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S. Korea's Dogs Find New Champions
Animal rights groups increase protests against dog soup
By Shirley Han Ying
For CNN

Thursday, August 3, 2006 Posted: 0423 GMT (1223 HKT)



An animal rights activist dressed as a dog is shown during a July 26 performance in Seoul.

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Animal rights organizations in South Korea are stepping up their campaigns to stamp out the traditional practice of eating "boshintang" -- dog soup -- during the hot and humid summer months.

To highlight the pain and suffering endured by the animals when they are slaughtered, the Korean Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) last week held a street performance at Insa-dong in downtown Seoul.

The performance, on July 26, portrayed the inhumane slaughter of dogs in a Korean traditional market known as the
Moran market.

During the performance, a huge bag containing the internal organs from slaughtered dogs was slit open by a butcher, spilling the gory contents onto the pavement. The mostly Korean audience gasped at the brutality of the scene.

Artist Hassen Chung, who directed the performance, said the daily slaughter of dogs at the Moran market was
"not a part of Korean tradition or custom."

"It is purely and simply the most vicious act of violence that can (be) done to animals. This pernicious habit must end and disappear for good. There cannot be any more excuses for the existence of the market that has become the symbol of animal torture."

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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/02/skorea.animal.protest/index.html

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