{"id":33448,"date":"2011-04-29T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/33448\/moran-dog-meat-market-close\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T09:42:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:42:40","slug":"moran-dog-meat-market-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/33448\/moran-dog-meat-market-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Moran Dog Meat Market To Close"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moran Dog Meat Market To Close<\/p>\n

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For years, Sungnam City\u2019s Moran Market has been a black mark on Korea\u2019s animal rights score card. As Korea\u2019s largest dog meat market, over 60% of Korea\u2019s dog meat and live dogs intended for consumption are traded from this market alone.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This thriving marketplace is made up of two parts: one part is a large, outdoor, temporary folk market held every fifth day. The other part is located in permanent storefronts, and is open every day. The dog meat traders operate primarily out of the large, temporary market, as one of the many types of traders that do business there<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Since 1989, KAPES<\/a> Founder Kyenan Kum has visited Moran Market to document the many animal rights violations perpetrated by its dog meat industry. During her many visits, she has witnessed traders transport and store dogs and cats in cramped cages without food, water, or necessary medical care. She witnessed market workers rope dogs by the neck and fling them out of the back of their truck to be butchered. She saw market workers slaughter, electrocute, and boil these animals.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

But soon abuses like these will come to an end. As part of a new city plan to be completed by 2014, the temporary market is going to be shut down, and new market buildings and an apartment complex will be developed. Though the new development includes an indoor shopping complex, city officials have deemed that dog meat trade will not be allowed in the new facilities. This is good news for animal lovers and activists world-wide, because the closing of the temporary market marks the end of a dog meat industry giant, and the beginning of a new era.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

While the Sungnam\u2019s government has taken the official position that dog meat trade will not be allowed in the new buildings, KAPES\u2019 worries aren\u2019t over yet. Dog meat traders in the permanent storefronts are organizing to reestablish their trade in the planned development, but KAPES<\/a> is working closely with Sungnam city officials to stave off their demands. Local government officials have begun talks with the Moran Market Association head and the dog meat shop owners in an attempt to persuade them against further dog meat trade. They also encouraged dog meat shop owners to begin planning for a future without the dog meat industry.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to working with government officials on the new market plan, KAPES<\/a> has made a concerted effort to educate Sungnam residents about animal rights and protection. KAPES<\/a> is distributing pamphlets to local apartment complexes and district offices about the revised animal protection law and the Ministry of Agriculture\u2019s Animal Welfare Call Center.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

KAPES<\/a> sees the closure of Moran Market as symbol of the changing mentality about the dog meat trade. We\u2019re hopeful that this is the beginning of the end for the dog meat industry! <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moran Dog Meat Market To Close Networking By: Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122 Phil Moran Dog Meat Market To Close Link to video :http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=94b_1249482307&comments=1 For years, Sungnam City\u2019s Moran Market has been a black mark on Korea\u2019s animal rights score card. As Korea\u2019s largest dog meat market, over 60% of Korea\u2019s dog meat and live dogs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}