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[Update: November 17, 2017] Victoria Premier responds.

We received a response from the Assistant Director of the Victoria State Government’s Cabinet Office on November 15. The Premier of Victoria, the Hon Daniel Andrews, has referred our petition to the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon Jaala Pulford MP, for further consideration as animal welfare issues fall within the Minister’s area of responsibility. We are grateful to the Premier for acknowledging our concern and we look forward to hearing positive news from Minister Pulford soon.

The Hon Premier Daniel Andrews MP of Victoria, Australia: Tell Sister City, Busan, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to the Torture and Consumption of Dogs and Cats.

If you want to help fight the grisly South Korean dog and cat meat trade and make a difference in South Korea, here are a few quick actions you can take that could save millions of dogs and cats each year.

Busan became Sister city with Victoria in 1994.

In Busan, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants where the dogs, who have been tortured their entire lives, end up being slaughtered in the most inhumane ways, such as by electrocution, hanging, or beating, and then thrown into boiling water – sometimes while they are still alive. In many places, dogs are being killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs; and this takes place in public and in broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Busan’s dog meat demand.

Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called “Health Centers,” which commonly sell dog elixirs and cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju), and the second one was for “dog meat restaurants.”

The searches resulted in dozens of 629 Health Food Shops and 172 restaurants in the vicinity of Busan.

Even if half of these ‘Health’ Centers and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be in the vicinity of Busan to supply these outlets.

There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.

Video:

Busan Gupo Dog Meat Market’s Cruelty. https://koreandogs.org/busan-gupo-dog-meat-markets-cruelty/

https://koreandogs.org/meat-dogs-in-wire-cages-feed-on-rotten-food-waste-slops/

Call for Action

• Send Email:
  [email protected];dp&[email protected];
• Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):Office of the Premier
  1 Treasury Place
  Melbourne, Victoria
  Australia, 3000

  Send a copy of your letter to Busan Mayor Oh Keo-Don:
  Mayor Oh Keo-Don
  Busan City Hall
  1001 Joongangdae-ro, Yeonjae-gu, Busan, Gyeongsangnam-do
  Postal Code 47545
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  오거돈 부산시장님
  부산시청
  (우 47545) 부산광역시 연제구 중앙대로 1001
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page:
  The Hon Premier Daniel Andrews MP
  Busan
  Busan Mayor

  Suggested email/letter/Facebook message

  Subject: The Hon Premier Daniel Andrews MP of Victoria: Tell Sister City, Busan, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to the Torture and Consumption of Dogs and Cats.

  Dear The Hon Premier Daniel Andrews MP and the members of the cabinet,

  We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/ad-swLg6_rA
  https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
  https://koreandogs.org/dmp/
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Do you think that Victoria should be a Sister state to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Busan Mayor Oh Keo-Don to close down all those illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants that serve these animal products. An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://www.change.org/p/the-hon-premier-daniel-andrews-mp-of-victoria-australia-tell-sister-city-busan-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-consumption-of-dogs-cats
  The favor of your reply is requested.
  Thank you,

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Premier’s Office: Phone: (03) 9651 5000
  Fax: (03) 9651 5054

  Suggested phone message

  Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Premier’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your sister city, Busan in South Korea.

  If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that city, even though it is illegal under South Korean Law – but the laws are not enforced. The dog and cat meat trades involve extreme and widespread animal cruelty, and the animals suffer unimaginable pain and distress. They cannot speak for themselves which is why I am calling on their behalf. And, I believe that your state would wish to be made aware of this issue, as they would not want to be affiliated with a city where illegal and immoral torture is being carried out on any animal, and particularly not on ones that are loyal, trusting creatures, which look up to us humans as their guardians.

  These illegal trades are being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet owners across South Korea, and throughout the world.

  So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Busan to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion to their companion animals, and also respect to their own citizens, by bringing these trades to an end.

  With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, this is the time to make change; this is the time to stop the illegal, inhumane and unnecessary cruelty. I know that South Korea has many beautiful, admirable, and noble practices and customs worth preserving, but this is not one of them.

  Thank you for your time and understanding.

• Send a Twitter message!

  Suggested Twitter text

  .@BusanCityGovt .@bsy8680 .@VicGovAu .@DanielAndrewsMP Plz Urge Sister City Busan, Korea-Stop torturing &eating dogs https://goo.gl/bvnonT

No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Victoria!