the charity world dog alliance raised a successful online petition in 2012 calling for the uk government to intervene and oppose the cruelty. in 2015, the issue was finally debated in the house of commons chamber. a second debate on south korea’s dog meat trade in the uk parliament was held on september 12, 2016, by the petitions committee, following an online petition which was started on petition.parliament.uk. change.org has over 450,000 signatures on a petition to boycott the 2018 winter olympics.