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President Alain Rousset of Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Tell Friendship Region, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 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.

Gyeongsangbuk-do became Friendship Region with Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 2011.
In Gyeongsangbuk-do, 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 Gyeongsangbuk-do’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 1,281 Health Food Shops and 281 restaurants in the vicinity of Gyeongsangbuk-do.

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 Gyeongsangbuk-do 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

• Click HERE to send online message to the President of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
  Below is the translation of contact page:
  INFORMATION : Vous souhaitez postuler à une offre d’emploi de la Région ?
  INFORMATION: Do you want to apply for a job in the Region?
  Cliquez-ici – Click here
  Votre interlocuteur – Caller
  Nom – Last Name
  Prénom – First name
  Votre adresse courriel – Your email address
  Numéro de téléphone – Phone number
  Code postal – Postal code
  Commune – Town
  Sujet – Subject
  Votre message – Your message
• Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):President Alain Rousset
  Hôtel de Région
  14, Rue François de Sourdis
  33 077 Bordeaux cedex
  France

  Send a copy of your letter to Gyeongsangbuk-do Governor Kwan-Yong Kim:
  Governor Kwan-Yong Kim
  Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government
  455, Docheong-daero, Pungcheon-myeon, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
  Postal Code 36759
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  김관용 경상북도지사님
  36759 경상북도 안동시 풍천면 도청대로 455
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page:
  Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  President Alain Rousset
  Gyeongsangbuk-do
  Governor Kwan-Yong Kim

  Suggested email/letter/Facebook message – In French

  Objet: Jumelage Regional – Gyeongsangbuk-do, Corée du Sud

  Monsieur le Président,

  Nous vous invitons respecteusement à regarder ces vidéos de l’industrie de la viande de chats et de chiens en corée du Sud: https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
  https://koreandogs.org/dmp/
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  La Région Nouvelle Aquitaine peut elle entretenir des liens d’amitié avec une province qui autorise la torture, et le massacre de chats et chiens destinés à la consommation humaine ? Pouvez vous fermer les yeux ? Priez le gouverneur de Gyeongsangbuk-do, Kwan-Yong Kim, de fermer tous les élevages, et abattoirs illégaux, d’arrêter les transporteurs, fermer les restaurants qui participent à ce commerce immonde…
  Sur internet, une pétition vous interpelle et vous invite à soutenir la lutte contre la cruauté, et l’horreur que représentent le commerce de viande de chats et de chiens en corée du Sud.
  https://www.change.org/p/president-alain-rousset-of-nouvelle-aquitaine-france-tell-friendship-region-gyeongsangbuk-do-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-of-dogs

  Dans l’attente de votre réponse, très respecteusement,

  (votre nom & ville/pays)

  Suggested email/letter/Facebook message

  Subject: Friendship Region – Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

  Dear President Rousset,

  We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine should be a Friendship Region to any Province that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Gyeongsangbuk-do Governor Kwan-Yong Kim 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/president-alain-rousset-of-nouvelle-aquitaine-france-tell-friendship-region-gyeongsangbuk-do-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-of-dogs
  The favor of your reply is requested.
  Thank you,

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the President’s Office: 05 57 57 80 00

  Suggested phone message

  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 Region, Gyeongsangbuk-do in South Korea.

  If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that province, 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 Gyeongsangbuk-do 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

  .@kimkwanyong1 .@gyeongsangbukdo .@NvelleAquitaine .@al_rousset PlzUrge FriendshipRegion Gyeongsangbukdo-StopDogMeat https://goo.gl/gWHviM

No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Nouvelle-Aquitaine!