Songpa Police Station Rally Against Dog Torturer

Saturday, 23 January 2010 09:40

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On Friday, January 22, 2010, a rally was held outside of the Songpa Police Headquarters, right near Ogeum Station (Line 5) in response to the actions of an animal torturing psycho and the lack of an animal protection law to prosecute him. The issue in question is summarize in our News section.

You can also view SBS videos concerning the issue and the rally at these two links. Be warned that some scenes may be upsetting.

http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000701054

http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000701118

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KARA and a number of other animal welfare groups and concerned citizens gathered to protest the lack of action. Some pictures of some of what the torturer did were displayed.

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Speakers from different groups made strong calls for action by the police and better animal protection laws. As well as Koreans a number of foreigners were present.

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SBS and other members of the press were there as well to record the event.

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Once the protests were made by the front gate, a delegation of animal activists representing the various groups went inside to talk to the police chief.

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We were lead to a small room with officers concerned with the case were present along with the police chief. The activists were very forceful and assertive in their presentations and the talk back and forth with the chief was very animated and loud.

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Chief of Police, Songpa

In the end, our efforts may result in the maximum penalty being applied. The problem is that the maximum is only 500,000 won (around $500). At the moment, the psycho is back in his apartment, having been released by the police because there is no law to hold him.

After this rally, some members of animal welfare groups including KARA made their way across Seoul to the Supreme Court, where they submitted--yet again--proposals for changes to the animal protection law.

These have been rejected in the past for some unknown reason.

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Comments

haetnim81

|2010-01-24 04:44:34

It is so unacceptable by korean law...I just can't believe how they just send a man who just killed and toure so many dog and lease him by just fine of ($500). I'm sure that man will bring another dogs, toure them again.

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