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President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, France, Valérie Pécresse: Tell your Friendship Region, Gyeonggi Province, 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.

Gyeonggi-do Governor Lee Jae-Myung

Gyeonggi Province became a Friendship Region with Île-de-France Region, France, in 2016.

In Gyeonggi province, 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.

Videos: KARA: Working to shut down notorious and illegal Paju “edible dog” auction house., Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA)

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 Gyeonggi Province’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 thousands of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Gyeonggi Province.

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 Gyeonggi Province to supply these outlets.

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

Call for Action

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

  President of the Regional Council Valérie Pécresse
  Conseil régional d’Île-de-France
  2, rue Simone Veil 93400 Saint-Ouen
  France

  Send a copy of your letter to Gyeonggi Province:
  Governor Lee Jae-Myung
  Gyeonggi Province
  1 Hyowon-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 16444
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  이재명 경기도지사님
  경기도청
  (16444)경기도 수원시 팔달구 효원로 1
  South Korea

Suggested message

Subject: President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Valérie Pécresse: Tell your Friendship Region, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear President Valérie Pécresse and the members of the Île-de-France Regional Council,

We ask you to please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry:
Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/

Do you think Île-de-France should be a Friendship Region with any region that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

Gyeonggi Province is the largest dog meat supplier and consumption province in South Korea. There are thousands of dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, 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 Gyeonggi Province, 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. Also, 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 thousands of Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Gyeonggi Province.

Would you please urge Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-Myung 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 Gyeonggi Province is in progress: https://chng.it/GnWHRGJg.

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

Objet : Présidente du Conseil Régional d’Île-de-France Madame Valérie Pécresse : Dites à votre Région de l’Amitié, Province du Gyeonggi, Corée du Sud, que vous êtes opposée à la torture et à la consommation de chiens et de chats.

Chère Présidente Madame Valérie Pécresse,
Chers membres du Conseil Régional d’Île-de-France,

Je vous demande de bien vouloir regarder les vidéos d’infiltration de l’industrie sud-coréenne de la viande de chien:
Partie 1 sur 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Partie 2 sur 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/

Pensez-vous que l’Île-de-France devrait être une Région d’Amitié avec une région qui permette que les chiens et chats soient torturés et mangés par les humains?

La province de Gyeonggi est la plus grande province de fournisseur et de consommation de viande de chien en Corée du Sud. Il existe des milliers de fermes canines, d’abattoirs de chiens, de restaurants de viande de chien et de soi-disant «centres de santé» servant de la soupe à base de viande de chien comme élixir.

Les chiens souffrent toute leur vie dans des cages grillagées sales et incrustées d’excréments dans une misère totale, pour être abattus de la manière la plus horrible : Ils sont tués par électrocution, coups de marteau à la tête et au cou, pendus, battus à mort, égorgés, brûlés vifs avec un chalumeau ou jetés dans une cuve d’eau bouillante alors qu’ils sont encore en vie.

Dans de nombreux endroits de la province de Gyeonggi, des chiens sont tués à la vue de leurs congénères en cage, terrifiés, qui tremblent de terreur. Ces pauvres chiens sont souvent brûlés vifs dans leur cage, incapables de s’échapper. De plus, les animaux de compagnie bien-aimés des gens sont souvent volés et vendus à ces entreprises, où ils subissent le même sort horrible.

Les chiens et chiots morts de maladies sont jetés comme des ordures, souvent laissés pourrir devant des cages pendant que les mères regardent et pleurent de désespoir pour leurs bébés morts.

Les recherches coréennes sur Internet ont abouti à des milliers de « centres de santé » qui vendent couramment des élixirs de chiens & chats (également connus sous le nom de soju de chiens et soju de chats) et des restaurants de viande de chiens dans la province de Gyeonggi.

Je vous serais infiniment reconnaissant que vous puissiez, s’il vous plaît, exhorter le gouverneur de la province de Gyeonggi, Lee Jae-Myung, à fermer tous les élevages et abattoirs de chiens illégaux, les marchés, les transporteurs et les restaurants qui servent leurs produits ?

Une pétition en ligne appelant à votre soutien pour mettre fin à l’horrible cruauté de la viande de chien et de chat dans la province de Gyeonggi est en cours: https://chng.it/GnWHRGJg.

Au nom de tous les animaux qui souffrent d’une cruauté inimaginable dans l’industrie de la viande de nos animaux de compagnie, et en vous remerciant de l’attention que vous porterez à la présente, je vous prie d’agréer, Madame la Présidente, l’expression de mes sincères salutations.

• ☎️ Call the Île-de-France Regional Council: +011 33 (0)1 53 85 53 85
Suggested phone message

Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the President of the Regional Council to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Friendship Region, Gyeonggi Province in South Korea.

If I could explain: Dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that province, 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, so I am calling on their behalf. And, I believe that your region would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to affiliate with a province 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 Gyeonggi Province 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 Gyeonggi Province 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!
  .@ggholic .@Jaemyung_Lee .@vpecresse .@iledefrance Tell Friendship Region #Gyeonggi Province #SouthKorea that you are opposed to torture/consumption of #dogmeat #catmeat 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791 😭 https://chng.it/GnWHRGJg 📣https://koreandogs.org/friendship-region-gyeonggi-ile-de-france/

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