Heart 4 Animals

On April 29, I featured an article which reported that dogs and cats are reared and beaten alive for “medicinal value” before being boiled alive for consumption. (Pls click here for the article.)

It is never late to do something to help these poor dogs and cats. Please continue to urge the Korean prime minister, the minister of agriculture, and the ambassador in your country to support an amendment to the Animal Protection Act to specifically prohibit the beating, hanging, electrocution, burning, boiling alive, and all other abuse of dogs and cats. The contact details can be found here (URL: http://www.peta.org/feat/korea/bod.html )

[About picture on right] :Dogs in South Korea are often beaten before being killed because of the belief that the adrenaline flow caused by the beatings increases virility in men who consume the dogs’ flesh.

I read the petition signed by several celebrities and would like to record my appreciation for their support and for PETA’s initiative. The following celebrities had signed the petition which can be found here :

Bill Maher , Kid Rock , Rue McClanahan
Sandra Bernhard , Charlize Theron , Pamela Anderson
Todd Oldham , Amy Sedaris , Maria Celeste Arraras
Chrissie Hynde , Christina Aguilera , Joe Pesci
Steve Buscemi , Billy Idol , Wolfgang Petersen
William Shatner , Oliver Stone , Ozzy Osbourne
Fabio , Michael Des Barres , Ricki Lake
Tea Leoni , Casey Affleck , Jackie Chan
Bryan Adams , Vivica A. Fox , Jean-Claude Van Damme
Janet Jackson , George Michael , Ali MacGraw
Jaqueline Bissett , Jamie Redknapp , Michael Owen
Emile Heskey , Andrea Bocelli , Louise Redknapp

More people need to voice their concern and respectfully seek the cooperation of the Korean heads of government. If you are Korean or have Korean connections, please let them know about this sad issue and seek their help to spread this message. Ideally, if this issue can receive Korean media coverage that would enable it to be broadcast nationally, it could have an effective reach.