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Barneveld, Netherlands: Tell your Friendship City, Iksan, 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.

Iksan Mayor Jeong Hun-Yul

Iksan became a Friendship City with Barneveld, the Netherlands, in 2015.

In Iksan, 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: Illegal dog slaughterhouse in Iksan, South Korea where pet dogs are slaughtered for meat. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE). 도살장의 모든 개들은 반려견이었다.

Video: Illegal dog farms in Iksan, South Korea. Animal Rescue 119.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Iksan’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 numerous Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Iksan.

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 Iksan 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

• 📧 Send emails to the mayor and the Barneveld Council members.

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  Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Iksan City Council, Jeollabuk-do Provincial Assembly and the South Korean National Assembly members:

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

  Mayor’s Office
  Town of Barneveld
  PO Box 63, 3770 AB Barneveld
  Netherlands

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to Iksan:
  Mayor Jeong Hun-Yul
  Iksan City Hall
  Inbuk-ro 32 gil 1, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do
  Postal Code 54622
  South Korea

  Iksan Metropolitan Council
  Inbuk-ro 32 gil 1, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do
  Postal Code 54622
  South Korea

  📬 Iksan’s addresses in Korean:
  정헌율익산시장님
  익산시청
  54622 전라북도 익산시 인북로32길 1
  South Korea

  익산시의회
  54622 전라북도 익산시 인북로32길 1
  South Korea

Suggested message

Barneveld: Tell your Friendship City, Iksan, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Mayor JJ (Jan) Luteijn and the Barneveld 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
Dogs who suffered their entire lives are electric tortured and killed in cages—South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Forest fire in Uljin burns dogs imprisoned in dog meat farms: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

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

Iksan is one of the largest dog meat consumption and dog meat supplier city in South Korea. There are numerous 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 Iksan, 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 numerous Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Iksan.

Would you please urge Iksan Mayor Jeong Hun-Yul 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 Iksan is in progress: https://chng.it/tTMrZg4M.

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 Dutch

Barneveld: Vertel uw Friendship City, Iksan, Zuid-Korea, dat u tegen het martelen en consumeren van honden en katten bent.

Geachte burgemeester JJ (Jan) Luteijn en geachte raadsleden van Barneveld,

We vragen u om de video’s van de hondenvleesindustrie in Zuid-Korea te bekijken:
Schokkende beelden van begane wreedheden in de hondenvleesindustrie in Zuid-Korea, deel 1 van 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Deel 2 van 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Honden die hun hele leven hebben geleden, worden elektrisch gemarteld en gedood in kooien – de gruwelijke hondenvleesindustrie in Zuid-Korea: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Bosbrand in Uljin verbrandt honden die opgesloten zitten in hondenfokkerijen: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

Vindt u dat Barneveld een Vriendschapsstad zou moeten zijn voor elke stad waar honden en katten door mensen gemarteld en opgegeten mogen worden?

Iksan is een van de grootste leveranciers van hondenvlees en kattenvlees in Zuid-Korea. Er zijn talloze hondenfokkerijen, hondenslachthuizen, hondenvleesrestaurants en zogenaamde “gezondheidscentra” die soep van hondenvlees als elixer serveren. Honden lijden hun hele leven in vuile, met uitwerpselen bedekte kooien van draadgaas in totale ellende, om vervolgens op de meest gruwelijke manieren te worden geslacht. Ze worden gedood door elektrocutie, hamerslagen op hun hoofd en nek, worden opgehangen, doodgeslagen, de keel doorgesneden, levend verbrand met een steekvlam of terwijl ze nog leven in een vat met kokend water gegooid. Op veel plaatsen in Iksan worden honden gedood in het bijzijn van andere doodsbange, gekooide honden die beven van angst. Deze arme honden worden vaak levend verbrand in hun kooien, niet in staat om te ontsnappen. Ze krijgen rot afval vol met chilipepers die voor geen enkel dier geschikt zijn om te eten, en ze krijgen nooit water! Ook worden de geliefde huisdieren van mensen vaak gestolen en verkocht aan deze bedrijven, waar ze hetzelfde gruwelijke lot ondergaan. Honden en puppy’s die stierven aan ziekten worden weggegooid als afval, vaak voor kooien achtergelaten om te rotten terwijl de moederhonden wanhopig toekijken en huilen om hun dode baby’s.

De Koreaanse zoekopdrachten op internet resulteerden in tal van gezondheidscentra die gewoonlijk honden- en kattenelixers verkopen (ook bekend als honden-soju en katten-soju) en hondenvleesrestaurants in de buurt van Iksan.

Wilt u er bij de burgemeester van Iksan, Jeong Hun-Yul, sterk op aandringen om alle illegale hondenfokkerijen en slachthuizen, markten, logistieke bedrijven voor vervoer en distributie van hondenvlees en restaurants die hun producten serveren te sluiten? Er loopt een online petitie waarin wordt opgeroepen tot uw steun voor het onmiddellijk beëindigen van de verschrikkelijke honden- en kattenmishandeling en voor het onherroepelijk sluiten van deze gehele industrie: https://chng.it/tTMrZg4M.

Namens alle dieren die lijden onder onvoorstelbare wreedheden in de honden- en kattenvleesindustrie, danken wij u en wachten op uw antwoord.

Hoogachtend,

Name, City, Country

• ☎️ Call the Barneveld Mayor’s office: +011-31-342-495-321 (Calling from the United States or Canada)
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, Iksan, 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, so I am calling on their behalf. And, I believe that your town would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to affiliate 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.

This illegal industry is being allowed to continue by Iksan 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 Iksan 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!
  .@hiksanin .@jeonbukstar .@janluteijn .@barneveldinfo Mayor JJ (Jan) Luteijn, Tell Friendship City #Iksan #SouthKorea that you oppose the torture of #dogs #cats #dogmeat #catmeat 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791😭https://chng.it/tTMrZg4M https://koreandogs.org/Friendship-city-iksan-Barneveld/

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