Partnership Campaign – South Korea – Merck Life Science
Merck Life Science CEO Matthias Heinzel: Please tell your Partner Country, 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.
The Korea Herald reported on 5/3/2023, “Merck, a leading science and technology company based in Germany, said Wednesday it plans to build a bioprocessing unit in Daejeon, South Korea. Under a three-way memorandum of understanding signed by the firm with Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the government of Daejeon, they will discuss detailed plans for building the international pharmaceutical company’s new bioprocessing unit that can produce raw materials for drugs.”
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
- 📧 Email Merck Life Science.
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📧 Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the South Korean National Assembly and the Daejeon Metropolitan Council members.
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- 📬 Send letter. (Use the below-suggested message)
CEO Matthias Heinzel
MERCK KGAA (Merck Life Science)
Frankfurter Strasse 250
Darmstadt, 64293
Germany📬 Send a copy of your letter to the South Korean President:
Office of the President
22 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu,
Seoul, Postal Code 04383
South KoreaSouth Korean President’s addresses in Korean:
대한민국 대통령실
(04383) 서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 22
South Korea📬 Send a copy of your letter to the Daejeon Mayor:
Mayor Lee Jang-woo
City of Daejeon
100 Dunsan-ro Seo-gu Daejeon
Postal Code 35242
South KoreaDaejeon Mayor’s addresses in Korean:
이장우 대전시장님
대전시청
(35242) 대전광역시 서구 둔산로 100
South Korea📬 Send a copy of your letter to the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy:
Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy Lee Chang-yang
402 Hannuri-daero, 12-dong, 13-dong, Sejong
Postal Code 30118
South KoreaMinister of Trade, Industry, and Energy’s addresses in Korean:
산업통상자원부 이창양 장관님
세종특별자치시 한누리대로 402 12동, 13동 산업통상자원부 (우:30118)
South Korea - ☎️ Call the Merck.
Phone: +49 6151 72-0
Fax: +49 6151 72-2000 - Send a Twitter message!
.@Merck_lifesci .@merckgroup .@President_KR #MerckLifeScience Tell Partnership Country #SouthKorea, you oppose the torture, killing, consumption of #dogs #cats 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ 😢https://vimeo.com/754160791 😭 https://chng.it/pww4TWf5Fv https://koreandogs.org/merck
Merck Life Science CEO Matthias Heinzel: Please tell your Partner Country, South Korea, that you oppose the torture, killing, and consumption of dogs and cats.
Dear CEO Matthias Heinzel and the members of the Merck Life Science management:
We ask that the management of Merck Life Science reconsiders any affiliation with South Korea, a country that permits dogs and cats to be horribly abused and brutally killed for human consumption. Due to these barbaric and outdated practices, we ask that Merck Life Science cancel plans to build a bioprocessing unit in Daejeon.
While graphic, these undercover 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/
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, maggot-infested 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, Daejeon Mayor Lee Jang-woo, and the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy, Lee Chang-yang, 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/pww4TWf5Fv.
Thank you for your serious consideration. We eagerly await your reply.
Sincerely,
[Your name, city, country]
📝 Suggested message in German
Matthias Heinzel, CEO von Merck Life Science: Bitte teilen Sie Ihrem Partnerland Südkorea mit, dass Sie gegen die Folter, Tötung und den Verzehr von Hunden und Katzen sind.
Sehr geehrter CEO Matthias Heinzel,
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Mitglieder der Geschäftsleitung von Merck Life Science:
Hiermit fordern wir das Management von Merck Life Science auf, jegliche Verbindung zu Südkorea zu überdenken, einem Land, das es zulässt, dass Hunde und Katzen für den menschlichen Verzehr grausam misshandelt und brutal getötet werden. Aufgrund dieser barbarischen und veralteten Praktiken fordern wir Merck Life Science auf, die Pläne zum Bau einer Bioverarbeitungsanlage in Daejeon abzusagen.
Diese Undercover-Videos sind zwar grausam, aber dennoch anschaulich:
Teil 1 von 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Teil 2 von 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Waldbrand in Uljin verbrennt Hunde, die in Hundefleischfarmen eingesperrt: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
Hunde, die ihr ganzes Leben lang gelitten haben, werden in Käfigen mit Elektroschocks gefoltert und getötet: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Südkorea verzehrt jedes Jahr Millionen Hunde und Katzen. In Südkorea gibt es unzählige Hundefarmen und Hundeschlachthöfe. Koreanische Websuchen führen zu Tausenden von Hundefleischrestaurants und sogenannten „Gesundheitszentren“, in denen häufig Suppen aus Hundefleisch als falsche Elixiere (auch als Hunde-Soju bekannt) serviert werden.
Hunde leiden ihr ganzes Leben lang in schmutzigen, mit Fäkalien verkrusteten Drahtkäfigen in schrecklichem Elend, nur um dann auf die schrecklichste Art und Weise abgeschlachtet zu werden – gefoltert durch Stromschläge, Hammerschläge auf den Kopf, Erhängen, zu Tode geprügelt, durch Durchschneiden der Kehlen, lebendig mit einer Lötlampe verbrannt oder bei lebendigem Leib in einen Behälter mit kochendem Wasser geworfen. Vielerorts werden Hunde vor den Augen anderer eingesperrter Hunde getötet, die vor Angst zittern. Diese armen Hunde werden oft bei lebendigem Leib in ihren Käfigen verbrannt und können nicht entkommen. Sie werden mit verfaultem, von Maden befallenem Müll voller Chilischoten gefüttert, die für kein Tier zum Verzehr geeignet sind, und sie bekommen kein. Wasser zum Trinken. Darüber hinaus werden geliebte Haustiere oft gestohlen und an diese Schlachthöfe verkauft, wo sie das gleiche schreckliche Schicksal erleiden.
In den Vereinigten Staaten hat Bürgermeister Christopher Chung von Palisades Park, New Jersey, bereits deutlich seine Ablehnung des Hundefleischhandels zum Ausdruck gebracht. Wie die the Korea Times, berichtete, lehnte er kürzlich einen Besuch von Austauschstudenten aus der Freundschaftsstadt Incheon Ganghwa County wegen ihres Hundefleischhandels ab. In Kalifornien verabschiedete der Stadtrat von Los Angeles einstimmig eine Resolution zur Unterstützung von Gesetzen oder Verwaltungsmaßnahmen, mit denen die Regierungen Südkoreas, Chinas, Vietnams, Indonesiens und Kambodschas aufgefordert werden, den Verkauf von Hundefleisch zu verbieten und ihre Tierschutzgesetze durchzusetzen.
Im Namen der tierlieben Deutschen und Menschen weltweit, bitten wir Sie, diesen mutigen Hinweisen zu folgen und angesichts dieser abscheulichen Grausamkeit nicht zu schweigen. Bitte fordern Sie den südkoreanischen Präsidenten Yoon Suk-yeol, den Bürgermeister von Daejeon, Lee Jang-woo, und den Minister für Handel, Industrie und Energie, Lee Chang-yang, auf, alle Hundefarmen, Schlachthöfe, Märkte, Hundefleischrestaurants zu schließen, sowie keine Transporte mehr zu genehmigen, die Hunde zu ihrem unvermeidlichen Schicksal transportieren. Eine Online-Petition, die um Ihre Unterstützung bei der Beendigung dieser in Südkorea begangenen Gräueltaten bittet, ist in Bearbeitung: https://chng.it/pww4TWf5Fv.
Vielen Dank für Ihre Zeit!
Freundliche Grüße,
[Your name, city, country]
Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Merck Life Science CEO’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your planned investment in South Korea.
If I could explain, dog meat consumption is currently 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 company 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! 🙏
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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!
STOP !!!
I totally agree with you!!
It’s downright unbelievable that this is allowed even though they are ILLEGAL KENNELS, IT’S JUST TORTURE THE WHOLE LIFE OF THE DOG / CAT AND THEY ARE KILLED AS CRUELLY AS POSSIBLE.
It’s downright incomprehensible that the rest of the world doesn’t intervene very often and pressure that brutal and primitive torture of animals to be killed and finished as food.
DOGS AND CATS ARE PETS AND ARE NEVER FOOD!!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT NATION!!
I hope that people will also put pressure on the decision-makers with pictures.
THE NEEDLESS KILLING OF PETS MUST STOP!!
Get a life…
I agree with Lund as well! Absolutely appalling!!!! I dont understand why any civilized nation even deals with these vile savages!!! I think they should be kicked out of the UN!!! This is a nation of non humans so they should not be treated as such! As long as other nations sit back and allow this to happen I believe we will continue to reap negative energy/karma…like COVID and things like that as those are all derived from disgraceful animal abuse!! Wake up civilized people and do something about this NOW!!!!!!!!! I am tired of seeing these disgusting pictures and signing letters about something that should have been done away with at the time of cave men for crying out loud!!!