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Sister City Campaign – Seoul Yongsan-District, South Korea – Sacramento, California

Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento: Tell Sister City, Seoul Yongsan District, 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.

Seoul Yongsan District Mayor Jang-Hyun Sung

Seoul Yongsan District Mayor Jang-Hyun Sung

Seoul Yongsan District became Sister city with Sacramento in 1997.

The Brand Slogan for the Yongsan District of Seoul is ‘City of Tomorrow’; they call it the ‘Land of Last Hope’, referring to their expectation for modernization and increased prosperity.

But unless their citizens stop living in the past, by clinging on to their post-war, impoverished outlook – unless they stop the brutal dog and cat-meat trades, Yongsan will never be anything more than a city of ‘lost’ hope.

Yongsan is no longer a poor district, their citizens no longer eat dog and cat-meat products out of necessity; yet this is still a place where dogs and cats are routinely treated cruelly, before being brutally slaughtered – so they can be served up as food and drinks for their many (so-called) ‘health food’ centers and restaurants.

There are countless dog 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.

Let’s tell Yongsan that the true meaning of a ‘Land of Hope’ is one where the dog and cat-meat trades no longer exist.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Seoul Yongsan District’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 Food 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 88 Health Food Centers; and 41 restaurants in the vicinity of the city of Seoul Yongsan District alone.

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

Sister City Campaign – Seoul Yongsan-District, South Korea – Sacramento, California

Sister City Campaign – Seoul Yongsan-District, South Korea – Sacramento, California

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

Video: Media Triage: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea.

Please sign petition, call and email Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, TODAY!

To make this easy we’ve included text for your call and emails below.

Suggested message to the Mayor of Sacramento

Dear Mayor Kevin Johnson and the City Council members:

Would you please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ

Seoul Yongsan District is one of the largest dog meat consumption areas in South Korea. The Korean internet searches resulted in: 88 “Health Food Centers” which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju); and 41 dog meat soup restaurants in the vicinity of the city of Seoul Yongsan District alone.

Sacramento should not be a Sister city to any city/district that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten. Please urge Seoul Yongsan District Mayor Jang-Hyun Sung to close down all illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants that serve their 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/mayor-kevin-johnson-of-sacramento-tell-sister-city-seoul-yongsan-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-torture-eating-of-dogs-cats
The favor of your reply is requested.
Thank you,

[Your Name & City/Country]

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  1. RICHERE DEZIEL
    RICHERE DEZIELSeptember 1,16

    Stop the torture !

  2. Lyn Black
    Lyn BlackSeptember 19,16

    Absolutely appalling.Cruel, barbaric, horrific.PLEASE STOP THIS HORRIFIC PRACTICE, NOW !!!!!!

  3. Marguerite White
    Marguerite WhiteSeptember 19,16

    There is no need to torture and eat dogs and cats,this should stop.Its also other animals that suffer while being cooked while alive.Hope God looks down with disgust.

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