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A Who’s Who of Hollywood hit-makers and Billboard chart-toppers—including Kid Rock, Charlize Theron, Christina Aguilera, Joe Pesci, Steve Buscemi, Janet Jackson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Pamela Anderson, and Bill Maher—have signed PETA’s petition urging the South Korean government to prohibit the beating, hanging, burning, and boiling alive of fully conscious dogs and cats.
Tortured and Cooked Alive
 As hard as it is to believe, these are everyday occurrences in South Korea, where cats  and dogs are tortured for “tonics” and aphrodisiacs. Although South Korean law technically prohibits such cruelty and denounces dog-eating (a token declaration made before the 1988 Summer Olympics to avoid international outcry), these laws are mere façades with absolutely no enforcement. Investigators from animal protection organizations and the media have found that:
• Fully conscious dogs are strung up by their necks and violently beaten to increase the flow of adrenaline in their flesh—which is believed to make men who eat it more virile.
• Cats are boiled alive in pressure cookers in order to extract their “juice” for use in medicinal “tonics.”
• During transport to market, dogs are crammed into trucks so tightly that their limbs often snap under the weight of their terrified companions.
• Cats and dogs await their nightmarish fate
in crowded cages—often so small that standing up is impossible—without food or water for days on end.
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Read the label. “Made in Korea” means, “Don’t buy it.”
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 • Please tell the Korean Embassy in your country that you won’t visit South Korea or buy South Korean products until the Animal Protection Act is amended to specifically outlaw the beating, hanging, electrocution, burning, boiling alive, and other abuse of dogs and cats. Contact:
The Honorable Yang Sung Chul
Ambassador of the
Republic of Korea
Embassy of the Republic
of Korea
2450 Massachusetts Ave.
N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Tel.: 202-939-5600
Fax: 202-232-0117
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The Honorable Ra Jong-yil
Ambassador of the
Republic of Korea
Embassy of the Republic
of Korea
60 Buckingham Gate
London SW1E 6AJ
Tel.: 44 (0) 20 7227 5500
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7227 5503
The Honorable Kim
Sam-hoon
Ambassador of the
Republic of Korea
Embassy of the Republic
of Korea
150 Boteler St.
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5A6
Tel.: 613-244-5010
Fax: 613-244-5034
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Tell the World Cup to HelpGive Animals a Sporting Chance
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 Thanks to your letters, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), soccer’s international governing body, recently urged the South Korean government to “put an immediate end” to the routine torture of dogs and cats as the country gears up to cohost World Cup 2002. Another encouraging development is a statement from the South Korean prime minister’s office announcing his intention to address the mistreatment of dogs prior to slaughter. Until effective measures are taken, however, it is critical to keep the pressure on.
Please continue to contact FIFA and the South Korean president, as well as World Cup 2002 sponsors, and urge them to keep pressuring the South Korean government to immediately strengthen its animal protection laws. Write:
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Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA President
FIFA House
P.O. Box 85,
8030 Zürich, Switzerland
His Excellency Kim Dae-jung,
President of the Republic of Korea,
Cheong Wa Dae
1, Sejungno, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-050, Republic of Korea
For sponsors’ addresses, please visit PETA.org.
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Pig to Vegetarians: “Take Me In!”
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  Cletus was born on a small farm in rural Virginia. Instead of fattening him up for slaughter, the farmer decided to sell Cletus to a petting zoo, which would still only have delayed his slaughter for a few months since Cletus wouldn’t stay little and cute forever. But Cletus had other plans: He escaped and, miraculously, found his way to the home of the only vegetarians in the area! The family called PETA for help, and we found just the place—with a retired farmer in Massachusetts who now rescues animals instead of raising them for food.
Today, Cletus lives with another pig, some goats, and Roscoe, a rescued miniature horse. He loves to eat bananas and bread and likes to go for walks in the woods.
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