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Sister City Campaign – Sangju, South Korea – Davis, California

✳️ This campaign replaces our previous campaign.

Davis: Tell Sister City, Sangju, South Korea, that you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Sangju Mayor Kang Young-Seok

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.

Sangju became a Sister City with Davis, California, in 2004.

4/19/2024:Sangju Mayor Kang and Davis Mayor Chapman reconnect and reminisce about Mayor Chapman’s visit to Sangju in October. City of Davis.

👉 Our campaign is in the news again! The city of Davis requested your comments about its Sister City relationship with Sangju.

The “Special Bill to end the breeding, slaughter, and distribution of dogs for consumption and dog meat consumption” was passed by South Korea’s National Assembly on January 9, 2024, mandating the cessation of all related operations. However, the dog meat trade has always been illegal, and despite this new legislation, there has been no change, and the situation remains dire for the dogs confined in dog farms across the country.

In Sangju, 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.

South Korea’s Dog Meat Industry, Jeju. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE).
Documentary – The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea. https://koreandogs.org/dmp/

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

Search results on Naver, the most popular search engine in Korea, revealed the prevalence of so-called “Health Centers” that often sell dog elixirs and cat elixirs, also known as dog soju and cat soju. Additionally, numerous listings for “dog meat restaurants” indicated a significant presence of such establishments in the Sangju area.

Even if only half of these “Health” Centers and dog meat restaurants incorporate dog and cat “ingredients” in some form, the number of dog and cat farms and slaughterhouses required to supply these outlets is staggering.

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

Call for Action

Video: South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry. KBS DIGITALNEWS LAB.

Video: In the dog meat farm, the Dog Meat Consumption Prohibition Law has no meaning for the tens of thousands remaining and puppies yet to be born. CARE.

No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Davis!

  1. Anu Sipiläinen
    Anu SipiläinenAugust 26,24

    Olette hirviöitä!!!!!!

  2. Lisa
    LisaAugust 27,24

    Stop this TORTURE!!! This is HORRIFIC!!! Don’t you have any heart at all???!!!!

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