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[Update: April 23, 2018] “No return on investment”: Brampton does away with sister city agreements

Brampton Guardian reported on April 23, 2018 that “After a spirited debate, Brampton council has decided to do away with formal sister city agreements with cities in other nations. In a 7-4 vote, council adopted city staff’s recommendation to put an end to the city’s current sister city protocol.” It reported, “For the time being, the city will honour the existing agreements, but the now-adopted recommendations also direct staff to look into formally ending those agreements.” Click HERE to learn more.

We will close our campaign now. We hope that Brampton will not be partnering with South Korea until they stop the dog and cat meat cruelty. We are grateful to all the supporters who have taken action.

Mayor Linda Jeffrey of Brampton, Ontario: Tell Friendship City, Gapyeong, 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.

Gapyeong became Friendship city with Brampton in 2009.
In Gapyeong, 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. 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 Gapyeong’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 49 Health Food Shops and 41 restaurants in the vicinity of Gapyeong.

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 Gapyeong to supply these outlets.

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

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

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):Office of the Mayor
  City of Brampton
  2 Wellington Street West
  Brampton, ON, L6Y 4R2
  Canada

  Send a copy of your letter to Gapyeong Mayor Seong-Gi Kim:
  Mayor Seong-Gi Kim
  Gapyeong County Office
  181 Seokbong-ro, Gapyeong-eup, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 12417
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  김성기가평군수님
  가평군청
  (12417) 경기도 가평군 가평읍 석봉로 181
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page: Brampton
  Mayor Linda Jeffrey
  Gapyeong
  

  Suggested email/letter/Facebook message

  Dear Mayor Jeffrey and the City Council members,

  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/
  https://koreandogs.org/dmp/
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Do you think that Brampton should be a Friendship city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Gapyeong Mayor Seong-Gi 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/mayor-linda-jeffrey-of-brampton-ontario-tell-friendship-city-gapyeong-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-eating-of-dogs
  The favor of your reply is requested.
  Thank you,

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Mayor’s Office: Phone: 905.874.2600
  Fax: 905.874.2620

  Suggested phone message

  Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Mayor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Friendship city, Gapyeong 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 city would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you 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 Gapyeong 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

  .@GaPyeongCounty .@ggholic .@CityBrampton .@LindaJeffrey Plz Urge Friendship City Gapyeong-Stop torture/eating dogs https://goo.gl/DzB8ew

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