About CARE

The Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) was founded on August 31, 2002.

Our mission is to rescue animals in need, prevent animal cruelty, and strengthen animal welfare laws.

CARE is the only non-governmental organization in Korea who actively rescues animals and runs its own shelter. We are also the largest animal rights organization in Korea, with more than 60,000 members.

The CARE shelter is located in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do. Our goal is to prevent lost, stray, and abandoned animals from being abused, neglected, or traded into the dog meat industry, while working diligently to provide these animals with safe new homes for adoption.

CARE also works tirelessly to convince the Korean government to update and revise laws that affect companion animals. One of the CARE’s recent achievements in this area is the recent amendments to the Animal Protection Act, which now includes segregation rights for abused animals and funding for animal welfare monitoring systems.

CARE continues to bring Korea’s dog meat issue into public light by showing the non-legal industry leads to terrible animal cruelty. CARE believes that differentiating between “edible dogs” and “pet dogs” makes no sense.

CARE regularly holds public campaigns and educational events to raise awareness for animal-related issues, such as promoting the spaying and neutering of companion animals and controlling the overpopulation of feral cats. CARE also actively seeks solutions to problems associated with factory farming and laboratory testing of animals.