South Korea: Millions of dogs and cats slaughtered every year

Demonstration 'Against the table use of dog and cat.'

On 29 July, 2004, South Korean activits demonstrated against pet meat at a rally in Songnam.

The Korean Animal Protection Society explains:
*Each year millions of dogs and thousands of cats are tortured and slaughtered for fraudulent medicinal foods and tonics.
*Unfortunately, in Korea today, there is now a thriving industry that subjects companion animals to some of the cruelest forms of abuse and exploitation. *Illegal and unsanitary dog farms are hidden away in the countryside where breeders raise their stock for the butchers.

Source: South Korean Animal Rights Activist in Cage During an Anti-Dog Meat Rally

Link: Dogs Waiting to Be Sold as Food are in Kept in a Cage on a Truck
Link: Korean Animal Protection Society
Link: Photos KAPS
Link: South Korean Butcher Carries a Slaughtered Dog


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