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Updated 12/5/2021.

Tasmania Premier Peter Gutwein: Tell your Friendship State, Jeju, 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.

Jeju became Friendship State with Tasmania, Australia, in 1997.

Jeju Island, the seemingly beautiful paradise and the #1 honeymoon destination for Korean couples, has an ugly side – its horrific dog meat industry. In Jeju province, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants where the dogs, who are 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: Jeju Province, South Korean Dog Meat Industry, CARE.

Video: Watchdog raided seven dog farms in Jeju-do, CARE/Watchdog.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Jeju Province’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 countless Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Jeju Province.

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 Jeju Province 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

• 📧 Click HERE to send an online message to the Tasmania Premier.
• 📧 Send an email:

  [email protected]

  Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council and the South Korean National Assembly members:

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• 📬 Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  Premier of Tasmania
  Level 9, 15 Murray Street
  HOBART, TAS 7000
  Australia

  Send a copy of your letter to Jeju Governor:
  Acting Governor Gu Man-Seop
  Jeju Provincial Office
  6 Moonyeon-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
  Postal Code 63122
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  구만섭 제주도지사 권한대행
  제주특별자치도
  (63122) 제주특별자치도 제주시 문연로 6
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page:
  Jeju Acting Governor Gu Man-Seop
  Jeju
  Suggested message

  Subject: Tasmania Premier Peter Gutwein and Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff: Tell your Friendship State, Jeju Province, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

  Dear Premier Peter Gutwein, Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff, and the state officials,

  We ask you to please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry:
  Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791

  Do you think Tasmania should be a Friendship State to any State allowing dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten?

  Jeju Province is one of the largest dog meat suppliers and consumption provinces in South Korea. There are hundreds of dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, 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 Jeju Province, dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs who tremble with terror. 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 countless Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Jeju Province.

  Would you please urge Jeju Acting Governor Gu Man-Seop 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://chng.it/F9LLvRBw

  On behalf of all the animals suffering unimaginable cruelty in the dog and cat meat industry, we thank you in advance and await your reply.

  Sincerely,

• ☎️ Call the Premier’s Office: Phone: (03) 6165 7650
  Suggested phone message

  Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Governor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Friendship State, Jeju, 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, so I am calling on their behalf. And, I believe that your State would wish to be made aware of this issue, as they would not want to be affiliated with a province 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 Jeju Provincial 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 Jeju 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!

  Suggested Twitter text

  .@happyjejudo .@jeremyrockliff Premier #PeterGutwein of #Tasmania: Tell your Sister State, #Jeju Province, #SouthKorea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of #dogs and #cats 😢 https://koreandogs.org/sister-state-jeju-tasmania/🐾https://chng.it/F9LLvRBw

No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Tasmania! 🙏