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Petition Launched Against Ssoyoung — Mukang YouTuber Eating Animals Alive

A petition has been launched against YouTube channel 쏘영 Ssoyoung, which features YouTuber Choi Soo-young “torturing animals before eating them alive.”

Part of the popular Korea-born mukbang trend — which has YouTubers around the world broadcasting mealtime for online audiences — this channel features over 300 videos of its star eating various things, ranging from from gummy candy to still-moving sea creatures.

The petition against the YouTuber was launched on change.org by Paolo Wang.

“The Mukbang Youtuber ssoyoung is torturing animals before eating them alive,” reads the petition’s webpage.

“This is clearly animal abuse, and you don’t have to be a vegan to see that.”

One video shows the YouTuber eating an octopus live (shinja jang/Shutterstock.com)

Choi Soo-young — Eating Animals Alive

In one video, Choi Soo-young is pictured mauling five octopi before they’re breaded in Flaming Hot Cheetos so she can eat them. It has more than one million views.

In another, the spectacle escalates, and she can be seen eating six octopi alive with a friend. The video has garnered more than three million views.

Another video, which includes “EPIC TUNA CUTTING SHOW” in the title, features a whole tuna being cut up before she spoons pieces of its flesh into a dish to have as a snack.

Wang’s petition can be found here.