Last Chance for Animals to Lead Protest Against Korean Dog Meat Trade on Friday Aug. 5, 2016

International animal rights organization Last Chance for Animals (LCA), and other advocates, will be protesting the Korean dog meat trade outside the South Korean Consulate on Friday, August 5 at 10:30 am. Additional event sponsors include Nami Kim of SaveKoreanDogs.org and Giny Woo of KoreanDogs.org.

The protest is to spread awareness of Korea’s horrific dog meat industry and demand a meeting with Korean Consul General Lee Key-Cheol. The advocates are pursuing a face-to-face meeting with the Consul General, who has so far ignored multiple meeting requests.

LCA urges everyone to join in the protest at the South Korean Consulate - 3243 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010, from 10:30am-1:00pm.

“I have reached out to the South Korean Consulate via emails, phone calls and a formal letter requesting a face-to-face meeting,” said LCA Founder and President Chris DeRose. “Until this barbaric dog meat industry is banned by the Korean government, we will continue being a loud voice that the Consul General cannot ignore.”

South Korea systematically breeds and raises dogs solely for the purpose of human consumption, and is the only country in the world with large-scale, commercial dog meat farms. Koreans claim that the more a dog suffers the better its meat tastes -- so many dogs are sadistically made to experience extreme fear and suffering prior to death. They’re boiled alive, skinned alive, hung and beaten with metal rods.

An estimated 2.5 million dogs and thousands of cats are brutally slaughtered and eaten each year in South Korea. This vile practice is protested around the world, and many Koreans are horrified by the dog meat trade in their home country. However, the Korean government has thus far failed to take any meaningful action.

Click this link to view a video about Korea’s dog meat trade and the upcoming protest: https://youtu.be/b-GsJOZIRL0

Last Chance for Animals (LCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating animal exploitation through education, investigations, legislation, and public awareness campaigns. Since its formation in 1984, LCA has succeeded as one of the nation’s pioneer animal advocacy organizations. LCA’s educational and public outreach programs have empowered the public to make positive changes for the animals in their own communities.

For more information visit: www.lcanimal.org