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The President of Finland, Honorable Sauli Niinistö: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, 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.

Yonhap News reported on 7/13/2023, “Yoon and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto agreed to strengthen cooperation not only in science and technology and arms, but also in supporting startups, handling radioactive waste and jointly researching 6G networks….In all four meetings, Yoon requested support for South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in its southeastern city of Busan, according to his office.“

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.

Video: Dogs who suffered their entire lives are electric tortured and killed in cages—South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry. jtbc News.[추적보도 훅] 철창 갇힌 채 감전사…’먹히기 위해’ 죽어가는 개들 / JTBC 뉴스룸

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 the President, Prime Minister and Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

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• 📬 Send letter. (Use the below-suggested message)

  Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
  Mariankatu 2, FI-00170
  Helsinki, Finland

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to 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

📝 Suggested message

The President of Finland, Honorable Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister, Honorable Petteri Orpo: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear President, Honorable Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister, Honorable Petteri Orpo, and the members of the Finnish government:

As President and representatives of Finland, 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 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
Koiria, jotka kärsivät koko elämänsä, kidutetaan sähköllä ja tapetaan häkkeihinsä – kyseessä on Etelä-Korean kauhistuttava koiranlihateollisuus: 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 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/qSsyYZHd.

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

Sincerely,

[Your name, city, country]

☎️ Suggested message in Finnish

Arvoisa Suomen presidentti Sauli Niinistö ja arvoisa pääministeri Petteri Orpo: Pyydämme teitä välittämään kumppanimaallenne Etelä-Korealle voimakkaan viestin siitä, että vastustatte koirien ja kissojen kidutusta ja käyttämistä ravinnoksi.

Hyvä Presidentti Sauli Niinistö, arvoisa Pääministeri Petteri Orpo ja Suomen hallituksen jäsenet,

Suomen edustajina pyydämme teitä miettimään kumppanuuttanne Etelä-Korean kanssa. Se on maa, joka sallii koirien ja kissojen hirvittävän väärinkäytön ja julman tappamisen ravinnoksi.

Vaikka tämä on graafista, nämä salaa kuvatut videot Etelä-Korean koiranlihateollisuudesta ovat äärimmäisen tärkeitä nähdä:
Osa 1/2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Osa 2/2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Metsäpalo Uljinissa polttaa koiria, jotka ovat vangittuina koiranlihatiloilla: 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/

Etelä-Koreassa käytetään ravinnoksi miljoonia koiria vuosittain . Siellä on lukemattomia koiranlihatiloja ja koiran teurastamoja. Korealaiset nettihaut tuottavat tuloksina tuhansia koiranliharavintoloita ja niin kutsuttuja “terveyskeskuksia”, jotka tarjoavat yleisesti koiranlihakeittoa eliksiirinä (tunnetaan myös nimellä koiran soju).

Koirat kärsivät koko elämänsä likaisissa, ulosteilla sotkeutuneissa, maasta koholla olevissa metallihäkeissä äärimmäisessä kurjuudessa, vain päätyäkseen julmimpiin mahdollisiin kuolemiin – niitä kidutetaan sähköiskulla, lyödään päähän vasaralla, hirtetään, hakataan kuoliaaksi, niiden kurkut leikataan auki, ne poltetaan elävältä liekinheittimellä tai ne heitetään elävänä kiehuvaan veteen. Monin paikoin koiria tapetaan muiden häkissä olevien koirien nähden, jotka värisevät pelosta. Koiria myös palaa kuoliaaksi häkkeihinsä. Niitä ruokitaan mädäntyneellä, kärpäsiä täynnä olevalla roskalla, joka on täynnä chilipippureita, jota mikään eläin ei kestäisi syödä, eikä niille ole tarjolla vettä. Lisäksi lemmikkejä varastetaan usein ja myydään näihin teurastamoihin, joissa ne kohtaavat saman kauhean kohtalon. Tauteihin kuolleita pentuja heitetään roskien lailla pois ja jätetään usein häkkien eteen mätänemään, kun niiden emot katsovat ja huutavat epätoivoisina.

Yhdysvalloissa Palisades Parkin pormestari Christopher Chung on jo ilmaissut selvästi vastustavansa koiranlihakauppaa. Korea Times raportoi hänen kieltäytyneen ottamasta vastaan vaihto-opiskelijoita ystävyyskaupungistaan Incheon Ganghwan piirikunnasta sen koiranlihakaupan vuoksi. Kaliforniassa, Los Angelesin kaupunginvaltuusto on yksimielisesti hyväksynyt päätöslauselman, joka tukee lainsäädännöllisiä tai hallinnollisia toimenpiteitä, joilla pyydetään Etelä-Korean, Kiinan, Vietnamin, Indonesian ja Kambodžan hallituksia kieltämään koiranlihan myynti ja valvomaan eläintensuojelulakiensa toteutumista.

Kaikkien maailman eläinten ystävien puolesta pyydämme teitä seuraamaan näitä rohkeita esimerkkejä ja olemaan vaikenematta tällaisen kauhean julmuuden edessä. Kehotamme teitä pyytämään Etelä-Korean presidenttiä Yoon Suk-yeolia sulkemaan kaikki koiranlihatilat, teurastamot, markkinat, koiranliharavintolat ja koiria kuljettavat autot, jotta nämä koirien kamalat kohtalot voidaan estää. Voitte myös tukea allekirjoittamalla ja jakamalla vetoomusta julmuuden lopettamiseksi: https://chng.it/qSsyYZHd.

Kiitos jo etukäteen, jos harkitsette tätä asiaa vakavasti. Odotamme innokkaasti vastaustanne.

Ystävällisin terveisin,

[Your name, city, country]

• ☎️ Call the Finland President’s Office and Prime Minister’s Office.

  Telephone: +358 (0)29 522 6000
  Prime Minister’s Office: Telephone: +358 295 16001, Fax: +358 9 1602 2165

☎️ Suggested phone message

Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the President’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.

• Send a Twitter message!
  .@President_KR .@niinisto .@FinGovernment #Finland 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/qSsyYZHd https://koreandogs.org/partnership-korea-finland

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