Comments (0) I just received this in an email from the ASPCA. I was very disappointed when I heard that the Supreme Court had overturned the law banning animal cruelty videos. However, it is encouraging that we have a second chance to end this barbaric way of making money.
Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center online to email your representative now.
Typical dog farm conditions: young dogs crammed into wire cages all their lives.
Recently, a high school student in South Korea contacted KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates) about a dog farm next to his school. Students can see the dog farm, hear dogs barking all day, and hear louder cries once every 3 days (most likely when the slaughtering of dogs is taking place). An awful smell reaches the school playground from the dog farm.
You can read the whole story and see pictures by following this link: http://animalrightskorea.org/actions/dog-farm-near-high-school.html
This is only one example of the abuse of animals out of hundreds of cases: dogs of different breeds are kept on farms across Korea in horrible conditions, without proper food or clean water and in filthy steel cages. KARA has
A mother with pups born into a dog hell. This beagle once again proves that dog meat supporters are lying when they say that only "special" kinds of dogs are raised and killed in the dog meat industry.
reported this farm to the officials. The farmer can be penalized if he does not have a permit for his dog farm.
*Download and distribute flyers to people in your local community. Get them at: http://www.uniteddogs.com/stopkillingdogs/get-involved
*Join Stop Killing Dogs support page on Facebook to keep yourself updated with the latest news: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Killing-Dogs-supporters-page/235848430651
KARA and other organizations are fighting for a better life for dogs in Korea every day. But they need more than local efforts to ensure proper legal protection for these animals and make dog farms illegal. The government of Korea tries to ignore the problem, so to help Korean dogs
A scared tiny dog that was perhaps once someone's pet. The same is true of the poor Maltese in horrific circumstances below.
we need international pressure.
The petition at www.uniteddogs.com/stopkillingdogs has already collected over 350,000 signatures.
If all of you find 1 person to sign, there will be 700,000 signatures by tomorrow.
Thank you for spreading the word
International support against dog torture and dog meat consumption is the only way to put pressure on the South Korean government to protect animal rights for real and ban the dog meat industry in all forms. This petition will be presented to the Korean officials in Seoul by the Korea Animal Rights Advocates when at least or more than 1 million signatures have been collected.
MORE INFORMATION IN TOMORROW’S POST
There are a number of basic things you should know about your pet dog. Here are the top ten:
1. First of all, a dog is not a human in disguise. A dog is a dog and he will never change his dog behavior because you don’t treat him like a dog. A dog’s psyche is hardly comparable to a human’s psyche. Also, he is not a baby and he won’t understand you if you tell him in all details that he has to stay in the car while you are going into the store and you will be back in about five minutes.
2. A dog has an extremely sensitive nose. He can even smell the chemistry in your body. You sure know the
phrase that a dog can smell your fear. That is very close to the truth because he can smell even smallest concentrations of butyric acid in your perspiration. And if you are in fear of something, you will inevitably have amounts of butyric acid in your sweat and a canine will inevitably smell that.
3. Running and exercising is the favorite pastime of every healthy dog. So walk your dog as long as you can – he will love you!
4. Most of the day – at least 12 hours – the common dog spends sleeping. So don’t wonder if you see your dog almost all of the day snoozing on his bed. But hey.. if no one decides to play with him or let him herd some sheep.. what should he do all day long?
5. As you know, there are many different breeds of dogs that have been created over thousands of years. Every single breed has its own unique abilities and physical appearance. For example, the German Shepherd is built for herding sheep and similar animals. His power, speed and intelligence are oriented on the needs of herding. In the same way, the dachshund’s physique is ideal for getting into foxes’ dens and drive the foxes out straight into the arms of the awaiting hunters.
6. What a dog definitely needs to maintain a healthy body and mind, is a pack and especially a leader. I wil lexplain to you how to act as the pack leader in another article in the near future – you will find it here on the site!
7. Don’t feed your dog bones of chicken or other poultry bones as it is possible that this type of bone can – due to their physical attributes – easily splinter and these splinters can damage the canine esophagus. These injuries can be very serious, so don’t risk it!
8. Also, don’t give a dog your table scraps. First, it is not your personal garbage can. Second, this behavior makes sure your dog will get bad teeth and will grow fat. And you don’t want to have a fat dog with yellow teeth, do you? It’s for his and your own good if you resist his health and good looks.
9. Chocolate is poison for dogs! But still it is as tasty to them as it is for you. As a caring dog owner, don’t let your dog come close to chocolate! Also, onions, grapes and raisins should never be fed to a dog. The reason of the toxicity of these foods is the chemical theobromine, that is similar to caffeine which most animals can only hardly and slow digest.
10. This is the last and most important hint for dog owners. Reward your dog instead of punishing it. Neither you nor your dog will improve in any way, if you begin to shout at him, beat him or lock him into somewhere for punishment. Instead, you should reward him when he has done something right. BUT that does not mean you should let your dog do everything. Show him the limits with determination and conviction, not with scared or angry screaming.
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