How you can helpBoycott all Korean goods. Export contributes significantly to Korea's economy. Profits come mainly from cars (Hyundai, Kia and Daewoo), but a more than significant factor comes from computer equipment, televisions and other electrical manufacturers, such as Samsung and LG (ironically, "Life is Good"). Clothing, textiles, and footwear additionally contribute substantially. Click for a list of Korean manufacturers and exporters. Contact both the manufacturers and the Korean Government explaining why you have decided to buy goods made elsewhere. The football World Cup was held in Korea in 2002 and a list of the sponsors (who were well aware of the blatant disregard of this country for its own laws) is available here. Sometimes businesses need reminding that they have an obligation to society and not just their share-holders. Lobby your government to express your anger and demand the suspension of foreign aid to Korea until they enforce their existing laws. Contact the Korean Embassy in your country to express your concern and revulsion. You may receive a form letter in reply. Respond to this by questioning the statements in it. Click here for a sample letter to the Korean President. Visit International Aid for Korean Animals' web site (IAKA) - see Links page. With their sister arm, the Korean Animal Protection Society, they are dedicated solely to ending the torture of cats and dogs in Korea. You can also download and print their petition (for circulation at your workplace etc) from the Petition page on this site. Contact them and they will mail you an info pack. Sign the Petition online on the Petition page. Webmasters, please link this site to yours. This cause needs as much publicity as possible. Banners are available on the Links page. Protest addresses and linksKorean In the UK, the address of the Korean Embassy is 60 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ, or click  here to send an email. World wide, a list of addresses is available at
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/korea1.htm and at http://www.business-in-asia.com/koreanembassies.html or use our engine below.The address of the President of Korea is President Roh Moo-hyun, Blue House, 1 Sejong-ro, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-050. Click here to email. The Prime Minister's address is Prime Minister Goh Kun, 77-6 Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea 110-050, or click here to email. Both the President and the PM should be addressed as "Your Excellency" (assuming of course that you wish to be polite).Kim,Hong-Shin (the proposer of the 2002 bill to legalise the slaughter of dogs) and four of his supporters ( Kim Moon Soo, Jung Eu Hwa, Sin Ki Nam, Gwun Oh Eul) can all be emailed at once by clicking here .Click here to email the Chairman of The Standing Committee of the Agriculture, Forestry, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and the Ministers of Agriculture, Environment, Health and Welfare, Culture and Tourism, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Food and Drug Administration (Director, Commissioner, and Seoul Regional Food Surveillance Division).We have removed the lists of email addresses for the Korean Assembly due to these accounts frequently not working. Instead we ask you to contact the Korean embassy in your own country, asking the ambassador to forward your email or letter to the Korean government. They are duty-bound to do this. The engine below should help you to quickly find the contact details. Sample email on the subject of the proposed amendment to the 1991 Animal Protection Law (see "Legislation") based on one supplied by IAKA/KAPS, but please write your own if possible; "Dear Sir/Madam I was both shocked and dismayed to hear of the latest proposed attempt to undermine the 1991 Animal Protection Law by defining some breeds of dog as "pets" and others as "livestock". Such definitions based on breed, incomprehensible to Western observers, are a blatant attempt to give legitimacy to dog and cat meat. Such legislation, were it to be passed, would make a mockery of the concept of animal protection. Dogs and cats would be protected only if they had been raised purposely as pet animals. Any animal abuser could therefore claim that his victim was merely raised for food and not as a pet, and was thus exempt from any protection under the law. This clearly would be detrimental to not only the plight of animals in your country, but also to Korea's image in the eyes of the world. If this new law were to be passed, it would make Korea the first and only country in the entire world to explicitly legitimize dog meat, legally sanctioning dog and cat killing for human consumption. This would bring a great mark of shame to your country, especially when the overwhelming majority of the rest of the world has banned dog-meat, including Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines. In fact, Taiwan has recently strengthened their law to ban the killing and selling dogs as food. Almost every other country in the world (especially those as developed as Korea) is moving forward with animal protection laws. Can you really afford for Korea to be seen as a retrogressive nation? I promise you that if the proposed amendment to the Animal Protection Law of 1991 passes, I will do everything in my power to see that Korea will lose all of its bids to host any major event, including all international sporting events and World Expositions. I, and my many animal loving friends from around the world, will send protest letter after protest letter informing the organisers of such events as to the horrors that take place inside Korea, letting them know that they should reconsider before choosing Korea as a host nation. I will not buy any goods from Korea, nor will I visit your Country. I will also do everything within my power to persuade others to do the same. The passing of this legislation would certainly not improve your Country's standing in the eyes of the world. I would therefore urge you to oppose this amendment, and to instead support measures to enforce your existing Laws to end the consumption of dog and cat meat permanently. Yours sincerely Name/Country" Email the Mayor of Seoul, a city that planned to hand out samples of dog meat to visitors during the World Cup."Letters to The Editor" should be emailed to the Korea Herald newspaper.
UK and USA A list of UK MP's and their email addresses is available at http://www.faxyourmp.com You can also use this link to identify your MP and send free faxes. Postal letters for all MPs should be sent to House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. In the US, visit IAKA's site for lists of contact addresses for
Representatives and Senators. They also have sample letters of protest.Please also join our campaign against dog eating in the Philippines. Click on the "More Abusers " button on the left. Join our Updates List Enter your details in the fields below and we will send you emails to keep you updated on the fight to end animal suffering in South Korea.
Recommend a Friend If you are concerned about Animal Welfare, it's likely that you know other people who are too. Enter their email address into the field below and they will automatically receive an email telling them about this website. Finally, you can send us an email. All constructive comments are welcome and we will reply as soon as possible, but please be patient. Offers of help from Specialists in Internet Security are particularly welcome. It is difficult to imagine over 2 million animals each year being tortured to death, the figure is too large for us to be able to visualize. Try thinking of it as well in excess of 5,000 each and every day, over 220 every hour 24/7, or around one every 15 seconds. E-mail ITD Site created 03/08/01 Updated frequently.
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