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IAKA Update

The Korean Dog Meat Issue has been known to the world since early 1984. Many international organizations organized protests, letter writing campaigns, and other actions but these did almost nothing to stop dog meat consumption…
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Gaon Animal Shelter

Gaon Animal Shelter
Gaon Animal Shelter’s Founder, Cho Jinyong, is a classic case of ‘who rescued who?’ Jinyong (50) is an Elementary school teacher and private music teacher and has been for all of her adult life. About…
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Hug Me Shelter

Hug Me Shelter
According to Rah Sungyu, a martial arts instructor and one of the founders of Hug Me Shelter, operations began in April of 2019. A stray dog had wandered into the front office of the Senior…
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