Partnership Country Campaign – South Korea – The Netherlands
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Honorable Mark Rutte: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, that you oppose 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.
Reuters reported on December 13, 2023, that “The Netherlands and South Korea have signed an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power, including a feasibility study by Korea Hydro (KRHYDR.UL) for the construction of a new nuclear plant in the Netherlands…The Dutch government plans to build one new nuclear plant by 2035 and is considering another…South Korea’s industry ministry said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch Economic Affairs ministry to support the new plant order. Dutch computer chip tool maker ASML (ASML.AS) said it would build a new billion won ($758 million) research and development facility in Korea together with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), one of its biggest customers.” Click HERE to learn more.
In South Korea, 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.
A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of South Korea’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 thousands of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in South Korea.
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 South Korea 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 email the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte (Central Government) online.
🌎 Please send your email no matter where you live. 🗺️
- 📧 Email the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands.
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📧 Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the South Korean National Assembly members and the Korean Embassy in the Netherlands.
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- 📬 Send letters to the Dutch Ministry of General Affairs.
Ministerie van Algemene Zaken
Binnenhof 19
Postbus 20001
2500 EA Den Haag
Netherlands📬 Send a copy of your letter to the South Korean President:
Office of the President
04383 22 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu,
Seoul, South Korea📬 South Korean President’s addresses in Korean:
대한민국 대통령실
04383 서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 22
South Korea - ☎️ Call the Dutch Prime Minister’s office.
You can also reach the Public Information Service by telephone on working days between 08.00 and 20.00: within the Netherlands: 1400 (local rates), from abroad: +31 70 214 02 14
Prime Minister’s Office: +31 70 356 41 00
+31 70 356 41 00 - Send a Twitter message!
#Netherlands .@President_KR .@Rijksoverheid Tell Partnership Country #SouthKorea, you oppose the torture and consumption of #dogs and #cats 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ 😢https://vimeo.com/754160791 😭 https://chng.it/2ZMWBpxQT4 https://koreandogs.org/korea-netherlands/
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Honorable Mark Rutte: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, that you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.
Dear Prime Minister, Honorable Mark Rutte:
As Prime Minister and representative of the Netherlands, we ask you to reconsider your “partnership” with South Korea, a country 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:
Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
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)
South Korea consumes millions of dogs each year. There are countless dog farms and dog slaughterhouses in South Korea. Korean web searches turn up thousands 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, 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.
In the United States, 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 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to shut down all 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 South Korea is in progress: https://chng.it/2ZMWBpxQT4.
Thank you for your serious consideration. We eagerly await your reply.
Sincerely,
Your name, city, country
📝 Suggested message in Dutch
De Minister-President van Nederland, Zijne Excellentie M.Rutte: wij verzoeken U het partnerschap land, Zuid-Korea, mede te delen dat U tegen het martelen en consumeren van honden en katten bent.
Zijne Excellentie
De Heer M.Rutte
Minister-President van de Nederlandse Regering (demissionair)
Hooggeachte Heer Rutte,
Wij zouden het zeer op prijs stellen, als U Zuid-Korea -Partner van Nederland op het economische, sociaal en politieke vlak – duidelijk maakt dat Nederland compleet tegen de consumptie van honden- en kattenvlees is en tegen het daarmee gepaarde martelen van deze dieren.
U bent zeer zeker op de hoogte van de hondenfokkerijen in Zuid Korea waar honden leven onder erbarmelijke omstandigheden en afgemaakt worden om de vleesindustrie en consumptie te dienen.
Daarom verzoeken wij U als Eerste Minister van de Nederlandse Regering en na de Koning de hoogste civiele gezaghebber – het partnerschap met Zuid-Korea te heroverwegen. Diervriendelijke landen zoals Nederland dienen op geen enkel vlak relaties te hebben met zulke landen zoals Zuid-Korea die honden en katten vreselijk wreed behandelen.
Om het geheel van honden mishandeling van deze Zuid-Koreaanse hondenvlees industrie grafisch toe te lichten verzoeken wij U naar volgende video’s te kijken:
Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Bij hevige bosbranden in Uljin kwamen honden op een vreselijke manier om, omdat ze in kooien opgesloten waren: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
Honden die hun gehele leven lijden in kooien waar ze onophoudelijk gemarteld en afgemaakt worden veroorzaakt door deze vreselijke en onbarmhartige hondenvlees industrie: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
500 honden in de hel van illegale hondenfokkerijen in Zuid-Korea. https://koreandogs.org/ark119-raids-ganghwa-dog-farm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcMPdOnJ0Vo (Fokkerij tafereel begint 11:00 minuten na het begin van de video)
Zuid-Korea consumeert jaarlijks miljoenen honden. Er zijn ontelbare hondenfokkerijen alsmede slachterijen in geheel Zuid-Korea. U hoeft alleen maar Koreaanse Web pages te bekijken en dan ziet U duizenden Hondenvlees restaurants en zogenaamde “Gezondheidsinstellingen” die dagelijks soep van hondenvlees serveren als nep elixers (ook bekend als honden soju)
Honden lijden hun gehele leven en zitten gevangen in kleine, vieze kooien die opgehangen zijn. De honden worden vreselijk mishandeld. Het slachten van deze arme dieren gebeurt op een vreselijke en gruwelijke manier, door middel van elektrocutie , hamerslagen op hun koppen, ophanging, doodslaan, keel levend doorsnijden, levende verbranding met een fakkel, het werpen van de dieren levend in kokend water. Op vele plaatsen worden honden afgemaakt in het bijzijn van andere gekooide honden wat natuurlijk een grote impact heeft op deze dieren welke beven en sidderen van angst. De honden worden dikwijls levend in hun kooien verbrand. Zij worden met verrot afval gevoed, krijgen Chili pepers te eten uitermate ongeschikt voor honden, en krijgen helemaal geen water te drinken! Bovendien worden huisdieren (honden en katten) dikwijls gestolen en verkocht aan de slachterijen, waar ze hetzelfde vreselijke leed ondergaan. Pasgeboren honden in de fokkerijen sterven aan ziektes en worden eenvoudig als vuil weggegooid , dikwijls laten ze de dode puppies voor de kooien verrotten tot wanhoop van de moeder honden die in deze kooien zitten.
In de Verenigen Staten en om precies te zijn de Burgemeester Christopher Chung van Palisades Park, New Jersey heeft zijn totale verwerping van de honden vleeshandel onmiskenbaar betuigd door middel van het weigeren van een uitwisseling van studenten met de zusterstad, Incheon Ganghwa County, vanwege de illegale hondenvlees industrie/handel. (gepubliceerd door de Korea Times) In Californië heeft de Gemeenteraad van Los Angeles unaniem een resolutie aangenomen ter ondersteuning van administratieve actie met het verzoek aan de Regeringen van Zuid-Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesië, en Camboya om de consumptie en verkoop van hondenvlees uit te bannen en de wetten voor dierenbescherming te verstevigen.
In naam van alle mensen wereldwijd die dieren liefhebben en uitstekend verzorgen, verzoeken wij U deze initiatieven te ondersteunen door niet te zwijgen over deze vreselijke wreedheden die in Zuid-Korea plaatsvinden, integendeel door de Zuid-Koreaanse President Yoon-Suk dringend te verzoeken alle hondenfokkerijen , slachterijen, markten, hondenvlees restaurants, transportbedrijven die honden vervoeren, met onmiddellijke ingang te sluiten.
Een on-line petitie voor Uw ondersteuning is aan de gang om deze vreselijke en gruwelijke praktijken in Zuid-Korea te beëindigen: https://chng.it/2ZMWBpxQT4.
Bij voorbaat dank en zien graag Uw antwoord tegemoet.
Your name, city, country
Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Prime Minister’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Partnership Country, South Korea.
If I could explain: Dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that country, 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 nation would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to affiliate with a nation 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 South Korean 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 South Korea 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 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.
No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in the Netherlands! 🙏
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HOW LONG will the WORLD watch unspeakable tortures inflicted on dogs and cats at South Korea’s dog-meat markets and do nothing about it. How can you talk about “peace” and “democracy” while shocking horrors are regularly committed on defenseless, loving and innocent animals in front of your eyes! Skinning dogs and cats alive, cooking them alive and other appalling tortures shall NOT BE SILENCED, but openly directed to the South-Korean President. We live in 2023 and this abomination must end!
Those who visit this COUNTRY of HORRORS have the obligation to scrutinize its shocking ways of animal abuse and TAKE ACTION!
Absolutely the most barbaric cruelty ever on these innocent animals. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. A disgusting country that I will never go to.
Les humains n’ont pas à faire souffrir est tué des êtres vivants innocents pour leurs plaisir cruel sur cette terre.
YOU ARE NOT SAVAGES! YOU ARE ABOVE THIS! STOP IT NOW!
Why is there not a WORLDWIDE OUTCRY about this horrific cruelty to these beloved animals??? This barbaric cruelty has to end NOW!!!! Not in years to come, but NOW!!! Every country that participates in this cruelty should be shunned by the world. They should all be boycotted until they end this cruelty to our dogs and cats!!