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Update: These dog-farm dogs have been rescued! See the Rescues section.
The Korean Alliance for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (KAPCA) is leading a campaign to shut down a dog farm in Incheon.
The KAPCA submitted petitions to Namdong Gu office of Inchen City against the dog farm and made an official request that it be closed down. However, Namdong Gu office said the dog farm owner had fixed the problems with the facilities. This is incorrect because upon investigation it seems that absolutely nothing had changed.
Down this dark, filthy corridor are rows of rusted and feces filled cages containing dogs. It's a typical dog farm.
When the KAPCA complained to the Gu office (City Council Office), the official in charge said the office was continuously monitoring the dog farm situation. But his comment to the KAPCA was that there are "more than just one or two dog farms in the country," meaning that there are dog farms everywhere so it's not much use them trying the close down one particular farm.
In other words, the Gu officials admited they have no solution. The problem, however, is a lack of will. Even though so much animal abuse occurs, the government is not really concerned about doing anything to stop it. This represents not only a neglect of duty, but also a neglect of ethical conduct.
In addition, a rumor is circulating that the dog farm is located on government land! If this is true, then this was known by the Gu office official when complaints were first made about the farm last October. Sadly, it means that the government had agreed to having a dog farm there in the first place. It also means that the government could easily close it down. The rumor still needs to be confirmed.
What the KAPCA are now requesting of the government:
1) Change the official in charge of animal protection issues. Someone who actually cares about animal protection should be in this position.
2) Shut down the dog farm. There is a kindergarten on one side of the dog farm and a high school on the other.
Across the street from the dog farm are education department offices. So the dog farm is surrounded by education facilities, which is setting a terrible example to future generations. It is unbelievable this dog hell can exist here and must be shut down. (The fact that this farm is surrounded by government facilities adds to the suspicion that it is on government land.)
3) Better rights should be attributed to dogs. It needs to be recognized that dogs are sentient beings that should not have to suffer such hellish abuse. These dogs need to given shelter and protection.
Until something is done about this issue, KAPCA and other animal rights groups like KARA are going to protest to the Inchen City government and the Namdong Gu office.
Dogs are invariably in very confined spaces and often without water.
These larger dogs below in darkness are of the kind typically found on dog farms.
These puppies will live out their whole miserable lives in this cage.
All these puppies will ever eat is garbage, seen here stuck on the wire floor.
Feces piled up and encrusted in the cage.
The dogs have nothing to stand or sit on except wires.
The pile of refuse below looks like garbage--often kimchi and vegetable scraps from restaurants--mixed with feces. Dogs either eat this or starve.
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