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Killeen, Texas: Tell Sister City, Osan, South Korea, that you oppose 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.

Osan became Sister city with Killeen in 1997.

In Osan, 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.

The Mayor of Osan, the ‘festive city’, in South Korea, claims that his office will “continuously work together with the citizens” to create a pleasant environment … where the “joy from culture and welfare is abundant”.

Key words here, culture and welfare, because it has been stated that some Koreans believe that dog eating is “part of the traditional culture of Korea” – if so, it is a part that is devoid of any animal welfare, devoid of any joy, but abundant in cruelty, greed and illegal practices.

The dog and cat meat trades cannot be justified in such a prosperous country as South Korea, and whatever label one wishes to give to dog eating (culture, tradition or otherwise) there is nothing pleasant about the environment in which these pitiful animals are raised, transported or slaughtered.

So, we want Mayor Lee to carry on ‘continuously’ (unceasingly; constantly; without interruption) working with his citizens to create real joy, for the Korean people and the animals alike, by permanently ending the dog and cat meat trades in his city.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Osan’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 44 Health Food Centers in the vicinity of Osan; and 22 restaurants in Osan.

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 Osan to supply these outlets.

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.

https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/

Please sign petition, call and email Killeen TODAY!

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

• No matter where you live, please SIGN OUR PETITION
• Email:
  [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
• Send a message through Facebook page: Killeen
• Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  Mayor’s Office
  City of Killeen
  PO Box 1329
  Killeen, Texas 76540
  USA

  Send a copy of your letter to Osan Mayor Lee Kwon-jae:
  Mayor Lee Kwon-jae
  City of Osan
  141, Seongho-daero, Osan, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 18132
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:

  이권재 오산시장님
  오산시청
  18132 경기도 오산시 성호대로 141
  South Korea

• Call the Mayor’s office: Phone (254) 290-0548
• Send a Twitter message!
  .@osansi .@CityofKilleen Tell Sister City, Osan, South Korea, that you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats. https://chng.it/KKcNhKdM

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