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Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam: Tell Friendship City, Seoul, South Korea, That We’re 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.

Seoul became Friendship city with Amsterdam in 1999.

In Seoul, there are countless markets and restaurants where the dogs, tortured their entire lives and slaughtered in the most inhumane ways – such as by electrocution; hanging or beating; and being thrown into boiling water often while still alive – are served as food. In many cases, these dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subjected to the same cruelty.

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

Searches turned up hundreds of Health Food Shops and dog meat restaurants in and within the vicinity of Seoul.

Even if only half of these ‘Health’ Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, just imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in the area 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/meat-dogs-in-wire-cages-feed-on-rotten-food-waste-slops/

Call for Action

• Send email to the Amsterdam Council members.(Use the below-suggested message or petition)

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• Send your email to Amsterdam to the Seoul Metropolitan Council members. (Use the below-suggested message or petition)

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• Send an online message to the Amsterdam Mayor.(Use the below-suggested message or petition)
  1. Click HERE for the Mayor’s contact page.
  2. Fill in the required fields in the form to send message. Below are Dutch-English translations.
  • Mail of nodig de burgemeester uit – Mail to the mayor
  • Uw gegevens – Your data
  • Wilt u de burgemeester een mail sturen of uitnodigen voor een evenement? Vul dan dit formulier in. Uw verzoek wordt in behandeling genomen door het secretariaat van de burgemeester. – Would you like to send an email or invite the mayor to an event? Then fill in this form. Your request will be processed by the mayor’s secretariat.
  • Naam – Name
  • Telefoonnummer(niet verplicht) – Phone number (not required)
  • Wilt u: – Would you:
  Select “Een mail sturen aan de burgemeester” – Send an email to the mayor
  • Mail aan de burgemeester – Mail to the mayor
  • Uw bericht(niet verplicht) – Your message
  • U mag nog maximaal 1926 karakters toevoegen – You may add a maximum of 1926 characters
  • Uw bijlage (eventueel)(niet verplicht) -Your attachment (possible) (not required)
  • Vorige – Previous
  Click “OK”.
  • Click Verzenden – Send
• Send an online message to the Amsterdam Alderpersons.
  1. Click HERE for the Alderperson’s contact page.
  2. Click “OK”.
  3. Below are Dutch-English translations.
  • Naam – Name
  • Telefoonnummer(niet verplicht) – Phone number (not required)
  • Wilt u contact met de wethouder of de wethouder uitnodigen? (niet verplicht) -Would you like to contact the alderman or invite the alderman? (not required)
  • Click Mail aan de wethouder – Mail to the councilor
  • Uw bericht(niet verplicht) – Your message
  • Uw bijlage (eventueel)(niet verplicht) -Your attachment (possible) (not required)
  Click “OK”.
  • Click Verzenden – Send
• Send postal letter to the Mayor of Amsterdam (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  College van Burgemeester en Wethouders
  Stadhuis, Amstel 1,
  1011 PN Amsterdam
  Netherlands

  Send a copy of your letter to Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park:
  Mayor Won-Soon Park
  Seoul Metropolitan Government
  110 Saejongdae-ro, Joong-gu, Seoul
  Postal Code 04524
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  박원순 서울시장님
  서울특별시청
  04524 서울특별시 중구 세종대로 110
  South Korea

• Send a message through Social Media (Facebook/Twitter):
  Amsterdam
  Seoul
  Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park

  📝 Suggested message

  Subject: Seoul, South Korea’s cruel dog and cat meat industry

  Dear Mayor Halsema and the Amsterdam Government,

  We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  https://vimeo.com/754160791
  https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
  https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Do you think that Amsterdam 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: http://bit.ly/33fE0Hy

  The favor of your reply is requested.

  Thank you!

  [Your Name & City/Country]

  Suggested message in Dutch

  Betr: Seoul, Zuid-Korea’s wrede honden-en kattenvleesindustrie.

  Geachte Mevrouw Femke Halsema
  Burgemeester van Amsterdam
  Geachte Wethouders van Amsterdam

  Wij verzoeken U vriendelijk de volgende video’s van de Zuid-Koreaanse industrie van hondenfokkerijen te bekijken:

  https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  https://vimeo.com/754160791
  https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
  https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Denkt U werkelijk dat een stad als Amsterdam een vriendschaps- en samenwerkingsakkoord behoort aan te gaan met een stad dat hondenmishandeling en de consumptie van hondenvlees toestaat? Wij zouden het zeer op prijs stellen, als de Burgemeester en de Wethouders van Amsterdam dringend een oproep doen aan de burgemeester van Seoul, de heer Won-Son Park, alle illegale Hondenfokkerijen en hondenslachterijen, markten, en restaurants te sluiten die de consumptie van hondenvlees nog steeds mogelijk maken.
  Een online verzoek gericht aan U, het College van Burgemeester en Wethouders, is aan de gang, voor Uw ondersteuning om deze vreselijke wreedheid van Zuid-Koreaanse Honden- en Kattenvlees industrie te beëindigen: http://bit.ly/33fE0Hy

  Het is uiterst noodzakelijk dat de Burgemeester en de Wethouders van Amsterdam zich duidelijk opstellen tegen deze walgelijke industrie met als doel dat deze onmiddellijk beëindigd wordt. Mocht Seoul de oproep van de Burgemeester en de Wethouders van Amsterdam negeren, dan heel eenvoudig het vriendschaps- en samenwerkingsakkoord opschorten of zelfs in zijn geheel te annuleren met als enige reden en deze alstublieft publiceren: de wrede en walgelijke honden- en kattenvlees industrie in Zuid-Korea. Door deze verfoeilijke industrie te handhaven blijft Zuid-Korea gewoon een Derde Wereldland met wie men helemaal geen relatie behoort aan te gaan, noch sociaal, noch politiek, noch economisch.

  Wij danken U bij voorbaat voor Uw begrip en….Uw ondersteuning.

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Mayor’s Office: Tel.: +31 20 624 1111

  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.

  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 .@Iamsterdam Please Urge Friendship City Seoul, Korea-Stop torturing and consumption of dogs and cats. http://bit.ly/33fE0Hy

No matter where you live PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends!

Videos: Shocking Cruelty of South Korean Dog Meat Industry Part 1 and 2. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE).