It is here that we see the inevidable result of our meat eating habit, and
vegetarians raison d'etre.
JBS

Please find a related protest on this issue in the Korea Animal
Protection Society website.
www.koreananimals.net

and send a protest letter to

Mayor Sehun Oh
Seoul Metropolitan Government
Euljiro 1, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-744, Republic of Korea

(There is no email address for Seoul city as they only allow form
letters from their web site.)

Thanks,

Yoon
Friends of Dogs

----- Original Message -----
From: Marijo
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 6:01 PM
SEOUL KOREA TO RECLASSIFY DOG MEAT as LIVESTOCK! - Will Increase Dog
Meat Consumption Immeasurably



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Anger as Seoul aims to reclassify dog meat
Posted Wed Apr 8, 2008 10:32pm AEDT

The Seoul city government is seeking to classify man's best friend as
livestock in order to set food safety standards for South Korean lovers
of dog meat, officials say.

Somewhere between two and four million dogs are estimated to be consumed
in South Korea every year but the slaughtering and processing is carried
out in dirty environments and poses a risks to diners' health, they
said.

Since dogs are not currently classed as livestock there are no hygiene
regulations on their slaughter, officials said.

"Dogs are consumed in their millions in this country every year.  That's
a fact.  We have to take care of this situation," Lee Hae-Woo, head of
the city government's department of food safety, said.

"We plan to recommend to the central government that dogs are classified
as livestock.

"This is like a hot potato, but we don't pretend the issue does not
exist."

South Korea 's capital has always been ambivalent about dog meat.

To avoid adverse publicity before the 1988 Olympics, the city banned dog
meat and snake meat as "abhorrent food."

The order is now largely ignored, and an estimated 500 dog meat
restaurants operate in Seoul alone.

The reclassification proposal sparked angry reactions from animal
activists, who staged street protests and launched on-line signature
campaigns.

"No other country in the world but South Korea gives a legal green light
to dog meat consumption, " the Korea Association for Animal Protection
said in a statement.

" South Korea 's motto is globalisation but it seeks to go back to the
Stone Age as far as dog meat consumption is concerned."

Lee Won-Bok, association president, said if the proposal became reality,
dog meat consumption would increase drastically.

"It's horrible to imagine dog meat on display next to beef and ham at
supermarkets, " he said.

"It would also be nauseating to see roasted dog meat on the menu of your
restaurant."

- AFP

It is here that we see the inevidable result of our meat eating habit, and
vegetarians raison d'etre.