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Commissioner Terry L. Baker of Washington County: Tell Sister County, Jangheung, 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.

Jangheung became Sister County with Washington County in 2015.

In Jangheung, 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 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 Jangheung’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 43 Health Food Shops and 5 restaurants in the vicinity of Jangheung.

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 Jangheung to supply these outlets.

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

Please watch the documentary on the South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY

Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea

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

Call for Action

• No matter where you live, please SIGN OUR PETITION
• Send Email:
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• Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):County Commissioner’s Office
  Washington County
  100 West Washington Street, Room 226
  Hagerstown, MD 21740
  USA

  Send a copy of your letter to Jangheung Mayor Seong Kim:
  Mayor Seong Kim
  Jangheung County Government
  21 Jangheung-ro, Jangheung-eup, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do
  Postal Code 59328
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  김성 장흥군수님
  장흥군청
  전라남도 장흥군 장흥읍 장흥로 21 (우)59328
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page: Washington County
  Jangheung County
  

  Suggested email/letter/Facebook message

  Dear Commissioner Baker and the County Commissioners,

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

  Do you think that Washington County should be a Sister County to any County that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Jangheung Mayor Seong Kim 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/commissioner-terry-l-baker-of-washington-county-tell-sister-county-jangheung-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-torture-eating-of-dogs-cats
  The favor of your reply is requested.
  Thank you,

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the County Commissioner’s Office: Tel 240-313-2216, Fax 240-313-2201

  Suggested phone message

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

  If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that County, 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 County would wish to be made aware of this issue, as they would not want to be affiliated with a County 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 Jangheung 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

  .@jangheunggun .@greenjeonnam .@WashingtonCoMD Plz Urge Sister County Jangheung, Korea-Stop torture/eating dogs/cats https://goo.gl/nJsr1s

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