Friendship City Campaign – Paju, South Korea – Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Campaign updated on 3/29/2022.
Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart: Tell Friendship City, Paju, 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.
Paju Mayor Choi Jong-Hwan
Paju became a Friendship City to Coquitlam, Canada, in 2009.
In Paju, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and dog meat 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 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.
A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Paju’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 many dozens of “Health Centers” and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Paju.
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 the vicinity of Paju to supply these outlets.
There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.
Dogs sold to butchers at auction for dog meat in Paju and rescued right before electric slaughter.
Call for Action
- 📧 Send emails to the Coquitlam mayor and the city council members:
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- 📬 Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
Mayor Richard Stewart
Coquitlam City Hall
3000 Guildford Way
Coquitlam, BC Canada V3B 7N2
Canada📬 Send a copy of your letter to the Paju Mayor:
Mayor Choi Jong-Hwan
Paju City Hall
50 Sicheong-ro, Paju, Gyeonggi-do Province, Postal Code 10932
South Korea📬 Paju address in Korean:
최종환 파주시장님
파주시청
(우 10932) 경기도 파주시 시청로 50
South Korea - ☎️ Call the Coquitlam Mayor’s office: 1-604-314-4345 (calling from the United States)
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, Paju, 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 Paju and Korean 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 Paju to urge them to enforce their laws, not ignore them, show compassion to their companion animals, and respect their citizens by bringing these trades 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!
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]_Lee [email protected] #Coquitlam #Canada Tell Friendship City #Paju #SouthKorea that you are opposed to the torture/consumption of #Dogs #Cats #Dogmeat #Catmeat https://chng.it/yt7QkHMS😿https://koreandogs.org/kara-paju-dog-auction-house/🙏https://koreandogs.org/Friendship-city-paju-Coquitlam
📧 CC (Carbon Copy) the Paju city council, Gyeonggi-do Assembly, and South Korean National Assembly members:
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📝 Suggested message
Subject: Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart: Tell Friendship City, Paju, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.
Dear Mayor Stewart and the Coquitlam City Council members:
We ask you to please watch the videos of 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
Paju dog auction house operating on “Blind Spot”,.. Even on military-owned land?, KBS News, 9/15/2019: https://youtu.be/C6svoHlN2WM
https://koreandogs.org/kara-paju-dog-auction-house/
South Korea – Unbelievable Truth (Companion Animals for Consumption): https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.
Do you think Coquitlam should be a Friendship city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?
In Paju, there are numerous dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, dog auction markets, 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 Paju, 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. In addition, 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” that commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Paju.
Would you please urge Paju Mayor Choi Jong-Hwan 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 Paju’s dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://chng.it/yt7QkHMS.
On behalf of all the animals suffering unimaginable cruelty in the dog and cat meat industry, we thank you and await your reply.
Sincerely,
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This primitive, inhuman practice of torture and murder of sentient creatures which is prevalent in south korea surely cannot be approved by the sister cities throughout the world. It is shameful of a country which has no interest in moving forward, no interest in implementing the laws which are in place, no interest in educating their ignorant is a blot on the modern world and should be shown up as the antithesis to humanity.
Thank you for all these addresses, I am writing, sending letters, and signing everything on this horrendous inhumane practice!! I hope with all our efforts and the Koreans being soon in the lime light globally for the Olympic games, that this can finally be stopped. It saddens me to see how horrific some people can be
Please boycott everything from this evil country!! Do not buy KIA,HYUNDAI,SAMSUNG,LG,POSCO,SK,as these companies do have influence,but do nothing! Samsung gave the markets a machine that rips the fur off the dogs alive.These are not human beings.They enjoy inflicting pain and suffering on innocent animals. They have lost their dignity as human beings. Shame on all of them for condoning this brutal and disgusting dog and cat meat trade.
Kuinka te voitte olla noin alkeellinen kansa että syötte lemmikkejä, todella kauheata. Lopettakaa heti tuo julmuus !
Yes dogs and cats are man woman and childs best friends and life long companions. These are precious VOICELESS innocent animal BEINGS. With hearts and souls and feelings. God is watching and payback is a bitch!!!! Stop this MADNESS and start being real human BEINGS. With hearts and souls for innocent precious animal BEINGS.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! The farming, theft, torture, slaughter and consumption of our family members – cats and dogs – must stop NOW! PLEASE!
I understand that every nation treats their animals in different ways. Personally, I try to live a completely animal cruelty free life, but different cultures have their different beliefs. I think it says a lot about a nation, and a person, how they treat animals. To torture these poor animals in unimaginable ways whilst they scream in pain takes a dark soul. What have we become as a species to let this behaviour carry on? and to turn a blind eye whilst knowing this practice goes on is almost worse. We should be standing up to the meat trade in general. Dogs in Korea are not the only animals in pain. Every animal bred in captivity for our consumption is in anguish, not just the cute fluffy ones. Please spare a thought for them too please if you haven’t already.
And if it is the last thing I do, I won’t let these horrible practices in South Korea go unnoticed. For a developed country it is a great Imageproblem to have this backwards and cruel things done to men’s best friend: dogs.
I hope in regards South Koreas international reputation and image as a modern country they will end this horrific animal abuse. World wide all dog lovers should unite to end this.