Comment on DOS-2012-0061-0001

i am horrified at this out of control agreement, whereby this dept did not gauge any us public opinion on this. this country beats dogs and cats in the most brutal way and then eats them. they beat them first so they can make them more manly. what the hell does the usa want to do with a country as backwars as this. we should not have this trade agreement. we dont want this trade agreement. Animal Cruelty In Korea 2, Page 1 Korea is famous for their disgusting treatment to dogs, who are killed for food. It is heartbreaking to watch dogs cruelly mistreated in Korea. Cruel treatment to dogs by Korean dog meat producers are notorious worldwide. In addition, dogs are also being abused in puppy mills and in municipal-run shelters for stray animals. Dogs are not treated as living creatures in Korea. Instead, they are seen as lucrative sources of income for dog farmers, breeders, and, and government assigned shelter directors. Hence it is not very shocking to find even Government officers actively participating in cruelty to animals. China slaughtered 50,000 dogs by clubbing them to death and threw them into dump trucks. A Government sanctioned slaughter. Dog being drug to his death. Ctsy:ALL-CREATURES.ORG Man burns fur off live dog for eating. Ctsy:ALL-CREATURES.ORG Every year, 2.6 million dogs and countless cats are slaughtered and consumed in South Korea. Methods of slaughter include hanging by the neck, prolonged beatings with pipes and hammers, and electrocution. Often, cats are boiled alive, and dogs are routinely blowtorched to remove their fur and to brown their skin. The myth is that the more pain suffered by these animals, the more tender and aphrodisiac the meat is. This idea is generated by Korean dog-meat dealers. Dog-meat stew is not a thousand-year-old Korean tradition, as dog-meat dealers claim. The commercial trade of dogs for consumption began in 1980, when a boom in the Korean economy made the once-scarce "livestock" meats suddenly