NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH KOREA: the first lady of South Korea, Kim Keon-hee, has called for an and to dog meat consumption in her country. What about cat meat? Does the first lady suffer from speciesism? Does the First Lady think that it is acceptable to eat cat meat but not dog meat? I will give …
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NEWS AND COMMENT-OSAN AIR BASE, SOUTH KOREA: The Korea Herald reports that, in December 2021, more than 10 feral cats were shot and killed by US troops with air guns on Osan Air Base. The South Korean broadcaster KBS presented a video which showed a military employee shooting a pellet from a rifle at the …
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The Times reports on an incredibly disturbing culture in South Korea. Between 2018-2020 the South Korean messaging app Kakao Talk hosted a “gore room”. In this so-called gore room contributors were allowed to post videos of the mutilation of cats and wild animals. I’m told that members of these sorts of online groups don’t use …
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The Korea Herald has published a very short article with a very surprising headline: Cats responsible for 107 house fires in Seoul in past 3 yrs. The mind boggles. How could this have happened? That is the pressing question. And this is the answer that they have provided. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & …
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NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH KOREA: My interpretation of the New York Post’s headline “South Korea to Grant Legal Status to Animals to Tackle Abuse, Abandonment” is that the South Korean government has decided to recognise animals as sentient beings rather than as objects. The intention is to help protect them from abuses. South Korea has a …
‘V’ (stage name), real name: Kim Tae-hyung is seen playing with a cat in a park. It was videoed and there are photos. It is nice. He lives with three dogs and one cat. Great. The world has another celebrity animal lover. ▪️the way the cat just casually approached and sit comfortably on taehyungs lap …
‘V’ (Kim Tae-hyung) playing with a cat. He’s so adorable. Read More »
South Korea have their first feline coronavirus patient, a kitten at a missionary school in Jinju, South Gyeongnam Province where 100 people tested positive recently. The owner of the cat and her daughter tested positive for the virus and the presumption by the health authorities is their cat caught the virus from them. She has …
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Background Blackpink is a South Korean girl band formed by YG Entertainment consisting of members Jisoo, Jenniw, Rosé and Lisa. Everland in South Korea as a theme park and vacation resort located in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. It opened in April 1976. At the resort they have a three-month-old baby panda, Fu Bao, who was born at …
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OPINION PLEASE NOTE – DISAGREE? TELL ME PLEASE: It may surprise people to know that there are 10 countries where cat and dog meat (or cat or dog meat) is still on the menu. Although Taiwan has just banned it which is a good sign that in the Far East there is a gradual shift, …
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If you can stand the video you are a better person than me. However, you will see that a young woman, Sulli, who must be a top celebrity (an actress and model) in South Korea gently biting her Sphynx Cat. There is a large discussion about whether it is cat cruelty or not. A veterinarian …
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It seems that acts of cruelty to animals have now reached a new and higher level of depravity. Apparently South Korea has an extensive market for a very special kind of soup. The soup is being used for the treatment of arthritic symptoms. According to an article published in the Yanhap News translated by Korean …
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This is not going to be politically correct. I don’t believe in political correctness when it hides abuse and injustice. I also believe that we are all one species of human animal. With the advent of the internet that breaks down boundaries and creates worldwide networks we have the opportunity and right to observe and …
