually dealt with the ground in South Korea to completely closed 17 dog meat farms and rescue more than 2,500 pets who have actually discovered houses in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands.
Jeffrey Flocken, president of Humane Society International, kept in mind how the 34 pets most just recently have a brand-new opportunity to delight in life.
” As a happy moms and dad of a dog saved in 2019 from the 15th farm Humane Society International assisted shift out of the dog meat market, I understand these pets can end up being terrific additions to a household,” Flocken stated.
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This story was reported from Cincinnati. The Associated Press contributed.
