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Brussels-Capital Region President Rudi Vervoort: Tell your Friendship City, Seoul, 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.

Seoul became a Friendship City with Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, in 2017.

In Seoul, 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: ‘Street of Horror’ Dog slaughterhouses in the heart of Seoul

Video: Dogs who suffered their entire lives are electric tortured and killed in cages—South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry. jtbc News.[추적보도 훅] 철창 갇힌 채 감전사…’먹히기 위해’ 죽어가는 개들 / JTBC 뉴스룸

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Seoul’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 hundreds of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Seoul.

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 Seoul to supply these outlets.

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

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  President Rudi Vervoort
  The Brussels-Capital Region government
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  Seoul Metropolitan Government
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Subject: Brussels-Capital Region President Rudi Vervoort: Tell your Friendship City, Seoul, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear President Vervoort and the ministers of the Brussels-Capital Region:

We ask you to please watch the videos from 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 Brussels-Capital Region should be a Friendship City to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

Seoul is the largest dog meat consumption city in South Korea. There are countless dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, hundreds of 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, 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. 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 many hundreds of Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Seoul.

Would you please urge Seoul Mayor Oh Se-Hoon 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 Seoul is in progress: https://chng.it/NCW8pfGP.

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

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Rudi Vervoort, Président de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale : Dites à votre Ville de l’Amitié, Séoul, Corée du Sud, que vous vous opposez à la torture et à la consommation de chiens et de chats

Cher Président Vervoort et chers ministres de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale :

Nous vous demandons de bien vouloir regarder les vidéos de l’industrie sud-coréenne de la viande de chien :
Partie 1 sur 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Partie 2 sur 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Des chiens qui ont souffert toute leur vie sont torturés à l’électricité et tués dans des cages – l’horrible industrie de la viande de chien en Corée du Sud : https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Un incendie de forêt à Uljin brûle des chiens emprisonnés dans des élevages de viande canine: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

Pensez-vous que la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale devrait être une Ville de l’Amitié pour toute ville qui permet que des chiens et des chats soient torturés et mangés par des personnes ?

Séoul est la plus grande ville de consommation de viande de chien en Corée du Sud. Il existe d’innombrables fermes canines, abattoirs pour chiens, des centaines de restaurants de viande de chien et des soi-disant «centres de santé» servant de la soupe à base de viande de chien comme élixir. Les chiens souffrent toute leur vie dans des cages grillagées sales et incrustées d’excréments dans une misère totale, pour être abattus de la manière la plus horrible. Ils sont tués par électrocution, coups de marteau à la tête et au cou, pendus, battus à mort, égorgés, brûlés vifs avec un chalumeau ou jetés dans une cuve d’eau bouillante alors qu’ils sont encore en vie. Dans de nombreux endroits, des chiens sont tués à la vue d’autres chiens en cage terrifiés qui tremblent de terreur. Ces pauvres chiens sont souvent brûlés vifs dans leurs cages, incapables de s’échapper. De plus, les animaux de compagnie bien-aimés des gens sont souvent volés et vendus à ces entreprises, où ils subissent le même sort horrible. Les chiens et les chiots morts de maladies sont jetés comme des ordures, souvent laissés pourrir devant des cages pendant que les mères chiennes regardent et pleurent de désespoir pour leurs bébés morts.

Les recherches coréennes sur Internet ont abouti à plusieurs centaines de centres de santé qui vendent couramment des élixirs pour chiens / chats (également connus sous le nom de soju pour chiens et soju pour chats) et des restaurants de viande pour chiens à Séoul.

Pourriez-vous s’il vous plaît exhorter le maire de Séoul, Oh Se-Hoon, à fermer tous les élevages et abattoirs de chiens illégaux, les marchés, les camionneurs et les restaurants qui servent leurs produits ? Une pétition en ligne appelant à votre soutien pour mettre fin à l’horrible cruauté envers la viande de chien et de chat à Séoul est en cours: https://chng.it/NCW8pfGP.

Au nom de tous les animaux qui souffrent d’une cruauté inimaginable dans l’industrie de la viande de chien et de chat, nous vous remercions et attendons votre réponse.

Sincèrement,

Name, City, Country

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Rudi Vervoort, voorzitter van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: Vertel uw Vriendschapsstad, Seoul, Zuid-Korea, dat u tegen het martelen en consumeren van honden en katten bent

Geachte voorzitter Vervoort en de ministers van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest:

We vragen u om de video’s van de hondenvleesindustrie in Zuid-Korea te bekijken:
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 hondenvleesboerderijen: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

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

Seoul is de grootste stad waar hondenvlees wordt geconsumeerd in Zuid-Korea. Er zijn talloze hondenboerderijen, hondenslachthuizen, honderden 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 worden honden gedood in het volle zicht 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. 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 vele honderden gezondheidscentra die gewoonlijk honden- en kattenelixers verkopen (ook bekend als honden-soju en katten-soju) en hondenvleesrestaurants in Seoul.

Zou u er bij de burgemeester van Seoul Oh Se-Hoon op willen aandringen om alle illegale hondenboerderijen en slachthuizen, markten, vrachtwagenchauffeurs en restaurants die hun producten serveren te sluiten? Er is een online petitie aan de gang waarin wordt opgeroepen tot uw steun bij het beëindigen van de verschrikkelijke honden- en kattenvleesmishandeling in Seoul: https://chng.it/NCW8pfGP.

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

Eerlijk,

Name, City, Country

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Rudi Vervoort, Präsident der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt: Bitte teilen Sie Ihrer Freundschaftsstadt Seoul, Südkorea, mit, dass Sie gegen die Folter und den Verzehr von Hunden und Katzen sind!

Sehr geehrter Präsident Vervoort und die Minister der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt,

wir bitten Sie, sich die Videos aus der südkoreanischen Hundefleischindustrie anzusehen:
Teil 1 von 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Teil 2 von 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Hunde, die ihr ganzes Leben lang gelitten haben, werden in Käfigen elektrisch gefoltert und getötet – Südkoreas schreckliche Hundefleischindustrie: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Waldbrand in Uljin verbrennt Hunde, die in Hundefleischfarmen eingesperrt sind: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

Denken Sie, dass die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt eine Freundschaftsstadt für eine Stadt sein sollte, die es zulässt, dass Hunde und Katzen von Menschen gefoltert und gegessen werden?

Seoul ist die größte Hundefleischkonsumstadt in Südkorea. Es gibt unzählige Hundefarmen, Hundeschlachthöfe, Hunderte von Hundefleischrestaurants und sogenannte „Gesundheitszentren“, in denen Hundefleischsuppe als Lebenselixier serviert wird. Hunde leiden ihr ganzes Leben lang in dreckigen, mit Fäkalien verkrusteten Drahtkäfigen in äußerstem Elend, nur um auf die grausamste Art und Weise geschlachtet zu werden. Sie werden durch Stromschlag, Hammerschläge auf Kopf und Hals getötet, aufgehängt, zu Tode geprügelt, ihnen wird die Kehle durchgeschnitten, sie werden mit einer Lötlampe bei lebendigem Leib verbrannt oder sie werden noch am Leben in einen Bottich mit kochendem Wasser geworfen. An vielen Orten werden Hunde vor den Augen anderer verängstigter, eingesperrter Hunde getötet, die vor Entsetzen zittern. Diese armen Hunde werden oft lebendig in ihren Käfigen verbrannt und können nicht entkommen. Außerdem werden die geliebten Haustiere der Menschen oft gestohlen und an diese Unternehmen verkauft, wo sie dasselbe schreckliche Schicksal erleiden. Hunde und Welpen, die an Krankheiten gestorben sind, werden wie Müll weggeworfen und oft vor Käfigen zurückgelassen, wo sie verrotten, während die Mutterhunde zusehen und verzweifelt nach ihren toten Babys schreien.

Die koreanischen Internetrecherchen führten zu vielen hundert Gesundheitszentren die üblicherweise Hunde-/Katzenelixiere (auch bekannt als Hunde-Soju und Katzen-Soju) und Hundefleischrestaurants in Seoul verkaufen.

Würden Sie bitte den Bürgermeister von Seoul, Oh Se-Hoon, auffordern, alle illegalen Hundefarmen und Schlachthöfe, Märkte, Trucker und Restaurants, die ihre Produkte anbieten, zu schließen? Eine Online-Petition, die um Ihre Unterstützung bei der Beendigung der grausamen Hunde- und Katzenfleischquälerei in Seoul bittet, ist in Arbeit: https://chng.it/NCW8pfGP.

Im Namen aller Tiere, die unvorstellbare Grausamkeiten in der Hunde- und Katzenfleischindustrie erleiden, danken wir Ihnen und erwarten Ihre Antwort.

Freundliche Grüsse,

Name, City, Country

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Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the President’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, so I am calling on their behalf. And, I believe that your region 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 Seoul 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 Seoul 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.

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