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San Diego, California: Tell Sister City, Jeonju, South Korea, that you oppose the torture, killing, 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.

Jeonju became a Sister City to San Diego, California, in 1982.

The Newsis reported on November 14, 2023, “Jeonju (Jeollabuk-do Province) announced on the 14th that it has decided to strengthen internationally friendly cooperation with San Diego, USA, which has been a sister city for 40 years. On this day, Jeonju Mayor Woo Beom-ki met with Jeong Byeong-ae, president of the San Diego Sister Cities Association, at the mayor’s office and discussed ways to cooperate between the two cities. It was reported that the meeting on this day was held at the request of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria to deliver a letter and commemorative plaque commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Jeonju-San Diego relationship.”(translation)

In Jeonju, there are numerous dog meat restaurants and businesses that commonly sell products made with dogs. 👉 Click HERE to see “CARE raids dog farms and slaughterhouses in Jeonju that kills dogs by sticking a knife into the neck and let them bleed to death in agony.” In the numerous dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants, 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: Illegal dog farms in the city(Jeonju)… even extremely cruel slaughter (도심 속 무허가 개 농장…잔혹한 도살까지) YTN.
👉 Scene of brutal slaughter (Warning: Graphic Violence)

Video: CARE and Watchdog raid dog farms and slaughterhouse in Jeonju that kills dogs by sticking a knife into the neck and let them bleed to death in agony.

Video: A dog farm and slaughterhouse in Jeonju, South Korea. Watchdog.

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

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 Jeonju 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

• 📧 Send emails to the mayor and the city council members of San Diego.

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  📧 Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Jeonju City Council, Jeollabuk-do Council, and the South Korean National Assembly members.

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• 📧 Click HERE to send an online message to the Mayor of San Diego.
• 📬 Send letters.

  Mayor’s Office
  City Administration Building
  202 C Street, 11th Floor
  San Diego, CA 92101
  USA

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to Jeonju Mayor:

  Mayor Woo Beom-ki
  Jeonju Government
  10 Nosonggwangjang-ro, Wansan-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabukdo-do, Postal Code 54994
  South Korea

  📬 Jeonju Mayor’s address in Korean:

  우범기 전주시장님
  전주시청
  (54994) 전라북도 전주시 완산구 노송광장로 10
  South Korea

📝 Suggested message

San Diego, California: Please tell Sister City, Jeonju, South Korea, that you oppose the torture, killing, and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Mayor Todd Gloria and the San Diego City Council members,

As representatives of San Diego, we ask you to reconsider your Sister City agreement with Jeonju, a city that permits dogs and cats to be horribly abused and brutally killed for food.

While graphic, these videos depicting South Korea’s dog meat industry are important to watch:
Shocking Cruelty of South Korea’s Dog Meat Industry, Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
CARE and Watchdog raid dog farms and slaughterhouse in Jeonju that kills dogs by sticking a knife into the neck and letting them bleed to death in agony. https://koreandogs.org/care-raids-jeonju-dog-farms-slaughterhouse/
Forest fire in Uljin burns dogs imprisoned in dog meat farms: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
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/
500 Dogs in typical hellish illegal dog farms in South Korea. https://koreandogs.org/ark119-raids-ganghwa-dog-farm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcMPdOnJ0Vo (Dog farm scene begins at 11:00 minutes)

Jeonju has a massive dog meat industry. Korean web searches of Jeonju turn up dozens of dog meat restaurants and so-called “Health Centers” that commonly serve soup made of dog meat as phony elixirs (also known as dog soju).

Dogs suffer their entire lives in filthy, feces-encrusted raised wire cages in dire misery only to be slaughtered in the most horrific of ways— tortured by electrocution, hammer strikes to their head, hanging, 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 South Korea, dogs are killed in full view of other caged dogs who tremble with terror. These poor dogs are often burned alive in their cages, unable to escape. They are fed rotten garbage full of chili peppers unfit for any animals to eat, and they are not given water. In addition, beloved pets are often stolen and sold to these slaughterhouses, where they meet the same horrific fate. Puppies who die of disease are tossed away like trash, often left in front of cages to rot while their mothers watch and cry out in despair.

Mayor Christopher Chung of Palisades Park, New Jersey, has already shown his rejection of the dog meat trade in no uncertain terms. As reported in the Korea Times, he recently rejected a visit from exchange students from the friendship city, Incheon Ganghwa County, due to its dog meat trade. In California, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting legislation or administrative action that would request the governments of South Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia ban the sale of dog meat and enforce their animal protection laws.

On behalf of companion animal-loving people worldwide, we ask that you follow these bold leads by not remaining silent in the face of such abhorrent cruelty. Please urge Jeonju Mayor Woo Beom-ki to shut down all Jeonju dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, dog meat restaurants, and truckers transporting dogs to their inevitable fates. An online petition calling for your support in ending such horrors perpetrated in Jeonju is in progress: https://chng.it/fLkGqXVBsM.

Thank you for your serious consideration. We eagerly await your reply.

Sincerely,

Name, City, Country

• ☎️ Call the San Diego mayor.

  619-236-6330

☎️ 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 Sister City, Jeonju, in South Korea.

If I could explain, Jeonju’s massive dog meat industry is brutalizing and inflicting indescribable cruelty against the hundreds of thousands of dogs 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. 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 Jeonju authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet guardians across South Korea and worldwide.

So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Jeonju to urge them to enforce their laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion to their companion animals and respect to their citizens by bringing these trades to an end.

This is the time to make a change; this is the time to stop the illegal, inhumane, and unnecessary cruelty. I know 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!
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