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South Moravian Region Governor Jan Grolich: Tell your Friendship Region, Gyeongsangnam 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.

Gyeongsangnam Province, South Korea, became a Friendship Region with South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, in 2017.

In Gyeongsangnam province, there are hundreds of 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 Gyeongsangnam 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 hundreds of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Gyeongsangnam 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 Gyeongsangnam Province to supply these outlets.

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

Video: Watchdog shuts down slaughterhouses in Sacheon where dogs suffer for up to two and a half minutes in excruciating agony after being electrocuted.

Call for Action

• 📧 Send emails to the South Moravian Regional Government:

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  Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Gyeongsangnam Provincial Council and the South Korean National Assembly members:

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

  Governor Jan Grolich
  South Moravian Regional Government
  Žerotínovo nám. 3
  kancelář 443
  Czech Republic

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to Gyeongsangnam Province Governor:
  Governor Park Wan-su
  Gyeongsangnam-do Province
  300 Joongang-daero, Uichang-gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do
  Postal Code 51154
  South Korea

  📬 Address in Korean:
  박완수 도지사님
  경상남도청
  (51154) 경상남도 창원시 의창구 중앙대로 300
  South Korea

Suggested message

Subject: South Moravian Region Governor Jan Grolich: Tell your Friendship Region, Gyeongsangnam Province, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Governor Jan Grolich and the Regional Council members:

We ask you to please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry:
Shocking Cruelty of South Korean Dog Meat Industry, Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Dog slaughterhouses in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam Province, where dogs suffer for up to two and a half minutes in excruciating agony after being electrocuted: https://youtu.be/CDXiw8bHFkc

Do you think South Moravian Region should be a Friendship Region to any region that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

Gyeongsangnam Province is one of the largest dog meat suppliers and consumption provinces in South Korea. There are hundreds of dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, dog meat restaurants, and so-called “Health Centers” where they serve 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 Gyeongsangnam 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 hundreds of Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Gyeongsangnam Province.

Would you please urge Gyeongsangnam Province Governor Park Wan-su 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 Gyeongsangnam Province is in progress: https://chng.it/JN4pLppF.

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

Sincerely,

• ☎️ Call the South Moravian Region Governor’s office: +011 420 54165 1501 (Calling from the United States)
  Suggested phone message

  Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Governor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Friendship Region, Gyeongsangnam 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 Gyeongsangnam 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 Gyeongsangnam 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!
  .@gyeongnamdo .@Jihomoravsky_kr .@JanGrolich Tell Friendship Region #Gyeongsangnam #SouthKorea that you are opposed to torture/consumption #dogs #cats🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791😭https://koreandogs.org/Friendship-region-gyeongsangnam-South-Moravian/📣https://chng.it/JN4pLppF

No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in South Moravian Region! 🙏