一人一信给韩国新任总统 阻止韩国成为立法开放食用狗肉的国家
韓國李明博總統電子郵件
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敬致韩国总统李明博先生：
李先生您好，首先恭喜您当选韩国新任总统！当举世注目您上任后将推动的政经改革与政绩表现时，我们同时听到了一个令人担忧震惊的消息──贵国的首都首尔市政府于今年3月24日，对外发表了「狗肉卫生管理政策」，将「狗」列为家畜项目！并预计在4月份韩国国会大选结束，于5月举办相关听证程序后，随即向中央政府提议修改「畜产品加工处理法」，正式立法将狗纳入畜产食用项目。为此，贵国的动保团体也曾于3月25、26日集结在首尔市政厅前表达强烈抗议。
韩国的高科技产业和电子产品行销全球，包括各种娱乐、饮食与旅游产业在内的「韩流」，也增加亚洲各国人民对韩国的高度兴趣，成为亚洲高文化和创意素质的表徵。然而，在亚洲和世界各国许多人都将狗视为同伴，如果贵国真的立法将狗列为「家畜」，这将会是全世界第一个「将狗肉合法化」的国家，您也将是世界文明史上第一个将「狗」变成「肉用动物」的大统领！这将不仅伤害贵国-也会伤害全世界关心动物权益和文明发展的人士。 韩国的文化和创意水平，韩国的各种产品、观光、娱乐节目，在我们心目中的地位和价值，也会大大的降低，甚至最后演变成为「反韩流」！
狗就是狗，无论是生物学上或现实生活上，并没有宠物犬、伴侣犬或是肉狗之分。台湾、香港、菲律宾、泰国等也都已立法禁吃狗肉。虽然在亚洲，仍有少数国家和地区的人民把狗肉当作食物，但平均而言，生活水平都远不如韩国，迄今也没有任何一个国家通过「国家法律」，将吃狗肉的行为「合法化」！
人类饲养狗和猫作为伙伴，已至少有一万两千年以上的历史，在过去2、30年来，人类动物互动科学（anthrozoology）并逐渐集结出共识：同伴动物对人类在心理和生理健康上具有贡献，它们可以给人类亲密性和支持性，缓和人们慢性生活压力对健康的反面影响，进而达到保护和对抗一些疾病。当代犯罪社会学也逐渐认知到，动物虐待和家庭、儿童暴力具有高度关连。一旦狗成为可以随时宰杀成为肉用的动物，所带来的社会和教育心理冲击，将无法想像。
在人类社会文明的进程里，人们不断反省其在自然、万物中的许多残酷行为。在环保的议题中，「肉」已被指为高碳食物，畜牧业也是温室效应气体的主要来源。为了打造一个更为人道的社会，为了人类文明的永续，身为地球公民的一份子，我们竭诚希望贵国政府千万不要做出错误的决策，让人类文明发展后退！同时为此错误政策，而影响了贵国对外的经贸发展！此外，我们希望贵国政府能尽速立法禁吃狗肉，以提高韩国的动物福利。
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One person one letter to Korea’s new president
Stop Korea from legalizing dog meat
consumption
Korean President Lee Myung-bak
webmaster@president.go.kr
Cheongwadae: 1 Cheongwadae-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
Cheongwadae hotline: ＋82 2 730-5800
Dear President Lee Myung-bak:
Greetings, and first of all congratulations on becoming the new president of Korea! While people all around the world have been paying close attention to the political and economic reforms you are promoting and to your political performance and achievements, we have heard a worrying, shocking piece of news – on the 24th of March this year Seoul Metropolitan Government announced a “Dog Meat Hygiene Management Policy”, which lists dogs as “livestock”! And it is also expected that, that after Korea’s parliamentary elections end in April, and after holding a related hearing in May, a proposal will be made immediately to the Central Government to amend the “Livestock Products Processing Act”, officially legislating that dog meat be listed as a livestock product. Therefore, animal protection groups from your country gathered in front of Seoul City Hall on March 25th and 26th to protest.
Korea’s hi-tech and electronic products are sold throughout the world, and the so-called “Korean Wave”, which includes all kinds of entertainment, food and tourism industries, has also greatly increased the interest of people all across Asia, helping characterize Korea as a country of great culture and creativity. However, many people in Asia and the rest of the world see dogs as companions, and if you do indeed legislate that dogs are to be listed as “livestock”, this will make Korea the first country in the world to legalize dog meat consumption, and will make you the first national leader in the history of civilization to list dogs as “animals for consumption”! This will not only harm your country, it will also hurt all the people in the world who care about animal rights and civilized development. Our perception of the status and value of Korean culture and creativity, and of all Korean products, tourism and entertainment programs will suffer a great negative impact, and this may even lead to an “Anti-Korean Wave”!
Dogs are simply dogs, and no matter whether in biological theory or in real life, they are not divided into pet dogs, companion dogs and edible dogs. Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Thailand have all already legally banned the consumption of dog meat. Although there are still a few countries and people in Asia who still consume dog meat, their living standards are, on average, far lower than those of Korea, and until now there has never been a country which has, through national law, legalized the act of eating dog meat!
People have raised dogs and cats as companions for at least twelve thousand years, and in the last 20 or 30 years, “anthrozoology” has gradually brought about a consensus: companion animals bring psychological and physical benefits to humans. They can give humans intimacy and support, alleviate the negative health impacts of stress, and also provide protection against some illnesses. Modern day Criminal Sociology is also drawing the conclusion that there is a high degree of correlation between cruelty to animals and domestic violence and child abuse. Once dogs become animals that can be freely butchered for their meat, there will be unimaginable negative social and educational impacts on public psychology.
In the course of civilization, humans always reflect upon the many cruelties of nature. Amongst the issues of environmental protection, “meat” has already been labeled a high-carbon food, and livestock farming is a major source of greenhouse gases. In order to create a more humane society, and for the sake of the sustainability of human civilization, we as co-citizens of this planet hope with all sincerity that your government will under no circumstances make this mistaken decision, causing humanity take a step backwards on the road to civilized development, and at the same time impacting on Korea’s foreign trade development. In addition, we hope that your government can, as soon as possible, prohibit the consumption of dog meat, in order to enhance animal welfare in Korea.
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請各位師兄協助轉發至各大論壇抵制韓國立法開放食狗肉
