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Mayor of Philadelphia: Tell Sister City, Incheon, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to 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.

Incheon Mayor Park Nam-Chun

Incheon, South Korea became a Sister City with Philadelphia in 1983, despite the fact that Incheon, South Korea is responsible for a horrendous dog and cat meat cruelty.

In South Korea, home to global companies such as Hyundai, Kia, Samsung, LG, Daewoo, SK, and POSCO, an estimated 2.5 million dogs are tortured and slaughtered every year because of the greed of dog eaters and the dog meat industry, and the profound indifference of the majority of South Koreans who does nothing to stop this. One of the cities which supports the illegal mass breeding and brutal slaughter of dogs for human consumption is Incheon.

Have you ever wondered what Hell is like? Watch the videos below from dog farms and slaughterhouses in Incheon. There are no words to describe the daily horror of these “Hell On Earth.” And there are so many dog restaurants, slaughterhouses, farms and meat markets like these all around Incheon.

Countless dog farms and slaughterhouses are scattered throughout Incheon and they truly are hell on earth for the defenseless dogs suffering there. Man’s best friend exists for their entire lives in squalid, feces encrusted raised wire cages in utter misery only to be slaughtered in the most horrific of ways – by electrocution, a hammer blow to the neck, being hung or beaten, bleeding to death from a slashed throat, being burned to death from a blowtorch, or thrown into a vat of boiling water while still alive.

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

Call for Action

• No matter where you live, please SIGN OUR PETITION
• Send an email to Mayor Jim Kenney!(Use below suggested message or petition for email text)
  [email protected]; [email protected];
• Click HERE to send online message to the Philadelphia City Council members!
  Put your cursor on each council member and click “Learn More”. Then use the contact form on the right corner of the screen to send message.
• Call the Mayor’s Office!
  Phone: (215) 686-2181
  Fax: (215) 686-2180
• Send a Twitter message!
  [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mayor Kenney Plz urge Incheon–stop torture&killing dogs https://goo.gl/to0H9T
• Send a letter! (Use below suggested message or petition for letter text):
  Office of the Mayor
  Room 215 City Hall
  Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA

  Send a copy of your letter to the Incheon Mayor Park Nam-Chun!

  Mayor Park Nam-Chun
  Incheon Metropolitan City
  29, Jeonggak-ro, Namdong-gu
  Incheon 21554
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  박남춘 인천시장님
  21554 인천광역시 남동구 정각로 29(구월동)
  South Korea

  Phone: +82-32-120
  Fax: +82-32-440-3009

No matter where you live PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends – especially those who live in Philadelphia!