CARE activists free dogs, shut down Korean dog meat farm

[flvegan]

In Defense of Animals (IDA) just released a story about an animal activist group based in South Korea that made a courageous rescue of dogs living on a remote dog meat farm in Gyeonggi Province. The activists acted on a tip they received.

When a small animal rights organization called Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) was given information about a dog meat farm hidden in a remote part of the countryside of South Korea, they knew they had to investigate. The group organized a daring rescue mission that could have ended with their arrests or injury.

CARE representatives filed a civil complaint against the facility and bravely returned to the dog farm to negotiate with the owner. They happily reported to IDA that the owner agreed to release the dogs to the group and tear down the buildings at his facility.

Basically CARE members put the dog trader out of business.

http://www.idablog.org/featured/dramatic-rescue-from-korean-dog-meat-trade/

http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/korea/korea_lifesaving_rescue.html

Nice work!

[Ignis]

1. OK, fine, I'll go out on a limb here:

I only wish I had 1/10th of the drive, commitment, and dedication that these South Korean AR activists have.

...And remember this: They did it all without the tremendous, 1st-Amendment-supported, civil-liberty protections we enjoy in the USA.

They. Shut. It. Down.
The "owner agreed to release the dogs to the group and tear down the buildings at his facility."

:wow:

Who's with me? :shrug: Who else thinks that Animal Rights is a progressive value?

:woohoo: :loveya: :grouphug:

This is a great opportunity for an AR shout-out. This one's for the animals!

(Let's not leave FLVegan hanging, folks. :D The man is a freakin' workhorse for disseminating AR/veggie/vegan/humanist info on DU and countering trollism with truth. This is great news, and we shouldn't ignore it.)

[Qanisqineq]

2. If only they could stop all the sales of cats

for food at my local outdoor market. I've lived in Korea for more than four years. There is a market that I loved to go to but I never went down one aisle because it was where all the fish was sold, pig heads on plates, etc. I don't eat that so I skipped that aisle. One day I decided to go through there just to see what might be at the other end. Big mistake -- cats and rabbits for sale for food, both live and dead. Disgusting.

I love Korea and Koreans, but the way they treat animals is atrocious.