Urgent Update: Daejon Animal Shelter

The Daejon Animal Shelter still has 150 dogs looking for homes and foster homes. The following guest post was written by Mark Preston, who has started a Facebook group dedicated to rescuing as many of the dogs as possible.

URGENT! MUCH HELP NEEDED! Please do what you can, if only spreading the word that an enormous amount of help is needed quickly.

My name is Mark Preston. A while ago, Tim and Annie started trying to raise awareness of this dreadful situation and now D-Day is fast approaching.
I was recently alerted to the situation and I have started a facebook group.

The group name is: Save the Dogs -The Daejeon 150

Please, everyone check out this group.

The animal shelter in Daejeon which houses around 200 dogs is being forced to close by the end of October. The shelter has has had several warnings in the past that the land it’s operating on is not designated to be used for this number of animals, but finally a deadline has been set for the end of this month. Here is a past article about the shelter.

All information about the situation is there, updated daily.
We are currently contacting news agencies, tv companies…anyone that can help.

All the dogs must be removed from the property before then, or they will face an uncertain and precarious future. They will be sent to the kill shelters run by the municipal district offices, which are not capable of handling this number of animals at once.

Let’s work as hard as possible to avoid a mass euthanasia scenario. The dogs range in size from little chihuahua to Jindo type. There are various pure breeds and many mixes and the large majority have been sterilized already. They all deserve a chance to live. Please help!

What is needed:

Foster homes!
If you can spare some space in your apartment for a furry friend in need, now is the time.

Donations!
Help cover the cost of basic vetting, so foster parents don’t have to cover everything.

Networking!
If you know anyone who might be able to foster, or a vet clinic who could take even one dog, please contact them and find out if they can help ASAP.

Transportation!
Do you have a car? Spare a day and volunteer to transport a couple animals to new, safe places to live.

Tim is organizing visits to the shelter every Saturday in October.

Contact: Mark Preston(Jeonju) Group secretary
Email: bwjkr@hotmail.com

Contact: Tim Vasudeva (Seoul) Weekend organizer
Email: tim.vasudeva AT gmail.com
Mobile: 010 8940 5233

Contact: Annie Sauvageau(Daejeon) Daytime Organizer
Email: ansauvage@yahoo.ca
Mobile: 010-4566-2322