[Campaign replaced] Friendship City Campaign – Seoul, South Korea – London, United Kingdom
👉 Click HERE for the updated campaign and take action.
[Update: August 1, 2017] London Mayor Sadiq Khan responds
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has responded to our petition. In his response, he says “I am sorry we cannot help” but it seems like his city is helping our campaign by saying that they have “no plans to deliver a Korean Festival on Trafalgar Square this year” and they have not “received any event proposals from external event organizers”. He also states that the city of London, “have had no involvement with the Korean Festival which took place on the 8th July at the Olympia London venue.” I can say that our campaign is a success. What do you think?
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Mayor Sadiq Khan of London: Tell Friendship City, Seoul, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to the Torture and Consumption of Dogs and Cats.
Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park
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.
Seoul became Friendship city with London in 2015.
In Seoul, 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 public and in broad daylight. 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 Seoul’s dog meat demand.
Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first 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.”
The searches resulted in dozens of 1,116 Health Food Shops and 437 restaurants in the vicinity of Seoul.
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 in the vicinity of Seoul to supply these outlets.
There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.
https://koreandogs.org/street-horror-dog-slaughterhouses-heart-seoul/
https://koreandogs.org/meat-dogs-in-wire-cages-feed-on-rotten-food-waste-slops/
Call for Action
- Click HERE to send online message.
- Send emails:
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City Hall
The Queen’s Walk
London SE1 2AA
United KingdomSend a copy of your letter to Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park:
Mayor Won-Soon Park
Seoul City Hall
110 Saejongdae-ro, Joong-gu, Seoul
Postal Code 04524
South KoreaAddress in Korean:
박원순 서울시장님
서울특별시청
04524 서울특별시 중구 세종대로 110
South Korea - Send a message through Facebook page:
London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Seoul
Seoul Mayor Won-Soon ParkSuggested email/letter/Facebook message
Dear Mayor Khan and the members of the London Assembly,
We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry:
https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
https://koreandogs.org/street-horror-dog-slaughterhouses-heart-seoul/
https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
https://koreandogs.org/dmp/
https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.Do you think that London should be a Friendship city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park to close down all those illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants that serve these animal products. An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-sadiq-khan-of-london-tell-friendship-city-seoul-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-consumption-of-dogs
The favor of your reply is requested.
Thank you,[Your Name & City/Country]
- Call the Mayor’s Office: City Hall Switchboard (to get in touch with a member of staff) Tel: 020 7983 4000
Public Liaison team Tel: 020 7983 4100
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, Seoul 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 be affiliated 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.
These illegal trades are being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet owners across South Korea, and throughout the world.
So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Seoul to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion to their companion animals, and also respect to their own citizens, by bringing these trades to an end.
With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, this is the time to make change; this is the time to stop the illegal, inhumane and unnecessary cruelty. 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!
Suggested Twitter text
.@seoulmania .@LDN_gov .@MayorofLondon Plz Urge Friendship City Seoul, Korea-Stop torture/eating dogs https://goo.gl/67kRFx
No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in London!
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To send an e-mail to London Assembly Member Steve O’Connell the mail adress is: [email protected] (not: steve.o’[email protected])
Apparently, the mail adress is wrong, too. The email could not be sent once again. Sorry for this false information.
Thank you so much for all what you do to end the horrible dog and cat meat trade!
London! Please let it be known that we in this country are appalled at the heinous suffering caused by south Korea’s dog and cat eating habits. You are twinned to this savagery, please let it be known, loud and clear that British people want it stopped. If you are not conversant please furnish yourselves with the facts and PLEASE let it be known that, in this day and age, this inhumanity is an insult to forward looking people.
This must end.
No words to describe what those dogs are passing throw.
So shame.
End it.
E’ cosa vergognosa che ancora un popolo possa commettere tali crudeltà nei confronti di cani e gatti che in tutto il mondo civile sono membri delle famiglie presso cui vivono. BARBARI
I have never seen anything so disgusting in my life. They have all lost their dignity as human beings for allowing this evil to continue. In a modern civilized society,there is no excuse for allowing an animal to suffer.If you have a soul or a conscious,this would not exist. I am boycotting everything South Korean,until they join the human race!!!
BASTA CON QUESTI ORRORI