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The President of Lithuania, Honorable Gitanas Nausėda: 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.

The Korea Herald reported on 7/13/2023, “South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Wednesday and formally informed him of Seoul’s decision to open an embassy in Vilnius, his office said….Yoon called for expanding cooperation with Lithuania — a leading nation in laser technology — in bio and other cutting-edge industries, and Nauseda expressed his agreement, saying he hopes to increase cooperation with South Korea’s leading semiconductor and display businesses.”

The Korea JoongAng Daily reported on 7/12/2023, “First lady Kim Keon-hee on Tuesday visited a Korean language institute in Lithuania and promised to help increase student exchange between the two countries…..Kim introduced Korea as a “charming” country where not only Seoul but each city boasts unique characteristics and beauty.”

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

• 📧 Emails to the President, the Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.

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  📧 Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the South Korean National Assembly members.

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

  Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
  S. Daukanto a. 3, LT-01122 Vilnius
  Lithuania

  📬 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 Lithuania, Honorable Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister, Honorable Ingrida Šimonytė: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear President, Honorable Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Honorable Ingrida Šimonytė, and the members of the Lithuanian government:

As President and representatives of Lithuania, 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
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 Lithuanians and 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/Y2NrP998

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

Sincerely,

[Your name, city, country]

📝 Suggested message in Lithuanian

Gerbiamas Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidente Gitanai Nausėda, gerbiama Ministre Pirmininke Ingrida Šimonyte: prašau pasakykite savo šalies partnerei Pietų Korėjai, jog nepritariate žiauriam elgesiui su šunimis ir katėmis, bei jų naudojimui mėsai.

Gerbiamas Prezidente Gitanai Nausėda, Ministre Pirmininke Ingrida Šimonytei, bei Lietuvos Vyriausybės nariai,

Prašome Jūsų, Lietuvos Respublikos atstovų, apsvarstyti šalies ‘bendradarbiavimą’ su Pietų Korėja, šalimi, kuri praktikuoja itin žiaurų elgesį su šunimis ir katėmis, bei negailestingą jų žudymą mėsai.

Į vaizdus iš šunų fermų yra sunku žiūrėti, tačiau jie atspindi Pietų Korėjos šunų mėsos industriją:
1 dalis iš 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
2 dalis iš 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Čia galite pamatyti kaip gaisre sudegė gyvi šunys, įkalinti šunų fermose Uljin teritorijoje: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
Korėjoje mūsų taip mylimi keturkojai yra pasmerkti smurtui nuo pat gimimo, o miršta jie agonijoj, purtomi elektros srovės- tai yra negailestinga Pietų Korėjos šunų mėsos pramonės realybė: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/

Pietų Korėja maistui kasmet suvartoja milijonus šunų. Šalyje veikia nesuskaičiuojama galybė šunų fermų ir skerdyklų. Internetinė užklausa vietiniuose puslapiuose siūlo išbandyti tūkstančius šunų mėsos restoranų ir taip vadinamų ‘sveiko maisto parduotuvių’, siūlančių šunų mėsos sriubos kaip sveikatos eliksyro (dar kartais vadinamo šunų degtine).

Korėjos šunys kenčia visą savo gyvenimą, įkalinti smarve bei savo išmatų pritvinkusiuose narvuose, jie yra galiausiai pribaigiami pačiais brutaliausiais būdais – nupurtomi elektros srove, užkapojami plaktuku smūgiais į galvą, pakariami, daužomi iki sąmonės netekimo, gerklės perrėžimu peiliu, sudeginami dujiniu žiebtuvėliu arba gyvi įmetami į verdantį puodą su vandeniu. Neretai tokia praktika atliekama kitų šunų akivaizdoje, kurie drebėdami, siaubo pilnomis akimis laukia savo eilės. Dažnai jie tiesiog sudega gyvi savo narvuose negalėdami pabėgti. Kol gyvi, šunys yra šeriami supuvusiu ir kirmėlėmis apėjusiu maistu su čili pipirais, netinkamu jokio gyvūno mitybai, jiems neduodama net vandens. Negana to, mylimi šeimos gyvūnai dažnai tampa vagišių aukomis, parduoti vietinėms skerdykloms jie pasitinka tokį pat žiaurų likimą. Nuo ligų mirusiais jaunikliais yra atsikratoma kaip šiukšlėmis, neretai jie tiesiog paliekami pūti už narvo, kol jų mamos inkščia ir kaukia iš nevilties.

Palisades Park (Naujasis Džersis, JAV) miesto meras Christopher Chung jau spėjo pareikšti savo kategorišką nepritarimą šunų mėsos praktikai. Kaip praneša vietinė spauda the Korea Times, jis atšaukė susitikimą su Incheon miesto (Ganghwa apygarda) studentais iš Korėjos dėl mieste klestinčio šunų mėsos verslo. Los Andželo miesto savivaldybė Kalifornijoje vienbalsiai priėmė nutarimą, remiantį teisės aktus ir administracinius veiksmus, kuriais butų prašoma Pietų Korėjos, Kinijos, Vietnamo, Indonezijos bei Kambodžos vyriausybių uždrausti pardavinėti šunų mėsą ir priimti gyvūnų apsaugos įstatymus.

Visų gyvūnus mylinčių lietuvių bei pasaulio žmonių vardu, mes prašome Jūsų sekti šiuo pavyzdžiu ir netylėti tokio nežmoniško žiaurumo akivaizdoje. Prašau paraginkite Pietų Korėjos Prezidentą Yoon Suk-yeol uždaryti visas šunų fermas, turgus, šunų mėsos restoranus bei sustabdyti sukvežimių vairuotojų, vežančių šunis į neišvengiamą lemtį, veiklą. https://chng.it/Y2NrP998

Dėkoju už Jūsų laiką ir bendradarbiavimą. Lauksiu Jūsų atsakymo.

Pagarbiai,

[Your name, city, country]

• ☎️ Call the Lithuania President’s office: Telephone: Tel +370 5 206 2090
☎️ 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 #Lithuania 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/Y2NrP998 https://koreandogs.org/partnership-korea-Lithuania

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