Asian Dog Meat Market: Fact Finding Mission
Below is a collection links to articles and interviews about the Asian Dogmeat
Not Just Yellow Breeds and Strays:
Abolishing the dog-meat industry in South Korea
Interview by Claudette Vaughan
 They
said it wouldn’t happen as international pressure was building momentum against
the dog meat industry and cat juice industry. Nothing could be further from the
truth. The Korean government lulled South Korean activists into false hope. As
we go to press one more setback looms for the Korean Animal Protection Society
(KAPS) working in South Korea. Their government are going ahead with their plan
to legitimise the dog meat market through the introduction of a policy on the
hygienic control of the dog meat trade. Not only that but KAPS has other
problems from the west to deal with as well.
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The Dogmeat
Trade of South
Korea
by Claudette Vaughan
Every
year, 3 million dogs and cats are slaughtered and consumed in South Korea. Slaughtering methods include
hanging, electrocution and prolonged beatings with pipes and hammers. Often
cats are boiled alive, and dogs are routinely blow-torched alive to remove
their fur and brown their skin.
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Moran Dogmeat Markets in South Korea: An
Eyewitness Account
By Georgie Topp
Georgie Topp is an animal rights activist
who has visited the notorious Moran dogmeat markets. Here is her account of
what she witnessed firsthand.
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