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Limoges Mayor Emile Roger Lombertie: Tell your Sister City, Icheon, South Korea, that you are 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.

Icheon became a Sister City to Limoges, France, in 2015.

In Icheon, 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.

Video: Dogs who suffered their entire lives are electric tortured and killed in cages—South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry. jtbc News.[추적보도 훅] 철창 갇힌 채 감전사…’먹히기 위해’ 죽어가는 개들 / JTBC 뉴스룸

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

Two searches on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – 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” – resulted in dozens of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Icheon.

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 Icheon to supply these outlets.

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

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• 📬 Send letters (Use the below-suggested message or petition):

  Monsieur le Maire de Limoges, Émile Roger Lomberti
  1 square Jacques-Chirac, cedex 1 FR
  BP 3120, 87031 Limoges
  France

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to Icheon:
  Kim Kyung-hee
  City of Icheon
  40 Buak-ro, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 17379
  South Korea

  Icheon City Council
  40 Buak-ro, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 17379
  South Korea

  📬 Icheon addresses in Korean:
  엄태준 시장님
  이천시청
  [17379] 경기도 이천시 부악로 40
  South Korea

  이천시의회
  [17379] 경기도 이천시 부악로 40
  South Korea

Suggested message

Subject: Limoges Mayor Emile Roger Lombertie and the City Council members: Tell your Sister City, Icheon, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Mayor Emile Roger Lombertie and Limoges City Council members:

We ask you to please watch the videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry:
Shocking cruelty of South Korea’s dog meat industry, Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Cruel Death of South Korea’s Dogs. Dogs Are Innocent.: https://koreandogs.org/documentary-koreas-dog-cruelty/

Do you think Limoges should be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

Icheon is one of the largest dog meat suppliers and consumption cities in South Korea. In Icheon, there are countless dog farms, dog slaughterhouses (https://koreandogs.org/icheon-dog-farms/), dog meat restaurants, and so-called “Health Centers” serving soup made of dog meat as an elixir. Dogs suffer their entire lives in filthy, feces encrusted raised wire cages in utter misery, only to be slaughtered in the most horrific ways. They are killed by electrocution, hammer strikes to their head and necks, being hung, being beaten to death, having their throats slit, being burned alive with a blowtorch, or thrown into a vat of boiling water while still alive. In many places in Icheon, dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs who tremble with terror. These poor dogs are often burned alive in their cages, unable to escape. In addition, people’s beloved pets are often stolen and sold to these businesses, where they meet the same horrific fate. Dogs and puppies who died of diseases are tossed away like garbage, often left in front of cages to rot while the mother dogs watch and cry out in despair for their dead babies.

The Korean internet searches resulted in dozens of Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Icheon.

Would you please urge Icheon Mayor Kim Kyung-hee 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 dog and cat meat cruelty in Icheon is in progress: https://chng.it/hprXWfpw.

On behalf of all the animals suffering unimaginable cruelty in the dog and cat meat industry, we thank you and await your reply.

Sincerely,

Suggested message in French

Monsieur le maire de Limoges Emile-Roger Lombertie, Mesdames et messieurs les élus: Prenez position contre la consommation de viande de chien et de chat à Icheon, votre ville partenaire de Corée du Sud!

Cher Monsieur Lombertie,

Nous sollicitions votre bienveillante attention, et vous prions de regarder ces videos de l’industrie de la viande de chien, l’élevage, et les abattoirs: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
La choquante brutalité de l’industrie de la viande de chien en Corée du Sud: https://vimeo.com/754160791
L’abattage cruel des chiens en Corée du Sud: https://koreandogs.org/documentary-koreas-dog-cruelty/

Pensez vous qu’une grande ville comme Limoges peut être jumelée avec une ville qui tolère la torture et la consommation de chiens et de chats ?

Icheon est l’une des villes de Corée du Sud où l’on consomme le plus de viande de chats et de chiens, et l’un des plus grands fournisseurs du pays! Icheon compte d’innombrables élevages, des abattoirs (https://koreandogs.org/icheon-dog-farms/), des restaurants de viande de chien surnommés “Centres de santé”. L’on y sert de la soupe de chien…

Les animaux sont détenus dans des conditions horrifiantes, dans des cages superposées remplies d’excréments, et n’en sortent que pour être tués de la façon la plus cruelle: électrocutés, frappés au marteau à la tête et au cou, pendus, battus à mort, la gorge tranchée, brûlés vifs au lance flame, ou ébouillantés vivants dans des marmittes… Ces scènes d’horreur se déroulent sous les yeux de leurs compagnons terrifiés. Ces pauvres bêtes sont parfois brûlées vives dans leurs cages, sans possibilité de s’échapper. Les victimes de ce sinistre commerce sont souvent des animaux volés, arrachés à leurs familles aimantes. Les chiens qui meurent dans leurs cages sont jetés comme des déchets, et leurs corps pourrissent sur place à la vue de leurs compagnons.

Les recherches sur internet révèlent des centaines de restaurants qui vendent ces soupes de chien et de chats, également nommés “dog soju” ou “cat soju”, ou de la viande de chien.

Pouvez vous demander au maire de Icheon, Kim Kyung-hee, de faire fermer tous ces élevages et abattoirs illégaux, les marchés, les transporteurs, et les restaurants qui participent à cette abomination ? Une nouvelle pétition est en ligne, qui sollicite votre soutien pour mettre fin à la cruauté du commerce de viande de chiens et de chats à Icheon: https://chng.it/hprXWfpw.

Au nom de ces innocents victimes de cette cruauté sans nom, nous vous saluons respectueusement. et esperons vous compter parmi ceux qui disent, avec force, leur désapprobation.

Sincèrement,

• ☎️ Call the Limoges Mayor’s office: +011 33 5 55 45 60 00
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Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Mayor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Sister City, Icheon 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 city would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to affiliate 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.

This illegal industry is being allowed to continue by Icheon authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet owners across South Korea and worldwide.

So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Icheon to urge them to enforce their laws, not ignore them, show compassion to their companion animals, and respect their citizens by bringing this cruel industry to an end.

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!
  .@2000happy .@ggholic .@Jaemyung_Lee #Limoges Tell Sister City #Icheon #SouthKorea that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of #dogs and #cats 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791 😭 https://chng.it/hprXWfpw https://koreandogs.org/Sister-city-Icheon-limoges/

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