Yummy, Dog Meat...Gus Kenworthy, Matt Wilkas, Beemo, Simba, Saeed, Mussa, Rescue TV, FOUR PAWS International
The Olympian documented the “heart-wrenching visit” on Instagram, emphasizing that there are around 17,000 dog farms in South Korea and 2.5 million dogs are being raised for food “in some of the most disturbing conditions imaginable” across the country.
Kenworthy noted that eating dog meat may be considered part of Korean culture, but the way in which the animals kept on meat farms are treated is “completely inhumane and culture should never be a scapegoat for cruelty.”
This is not the first time Kenworthy made an effort to help dogs while traveling for the Olympic Games. In 2014, he brought back home two stray pups he found near the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia. It is incredible to see this sportsman go out of his way during such a huge event and do a bit of good for the animals who need it so much – and use his platform to encourage it even more! All image source: Gus Kenworthy/Instagram
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I’ve never seen an animal rescue like this one. Mussa, a baby chimpanzee, was saved by poachers who brutally killed his mother and family. His rescue was made even more miraculous when a bush pilot with Virunga National Park offered to fly him to safety at Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center, a PASA member in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The look on Mussa’s face when he stares out the plane window - on his way to freedom - is absolutely heart-melting.
Click here to watch the inspiring video of Mussa’s amazing rescue!
Innocent chimpanzees are ripped from their dying mother’s arms, tied up, locked in cages, and kept in isolation all over Africa. Sometimes they are only weeks old when this brutality happens. You have the power to rescue them. But if they aren’t saved by your support, I can’t imagine the horrible cruelty they will face.
Mussa is just one of many baby chimpanzees that PASA members are rescuing from the black market. Since January, Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Centre has already rescued two other baby chimpanzees.
Chimpanzee Conservation Center, a PASA member in Guinea, has saved three infant chimpanzees in the last three months.
Right now, we’re working with PASA members to rescue more than 10 orphaned chimpanzees from horrific situations in four countries. I will update you as soon as we have more information.
These orphans at Lwiro now have a future to look forward to.
Like Mussa, these babies rely on your kindness to save them from a life of misery. They have had everything taken from them. Will you show them compassion?