UPDATE ON SIHEUNG DOG MEAT FARM RESCUE
On January 15, 2020, we started a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe Site for our friends Annie and Ivy to help raise funds to take care of medical expenses for 65 dogs rescued from a horrific dog meat farm located in Siheung, Korea. Siheung is a city located in Gyeonggi Province, with a population of 472,162 (2017) not too far from the capital city of Seoul.
Back in December, a total of 65 dogs and 15 goats were rescued from this horrific dog meat farm. On average, the medical expenses spent on each rescued dog from either a dog meat farm or a slaughterhouse is anywhere between $1000-$3000. Many are either infected with heart-worm disease and/or distemper. These dogs were fed nothing but human leftovers mixed with previously slaughtered dogs’ body parts.
Initially, Annie and Ivy were backed by a large rescue organization located in Seoul, Korea. However, the rescue organization decided not to help these dogs anymore. However, they pledged to take care of 5 dogs at their organization’s shelter. One day Annie and Ivy received a call from the organization’s shelter, asking them to take their dogs as they could not take care of them any longer. When the girls arrived at their shelter, they were in disbelief.
They removed the dogs out from a major Korean rescue group's shelter. Two dogs, Tommy and Donna were in horrible shape. They were suffering from severe skin infection and was transferred immediately to a nearby vet. Tommy was shaved, given a medicated bath and antibacterial Convenia vaccine. Donna was emaciated and had a gaping infected wound under her foreleg. She used to weigh over 40 lbs but now, she weighed 28 lbs.
They needed to take care of 70 dogs in boarding facilities that cost over $12,000 month plus medical expenses. We made a decision to help them out by starting a GoFundMe page on January 15, 2020. We recently posted a ledger sheet on the GoFundMe page but didn’t have room for us to post all invoices from the vets. Attached hereto are ledger sheets and invoices for your review. As we are firm believers in transparency, we would like to share it with you. All the pet hospitals who took in Siheung dogs gave us a special discount and asked us to blur out the name of the hospital for privacy purposes.
Total expense including food, supplies, and medical expenses was $76,348.41. As of today, we raised $19,762.00. Thanks to few donors, we were able to and continue to pay for their boarding facilities. However, it’s still on the negative side of $2000 per month as many dogs are traumatized as they witnessed their friends and families being tortured and slaughtered in front of their eyes.
Please find the copies of invoices and receipts for medical expenses.
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