Friendship City Campaign – Ulsan Jung-gu District, South Korea – Bergamo, Italy - Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea!

Friendship City Campaign – Ulsan Jung-gu District, South Korea – Bergamo, Italy

posted by KoreanDogs.org team on June 3,2022 in Uncategorized

Bergamo, Italy: Tell your Friendship City, Ulsan Jung-gu District, 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.

Ulsan Jung-gu Mayor Park Tae-Wan

Ulsan Jung-gu District became a Friendship City to Bergamo, Italy, in 2015.

Friendship City agreement signing ceremony of Ulsan Jung-gu District, South Korea, and Bergamo, Italy on 3/2/2015.

In Ulsan Jung-gu District, there are numerous 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: Ulsan Dog Meat Market illegal dog slaughter… A knife stuck in the throat, gasping in agony.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Ulsan Jung-gu District’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 the vicinity of Ulsan Jung-gu District.

Numerous “Health Centers” that sell soup made with dogs operate in Ulsan Jung-gu District.

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 present in Ulsan Jung-gu District 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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Call for Action

📧 Send emails to the Bergamo mayor, Municipal council, and the City Council members.

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Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Ulsan Jung-gu District Council, Ulsan Metropolitan Council, and the South Korean National Assembly members:

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

Mayor Giorgio Gori
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 27 24122 Bergamo (BG)
Italy

📬 Send a copy of your letter to Ulsan Jung-gu District:
District Mayor Park Tae-Wan
Ulsan Jung-gu Government
1 Danjanggol-gil, Jung-gu, Ulsan
Postal code 44475
South Korea

Ulsan Jung-gu Council
1 Danjanggol-gil, Jung-gu, Ulsan
Postal code 44475
South Korea

📬 Ulsan Jung-gu District’s addresses in Korean:
박태완 울산중구청장님
울산광역시 중구청
(44475) 울산광역시 중구 단장골길1
South Korea

울산광역시 중구의회
(44475) 울산광역시 중구 단장골길1
South Korea

Suggested message

Bergamo, Italy: Tell your Friendship City, Ulsan Jung-gu District, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Mayor Giorgio Gori and Bergamo 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
Ulsan Dog Meat Market illegal dog slaughter… A knife stuck in the throat, gasping in agony: https://koreandogs.org/Ulsan-dog-slaughter/
Forest fire in Uljin burns dogs imprisoned in dog meat farms: https://koreandogs.org/uljin-fire/

Do you think Bergamo should be a Friendship City to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

In Ulsan Jung-gu District, there are numerous dog meat shops, dog farms, 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, 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. They are fed rotten garbage full of chili peppers not fit for any animals to eat, and they are never given water! 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 dozens of Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in the Ulsan Jung-gu District.

Would you please urge Ulsan Jung-gu District Mayor Park Tae-Wan 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 Ulsan Jung-gu District is in progress: https://chng.it/2dMWcCmm.

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

Sincerely,

Name, City, Country

Suggested message in Italian

Bergamo, Italia: dite al Distretto di Ulsan Jung-gu, Corea del Sud, gemellato con voi, che siete contrari alla tortura ed all’uso alimentare di cani e gatti.

Caro Sindaco Giorgio Gori e Componenti del Consiglio Comunale della Città di Bergamo:

Vi chiediamo cortesemente di guardare i video sull’industria della carne di cane della Corea del Sud:
Crudeltà scioccante dell’industria sudcoreana della carne di cane, parte 1 di 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Parte 2 di 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Macellazione illegale di cane al Mercato di Carne di Cane di Ulsan … un coltello conficcato nella gola, boccheggiando in agonia: https://koreandogs.org/Ulsan-dog-slaughter/
Un incendio boschivo a Uljin brucia i cani imprigionati negli allevamenti di carne di cane: https://koreandogs.org/uljin-fire/

Ritenete che Bergamo debba essere una città gemellata con una qualche città che permetta a cani e gatti di essere torturati e mangiati dalle persone?

Nel Distretto di Ulsan Jung-gu esistono numerosi allevamenti di cani, macelli di cani, rivendite e ristoranti di carne di cane, e cosiddetti “Centri Sanitari” dove servono zuppe a base di carne di cane come elisir. I cani soffrono per tutta la vita in sudicie gabbie di filo metallico, incrostate di feci e sollevate da terra, in condizioni assolutamente miserande, solo per essere massacrati nei modi più orribili.
Essi vengono uccisi mediante folgorazione, colpi di martello alla testa e al collo, impiccati, picchiati a morte, sgozzati, bruciati vivi con una fiamma ossidrica o gettati ancora vivi in una vasca di acqua bollente. In molti luoghi, i cani vengono uccisi in piena vista di altri cani atterriti e ingabbiati, che tremano di terrore.
Questi poveri cani vengono spesso bruciati vivi nelle loro gabbie, impossibilitati a scappare. Sono alimentati con rifiuti in decomposizione pieni di peperoncino, cibo inadatto per qualunque animale, e non ricevono mai acqua. Inoltre, animali domestici amati dalle persone vengono spesso rubati e venduti a queste attività, dove incontrano lo stesso orribile destino. Cani e cuccioli morti di malattie vengono gettati via come spazzatura, spesso lasciati davanti alle gabbie a marcire mentre le cagne madri guardano e gridano disperate per i loro cuccioli morti.

Ricerche su Internet in Corea hanno evidenziato dozzine di Centri Sanitari che vendono comunemente elisir di cani o gatti (noti anche come dog soju e cat soju) e ristoranti di carne di cane nel Distretto di Ulsan Jung-gu.

Vorreste per favore esortare il sindaco del Distretto di Ulsan Jung-gu, il sig. Park Tae-Wan, a fermare l’attività illegale di tutti gli allevamenti e dei macelli di cani, dei mercati, dei trasportatori e dei ristoranti che servono i loro prodotti? È in corso una petizione online che chiede il vostro sostegno per porre fine all’orrenda crudeltà della carne di cani e gatti nel Distretto di Ulsan Jung-gu: https://chng.it/2dMWcCmm.

A nome di tutti gli animali che subiscono una crudeltà inimmaginabile nell’industria della carne di cane e gatto, vi ringraziamo in anticipo e restiamo in attesa della vostra risposta.

Distinti saluti,

Name, City, Country

☎️ Call the Bergamo Mayor’s office:
Calling from the United States: +011-39-035-399-135
Calling from Italy: 035399135

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, Ulsan Jung-gu District in South Korea.

If I could explain: Dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that district, 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 city would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to affiliate with a district 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 Ulsan Jung-gu District authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet guardians across South Korea and worldwide.

So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Ulsan Jung-gu District 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.