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The President of Poland, Honorable Andrzej Duda: 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 Associated Press reported on 7/13/2023, “The presidents of South Korea and Poland on Thursday pledged to strengthen their security, business and trade relations….Poland is buying some $17 billion worth of advanced military equipment from South Korea.”

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 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.

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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)

  The President of Poland, Honorable Andrzej Duda
  Krakowskie Przedmieście 48/50, 00-071 Warszawa
  Poland

  📬 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 Poland, Honorable Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister, Honorable Mateusz Morawiecki: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear President, Honorable Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister, Honorable Mateusz Morawiecki, and the members of the Polish government:

As President and representatives of Poland, 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 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/kK9LVxbX.

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

Sincerely,

[Your name, city, country]

📝 Suggested message in Polish

Szanowny Panie Prezydencie RP, zwracamy się z prośbą, by poinformował Pan kraj partnerski, Koreę Południową, o swoim sprzeciwie wobec torturowania i konsumpcji psów i kotów.

Szanowny Panie Prezydencie, Andrzeju Duda, oraz szanowni członkowie polskiego rządu:

Prosimy Pana jako Prezydenta i przedstawiciela Rzeczpospolitej, by ponowne rozważył Pan partnerstwo z Koreą Południową, krajem, który zezwala na straszliwe znęcanie się nad psami i kotami oraz ich brutalne zabijanie w celach konsumpcyjnych.

Zachęcamy Pana do obejrzenia filmów nagranych ukrytą kamerą, które przedstawiają południowokoreański przemysł psiego mięsa:
Część 1 z 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Część 2 z 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Pożar lasu w Uljin, podczas którego płoną psy uwięzione na farmach psiego mięsa: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
Psy, które cierpią całe życie, są torturowane prądem i zabijane w klatkach – to przerażający obraz
przemysłu psiego mięsa w Korei Południowej: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/

Każdego roku w Korei Południowej zjada się miliony psów. Istnieją tam niezliczone farmy i rzeźnie psów. Koreańskie wyszukiwarki internetowe pokazują tysiące restauracji z psim mięsem i tak zwane „ośrodki zdrowia”, które powszechnie serwują zupy z psiego mięsa jako fałszywe eliksiry (znane pod nazwą dog soju).

Psy cierpią całe swoje życie w brudnych, pokrytych odchodami drucianych klatkach, a następnie są zabijane w najbardziej przerażający sposób – są rażone prądem, uderzane młotkiem w głowę, wieszane, bite na śmierć, podrzyna im się gardła, pali żywcem za pomocą palnika lub wrzuca za życia do kadzi z wrzątkiem. W wielu miejscach psy są zabijane na oczach innych drżących z przerażenia psów w klatkach. Te biedne istoty są często palone żywcem w klatkach, bez możliwości ucieczki. Są karmione zgniłymi, zarobaczonymi śmieciami pełnymi papryczek chili, które nie nadają się przez nie do spożycia, odmawia im się też wody. Ponadto ukochane pupile są często kradzione i sprzedawane do rzeźni, gdzie spotyka je ten sam, przerażający los. Umierające z powodu chorób szczenięta są wyrzucane jak śmieci, często pozostawiane przed klatkami. Na oczach ich matek płaczących z rozpaczy rozkładają się ich ciała.

W Stanach Zjednoczonych burmistrz Christopher Chung z Palisades Park w stanie New Jersey pokazał już, że nie zgadza się na handel psim mięsem. Jak donosi the Korea Times, niedawno odwołał on wizytę studentów z partnerskiego miasta Incheon Ganghwa z powodu handlu psim mięsem. W Kalifornii, Rada Miasta Los Angeles jednogłośnie przyjęła rezolucję popierającą ustawodawstwo lub działania administracyjne, które wymogłyby na rządach Korei Południowej, Chin, Wietnamu, Indonezji i Kambodży zakaz sprzedaży psiego mięsa oraz egzekucję przez te kraje przepisów dotyczących ochrony zwierząt.

W imieniu ludzi kochających zwierzęta domowe na całym świecie prosimy o podążanie za tymi odważnymi przykładami, prosimy, by nie milczał Pan w obliczu tak odrażającego okrucieństwa. Prosimy o wezwanie prezydenta Korei Południowej Yoon Suk-yeol do zamknięcia wszystkich psich farm, rzeźni, targowisk, restauracji z psim mięsem oraz do zatrzymania ciężarówek przewożących psy na ich nieuchronny los. Trwa internetowa petycja wzywająca do wsparcia zakończenia tych okropności popełnianych w Korei Południowej: https://chng.it/kK9LVxbX.

Dziękujemy za rozważenie sprawy. Z niecierpliwością czekamy na Pańską odpowiedź.

Z poważaniem

• ☎️ Call the Poland President’s office (Press Office):

  Telephone: (48 22) 695 10 70
  Fax. (48 22) 695 10 74

☎️ 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 #Poland 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/gGTDcFYg https://koreandogs.org/partnership-korea-Poland

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