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by: Michele Fields
Country singer Willie Nelson’s daughter, Amy Nelson, and granddaughter, Raelyn Nelson, sang and protested outside of the South Korean embassy in Washington, D.C., last to raise awareness about the dog and cat meat trade.
“We found out somewhat recently about the way that dogs and cats are being treated in South Korea and we are just horrified by it” said Amy Nelson.
“No one should be treated that way,” she said. “It offends me as a human being, it offends my humanity and I don’t want to be ashamed of being human, so I want to get together with other compassionate humans around the world and make a change.”
Amy added that their “dad sent us out” and the issue “spoke to him as well. ”
“My dad says that do onto animals as you would want animals do unto you,” she said. “When he heard about it happening he wanted us to come out and represent the whole Nelson family and express our views on this. It’s not right.”
“The Olympics are coming up in South Korea in 2018 so i think we have some more leverage than ordinarily as global citizens to come out and write to the ambassador and to the president of South Korea and ask them to make some changes and enforce the laws they already have in place,” said Amy.
Videography by Sarah Hofmann
Thanks to the Nelson Family for bringing this atrocity into the public eye! Let’s hope change can be made ASAP!
Some cultural traditions such as eating pets, should best be kept only in the murkey imagination of evolutionary history. Kindness and compassion needs to be extended to all living Creatures. We are EQUAL!
What about how cattle, chicken and pigs are treated? Some people find eatting pork or beef just as revolting. We are wrong to press our customs upon others, no matter how disgusting we might find theirs.
This is terrible i cant beleave this how can people be so ignorant
Somthing needs to be done i dont care if that is there culture
Really? these girls can’t find anything more pressing to protest?
what a shame yes this needs to be stopped .. so sad
Thank you for taking up this issue. – We have to start somewhere and stand for something! We are all God’s creations.
Remember the Gorillas. Think about it!
This is just plain ignorant! Eating dog meat is a part of their culture. Some countries eat poultry, beef, and pork, some eat monkey brains, cats, or dogs. US citizens need to mind their own business, and stop trying to change other countries’ ways of life. Do you happen to think all countries have running water throughout, grocery stores all over the place, etc.? This spoiled rotten country needs to snap out of it! You can’t really raise livestock, or grow a lot of fresh fruits and veggies without running water. These people would probably starve if they didn’t eat animals that we consider to be “off limits”. Do you want our country to have to send relief efforts when those people start to starve? 2 million children in the US go to bed hungry every night. We need to feed them, first. Why are you more worried about what people are eating in other countries, than you are about what people aren’t eating here?!
why not corn
Just because we Americans find these animals cute and cuddly does not disqualify them as a potential food source. And this quote: “My dad says that do onto animals as you would want animals do unto you,” …Seriously? As if an animal has the capacity to think rationally? Try telling that to a hungry hyena on your next African excursion. Does the cheetah give any thought to the gazelle’s right-to-life as it crushes it’s windpipe?
How ethnocentric can we be, Americans? As said before, what they eat is part of their culture, and they don’t have the same luxuries that we have available to us in the US. Animals eat other animals. It is the food chain. It is part of natural life. Humans are animals too. Picking and choosing which animals are okay to eat and which are not is foolish. That’s ranking. It’s like saying men are more valuable than women or Mexicans are more valuable than Italians. Dogs and cats are animals. Cows and chickens are too. Just because “we” as Americans choose to keep dogs and cats as pets does not mean we should force others to share our perspective and endearment for them. Who do you think you are? What makes our way better than theirs? If you had been raised in S Korea, you’d more than likely be eating dogs and cats too.
Shouldnt we only eat Animals with a forked Hoof?
Go get em Girls…. Your doing a fab job. This kind of thing makes me sick. Amy Benham…. Massive fan of your old man champion.
It is a cultural thing. Yes it seems disgusting to me, but if you really want to protest this, try taking it to the White House. Obama admits to eating dog in his book!
and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy).
Barack Obama
A dog is a friend, I eat not a friend
I applaud you for taking a stand on this very barbaric and cruel practice and exposing it. I have long been aware of this horror and have signed many petitions to stop it. I don’t care that this is their “culture” as it is just wrong wrong wrong!!! It is not just dogs/cats that I speak out for but for ALL animals that are victimized in such a cruel fashion. One can see the total FEAR in the eyes of these animals and they are NOT killed in a “humane” way either!
We, as humans, need to start showing COMPASSION towards God’s creatures and STOP the horrific ABUSE and CONSUMPTION of them!
I don’t “twitter” but is there a FB page I can join to help stop this torture?
They do speak up and show up, don’t they?
Ok people out there look heres the deal . . . . . it started when America was taken over by settlers the Indians were mistreatedAND abused kicked off their land THEY WERE HER FIRST then it was shipping the African Americans here against their will then more torture and abuse of them,and many other nationalities ,so now its off to the Animals and Each other and our Women and Children.I do realize there are under priviledged countries in 2012 but Man and Our societys have an enormous propensity for Violence PERIOD and ANY CAUSE to bring it to light and STOP IT IS A GOOD ONE regardless ITS NOT OK whether its for food or wealth or power or WHATEVER! We do not whether we or anyone else is underprivileged have the right to be cruel abusive tortuous and inflict pain and misery on anyone or anything ONLY IN THE CASE OF SELF DEFENSE. . . And you cant tell me that its a custom to be Cruel I DONT buy it Every DAMN country has its so called customs BUT IT DOESNT MAKE IT RIGHT because if it was WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WARS
And further more ADOLPH HITLER HAD HIS CUSTOMS TOO . . . I guess we all should of sat back on that one too huh ! from . . . . Lori J. (same person as last comment
You have a lot of fierce support, Amy. It’s a horrific thing when people eat dogs and you are right in following your conscience. Jean
Each and every night as I lie in bed I shed tears for our animal friends. For the HORRENDOUS SUFFERING they endure, inflicted by mankind. I ask God WHY WHY WHY do the animals have to suffer soooooooo much, they have done NOTHING wrong to deserve such a fate!
I am a very sensitive, emotional person and my heart overflows with tears knowing how much they suffer, the pain they feel, the sheer TERROR of it all! We need more ppl to speak out against ALL cruelty to animals and I thank you soooooooooo much for bringing this to the public eye tho sadly, those who have no compassion won’t care. Thank God there are plenty others such as ourselves that do!