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HSI closes 16th dog meat farm in Korea; rescues 70 dogs bound for slaughter
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With fewer South Koreans eating dog meat than ever before, and with more people seeing dogs as companions rather than food, the demand for dog meat has been dropping in Korea. Photo by Jean Chung/For HSI
This week, Humane Society International staff is on the ground in South Korea, closing down the 16th dog meat farm in our campaign there and rescuing 70 dogs destined for a grim future on the butcher’s block.
Among the dogs we found on site are poodles, beagles, huskies, golden retrievers, Pomeranians, Chihuahuas, tosas, jindos and Boston terriers. When our staff responders came across them, the animals were languishing in rows of dilapidated cages, surrounded by animal waste, junk and garbage. But the minute they saw their rescuers, they erupted into a barking chorus, reports Nara Kim, HSI’s consultant in South Korea.
“Some of the dogs were desperately jumping for me to notice them and offer some affection, while others hid at the back of their cages in fear,” Nara said. Among the dogs was one we named Pogo, a Boston terrier tied to a chain who was so desperate for attention that he leapt forward constantly although the chain he was tied to whipped him back each time. When a staff member approached him, he was overcome with joy—he particularly loved the tug toy we fashioned for him using a leash.
Pogo’s condition was heartbreaking: his eyes didn’t focus well and they bulged noticeably, perhaps from all of the stress and his desperate attempts to escape the very short chain. It is especially gratifying for our staff to get him off the farm and send him on to his new life.
The owner of this dog meat farm told us he has been breeding the dogs for nearly 40 years, but believes there is now no future in it. He jumped at the chance offered by HSI to leave dog farming behind and begin a new life growing cabbages and other vegetables instead.
With fewer South Koreans eating dog meat than ever before, and with more people seeing dogs as companions rather than food, the demand for dog meat has been dropping in Korea. In recent years, there has also been a series of new regulations and court rulings cracking down on the industry.
The farmer told our staff that although he entered the business believing he’d make good money, “it hasn’t really worked out that way. I earn nothing from this dog farm, and pressure from the government is increasing and it’s not a good business at all.”
This time, with the rescue happening in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we have faced some delays, but our staff on the ground in Korea is working hard to make sure the dogs don’t have to suffer for another day. The dogs will be moved to a boarding facility, where they will receive full veterinary check-ups and be given everything they need to be comfortable for the first time in their lives. The dogs will be cared for in South Korea until the pandemic calms globally and they can be flown to our temporary shelter in Canada and shelter partners in the United States to seek adoptive homes.
South Korea, where an estimated two million dogs are bred and raised on thousands of dog meat farms each year, has been a big focus of HSI’s ongoing work to end the dog meat trade around the globe, and we have made significant progress in the nation. During the five years of our campaign in South Korea, we have rescued more than 2,000 dogs from such farms and transported them overseas for rehoming.
In November 2018, HSI assisted Seongnam City Council in shutting down the country’s largest dog slaughterhouse there. Two of the nation’s largest dog meat markets have also closed in recent years and in October 2019, the mayor of Seoul declared his city “dog slaughter free.”
In other nations where the trade exists, we have also seen remarkable progress in recent years. The Chinese government recently declared dogs are considered companions and not livestock and at least two cities in China have included bans on dog and cat meat in wider bans on the wildlife trade in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dog meat consumption has also been banned or severely restricted in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. In 2018 both Indonesia and Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi pledged an end to dog and cat meat consumption.
Given the scale of the global dog meat trade and the number of animals caught up in it, it will take some time before we succeed in wiping it off the face of the earth. We are working on it, and we will never give up, but for today, we celebrate the fact that for 70 dogs the future looks bright and filled with hope.
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China just upgraded the status of dogs from “livestock” to “pets”
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Even small changes in China have global effects.
In a newly published list of animals categorized as livestock in China, the country’s agriculture ministry made a surprising announcement tucked away at the bottom of the policy document: dogs are no longer to be treated as mere livestock, but as loyal companions.
“Alongside the development of human civilization and the public’s care toward protecting animals, dogs have now evolved from being traditional livestock to companion animals,” the notice dated April 8 read (link in Chinese), adding that dogs aren’t typically regarded as livestock worldwide.
The official announcement follows on the heels of February’s nationwide ban on the trade and consumption of wildlife in China. The country’s top legislature fast-tracked the enactment of the ban in large part due to widespread suspicions that the Covid-19 outbreak stemmed from a novel coronavirus being transmitted from wild animals to humans. Those suspicions arose because some of the early confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the epicentre of the country’s outbreak, had exposure to the Huanan seafood wholesale market, where live animals were on sale. In fact, initial diagnostic guidelines (pdf) established by China’s national health commission stipulated that Covid-19 patients needed to have an epidemiological link to Wuhan or a wet market in the city.
Included on the latest list of livestock animals are 13 types of “traditional livestock” such as pigs, cows, chickens, and turkeys, and 18 types of “special livestock” such as various kinds of deer, all of which could be raised for the purpose of eating, according to the ministry. The list is “dynamic” and could be widened to include other animals, according to the February decision banning eating of wild animals in China. The ministry is gathering public opinions on the draft document until May 8.
Although Beijing has said that the consumption of wild land animals not included in this list will be banned (link in Chinese), it is unclear whether dogs, which traditionally are not counted as wild animals, would also be protected from this fate after the “upgrade” of its status by the ministry. Calls to the ministry went unanswered, while it did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
However, given the clear classification of dogs as companion animals by the ministry, local governments in China could follow suit to set up regulations banning the consumption of not only wild life, but also pets. Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city bordering Hong Kong, became the first city in the country to ban the eating of cats and dogs, as well as state-protected and other terrestrial wild animals, days before the ministry’s announcement.
Around 10 million dogs and four million cats are estimated to be slaughtered and eaten in China every year, according to Hong Kong-based animal welfare group Animals Asia, but the practice is coming under increasing criticism from the country’s growing ranks of pet lovers. In 2016, a group of dog lovers tried to stop a truck that was carrying 320 dogs headed for a slaughterhouse on a highway in Hebei province. They ended up getting into a fight with the truck driver and causing a massive traffic jam.
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PETITION TARGET: Detroit Police Chief James Craig
A young female pit bull found cruelly dumped in a trash can showed scars on her neck from chains and signs of breeding abuse, as she had clearly recently given birth to puppies.
The emaciated and terrified dog was likely used as a breeding machine and thrown away when she was no longer useful to her supposed caretakers. The new mother’s puppies were nowhere to be found, and their fate is still unknown.
Disposing of a living creature with no regard for her wellbeing is an unthinkable act of cruelty and must not be tolerated in our society. Anyone capable of such a barbaric deed should not be caring for any animal, especially newborn puppies. Police must find the perpetrator(s) soon.
Sign this petition urging the Detroit Police Chief James Craig to use all available resources to find the culprit(s) responsible for this heinous act of animal abuse and ensure he or she never harms another dog again.
This is an ongoing investigation. If anyone has any information, please contact the Michigan Humane Society at 313-872-3401.
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Annette V 2020-03-29 12:19:45
The people who did this do not deserve to live, find them, find the babies and bring them to mom NOW!
Kate P 2020-03-29 12:18:44
please find and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law the person responsible for cruelly throwing the poor pit bull mother out in the garbage. So sad!
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Disgusting vile cruel monster did this. Scum.
Coronavirus Helps Homeless Pets but Hurts Dog Walkers
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BY ANGI GONZALEZ NEW YORK CITY
Like other businesses across New York State, animal shelters had to reduce their on-site workforce by 50 percent to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
The problem is that animal shelters are not like other businesses.
“We still have hundreds of animals that need to be fed, that need to be walked, that need to be examined by our vet staff,” said Katy Hansen, the director of marketing and communications at NYC ACC.
So the Animal Care Centers of New York City decided to put out a public plea on social media. They announced on Friday that they were seeking volunteers to adopt pets, or at least take them in on a temporarily, during the coronavirus outbreak.
The response they received was unprecedented.
“We thought, ‘Ok, we’ll have maybe 25 to 30,’ Hansen said. “We had over 1,000 people fill out the application form.”
One of the applicants was NYC Public Schools teacher Yea Niedermayer.
“I saw the plea on Instagram. We got to sign up, especially once we found out my husband Daniel will be home for an extended period of time,” said Niedermayer, who is fostering a dog named “Snickers.”
Niedermayer is also working from home until at least April 20.
In the meantime, she and her husband told NY1 that they can give “Snickers” all the attention she needs.
In return, “Snickers” and animals like her are helping fill a void in the lives of fosters.
Many are dealing with a feeling of loneliness that can come with social distancing.
“She’s so sweet and very cuddly,” said Niedermayer.
Although the surge of New Yorkers staying at home has been a boon to animal shelters, it’s also creating uncertainty for the city’s dog walkers.
“The walks have dramatically decreased,” said dog walker Andrea Candelo.
Candelo told NY1 that many of her clients suddenly have the time to walk their own dogs now.
She added that all of her upcoming dog-sitting appointments have been canceled.
“I’m a little scared, stressed out. I don’t know how I’m going to pay all my bills if this continues like this. For now, I have enough food. I have enough cans to eat,” Candelo said.
She said if clients could keep even a single dog-walking session during the week, that it would make all the difference.
She thinks it would be helpful not only for dogs but dog walkers too.
NYC ACC is still looking for adopters and fosters for large dogs and older cats.
To see which animals are available for adoption go to their website.
Chinese firm encourages people to EAT DOGS to show ‘cultural confidence’ as it boycotts drafted law that bars pet meat from the dinner plate in the wake of coronavirus outbreak
- The claim was made by a firm specialising in making dog meat dishes in China
- It alleged that lawmakers in Shenzhen drafted the proposal to appease the West
- It blasted the proposal as a ‘denial to thousands of years of Chinese food culture’
- Animal activists have urged China to forbid the consumption of dogs for years
- The drafted law is currently under assessment by the government of Shenzhen
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A company specialising in making dog meat dishes has claimed that eating dogs is a way for Chinese people to show their ‘cultural confidence’.
Fankuai Dog Meat from eastern China made the statement in a blog post while protesting against a proposed law which bans people from consuming pets in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
The brand claims that lawmakers in the city of Shenzhen drafted the proposal to appease the West.
Fankuai Dog Meat, a company based in eastern China, has claimed that eating dogs is a way for Chinese people to show their ‘cultural confidence’. It boycotts a proposal by lawmakers from Shenzhen, which bans the locals from consuming dog meat to improve food safety
Volunteer veterinarians treat sick and wounded dogs rescued from a truck heading towards the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in an improvised shelter in Guangzhou, China, on June 22
Fankuai produces a wide range of dishes, including hand-shredded dog meat, spicy dog meat and dog meat braised in a turtle broth.
Based in the county of Pei in Jiangsu Province, the firm is named after an ancient Chinese general who allegedly made his living by butchering dogs in his early years.
The company published the strongly worded article last Thursday to condemn the potential policy from Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong.
The commentary blasted the city’s plan as a ‘denial to thousands of years of Chinese food culture’.
It claimed that relevant officials had stood on the opposite side of the general public and drawn the proposal to appease the West, which is used to ‘bullying’ Chinese culture.
It also said that the proposal represented ‘extreme dog lovers’ and created ‘inharmonious social atmosphere’.
Fankuai blasted Shenzhen’s plan as a ‘denial to thousands of years of Chinese food culture’ in a now-deleted commentary published last Thursday. Pictured above, a man wearing a face mask carries his pet dog on a street in Jiujiang in China’s central Jiangxi province on March 6
It then argued that people in various Chinese provinces ‘have a history of eating dogs for two to three thousand years’, therefore the proposal ‘strips people of their freedom of eating dog meat’. Pictured above, a Chinese woman holds her dog that is wearing a protective mask
The firm said it supported Beijing’s new law to ban the eating of wild animals, but criticised the Shenzhen authority for extending the restriction ‘infinitely’ to including ‘livestock’.
It then argued that people in various Chinese provinces ‘have a history of eating dogs for two to three thousand years’, therefore the proposal ‘strips people of their freedom of eating dog meat’.
The article went on to allege that the proposition from Shenzhen protected the interests of ‘extreme dog lovers’.
‘Extreme dog lovers are influenced by the extremist thoughts from the West and appease Western rubbish culture without limit,’ it wrote.
The author concluded its criticism by urging Shenzhen not to pass the law.
The post has been removed from the company’s WeChat account after it had sparked an uproar among Chinese animal activists.
The company has refused an interview request from MailOnline on the matter. One representative cited ‘sensitive topics’ as the reason for the rejection.
The annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival is one of the most controversial food festivals in China and sees thousands of dogs cruelly killed, skinned and cooked with blow-torches before being eaten by the locals. The picture shows butchered dogs at a stall in Yulin on June 21, 2018
Animal activists have demanded the Chinese government prohibit the consumption of dogs for years.
The annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival is one of the most controversial food festivals in China and sees thousands of dogs cruelly killed, skinned and cooked with blow-torches before being eaten by the locals.
If this proposal from Shenzhen gets passed, it will be the first of its kind in the country.
Apart from dogs, the proposed act bars snake, frog and turtle meat from the dinner table.
Lawmakers from Shenzhen, a city of around 13 million people, published the proposal on February 25 on its government’s website.
The public had until March 5 to send in their feedback to the document.
Fankuai’s controversial claims came after a Chinese scholar said that the country should ban the eating of dogs and cats completely, not just in Shenzhen, to ‘restore its international image’.
Guo Changgang, an academic from Shanghai, called for Beijing to set up legislation and impose the restriction across the country.
Guo Changgang (pictured), the head of the History Research Centre of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said China should establish a relevant law to protect companion animals
‘The consumption of dog meat and cat meat has never been a social custom that is ‘widely accepted by the people’,’ claimed Mr Guo, the head of the History Research Centre of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
He acknowledged the government’s efforts to crack down on the wildlife trade to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
But he hoped that national lawmakers could extend the protection to cover companion animals.
‘Eating wild animals, dog meat and cat meat is one of the important elements that damage China’s international image,’ he wrote on news app Toutiao.
At least 4,380 people have died and more than 121,800 have contracted the disease globally
A man wears a mask as he looks at an empty St. Peter’s Square after the Vatican erected a new barricade at the edge of the square on Tuesday. Italy entered its first day under a nationwide lockdown after a government decree extended restrictions on movement to the whole nation
People wearing masks sit in a subway train in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday. In Italy, the government extended a coronavirus containment order previously limited to the country’s north to the rest of the country beginning Tuesday, with soldiers and police enforcing bans
China’s top legislative committee last month passed new legislation to ban all trade and consumption of wild animals.
Beijing is yet to revise its wild animal protection law, but the passage of the proposal was ‘essential’ and ‘urgent’ in helping the country win its war against the epidemic, wrote state newspaper People’s Daily.
The exact source of the novel coronavirus remains unconfirmed. Scientists speculate that it originated in bats, snakes, pangolins, or some other animal.
In China alone, the health crisis has claimed at least 3,158 lives and infected more than 80,900 people.
And globally, at least 4,380 people have died and more than 121,800 have contracted the disease. More than 100 countries are now trying to contain the contagion.
Experts from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said tests proved that humans caught the virus from animals at the Huanan Seafood Wholesales Market.
Coronavirus crisis declared pandemic by World Health Organisation
Pit Bull Always Brings Her Blind Chicken Sister Her Favorite Toys
Peri’s family adopted her when she was just a few days old, and six months later, she suddenly came down with a severe eye infection. For months, the chicken’s family treated her with daily medications and even went to several specialists, but unfortunately, they learned that blindness was inevitable. Determined to help Peri as best they could, her family immediately set about making sure that her blindness didn’t stop her from being able to do whatever she wanted.
“We made adjustments to help her as she lost her sight: bowls on a throw rug that make noise, special low roosting bars, an ottoman in the living room to ‘watch’ TV with us in the evening and an extra large ottoman in our room, next to our bed, for her bed,” Christa Hubbard, Peri’s mom, told The Dodo. “We hired a chicken ‘nanny’ to help her out when we weren’t home.”
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Since she needed so much attention at a very young age, Peri has become the sweetest, most cuddly chicken around, and loves getting the help she needs from her family. When she first became blind, her pit bull brother, Taj, could immediately tell that something was different, and became her main protector.
“He was 3 years old and quickly took to helping her find her way,” Hubbard said. “A seeing eye dog for a hen. These two spent the next eight years together. He would guide and protect her. They napped together, sunbathed together. Taj died in July 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Peri was lost without her buddy — she knew he was gone.”
Taj had been such a huge part of Peri’s life, and her family was worried about how she would handle life without him. Even though their hearts were still healing, they decided to adopt two pit bull puppies. As soon as they joined the family, Peri immediately perked up again, happy to have new friends. As the puppies grew, Peri became very attached to her sister Gracie, and now the pair are as close as Peri and Taj used to be — with one adorable added bonus.
Since Peri is blind, Gracie always seems worried that she won’t be able to find her favorite toys on her own — so whenever she can, Gracie brings them to her. It’s as if she thinks the toys will also comfort Peri and help her as she navigates life, and Peri is so grateful to her best friend for every gesture.
“Gracie will bring Peri a toy, place it in front of her and wait,” Hubbard said. “When Peri is out in her yard doing chicken things, Gracie can be found laying outside the fence waiting for her (Peri has a fenced-in area as we have a pool). When Peri is on her ottoman ‘watching’ TV, Gracie brings her a toy. First thing in the morning when we get up, Gracie checks on her sleeping friend.”
Taj meant so much to Peri, and now Gracie is just as important to her new friend. The two sisters are always together, and Gracie seems to have made it her mission to keep Peri safe, happy and never without a toy for the rest of her life.
“I believe this is just the beginning of where Taj left off,” Hubbard said. “Two sweet souls have found each other.”
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