Partnership Country Campaign – South Korea – Slovakia 🇰🇷 🇸🇰
The President of Slovakia, Honorable Zuzana Čaputová: 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, “In his meeting with Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, Yoon asked for her attention and support for the smooth operation of South Korean businesses in her country. Caputova said she hopes South Korean companies will invest more in Slovakia, especially in the electric vehicle battery sector, and promised to provide support for their stable operations.“
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
- 📧 Email the President, Prime Minister, and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia.
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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 Slovak Republic
P. O. Box 128
810 00 Bratislava 1.
Slovakia📬 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 - ☎️ Call the Slovakia President and the Prime Minister’s Office.
President: Telephone: +055/ 62 296 17
Prime Minister: Telephone: +421 2 5729 5111
Fax: +421 2 5249 7595 - Send a Twitter message!
.@ZuzanaCaputova .@SlovakiaMFA #Slovakia 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/4Kdf4HBRPR https://koreandogs.org/partnership-korea-slovakia
The President of Slovakia, Honorable Zuzana Čaputová: Please tell your Partnership Country, South Korea, you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.
Dear President, Honorable Zuzana Čaputová, Prime Minister, Honorable Ľudovít Ódor, and the members of the Slovakian government:
As President and representatives of Slovakia, 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/4Kdf4HBRPR.
Thank you for your serious consideration. We eagerly await your reply.
Sincerely,
[Your name, city, country]
📝 Suggested message in Slovak
Prezidentka Slovenska, Vážená pani Zuzana Čaputová: Povedzte, prosím, svojej partnerskej krajine- Južnej Kórei, že nesúhlasíte s konzumáciou psov a mačiek a ste proti týraniu zvierat.
Vážená pani prezidentka pani Zuzana Čaputová, predseda vlády- Vážený pán Ľudovít Ódor a členovia vlády SR:
Ako prezidentka a predstaviteľka Slovenska vás žiadame, aby ste prehodnotili svoje „partnerstvo“ s Južnou Kóreou, krajinou, ktorá podporuje týranie a brutálne zabíjanie psov a mačiek kvôli potrave.
Je dôležité si pozrieť tieto videá nahraté v tajnosti pre juhokórejský mäsopriemysel:
Časť 1 z 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Časť 2 z 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Lesný požiar v Uljine upálil psov uväznených na farmách na psie mäso: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
Psy, ktorí trpeli celý svoj život, sú mučení elektrickým prúdom a zabíjaní v klietkach – strašný pohľad na priemysel psieho mäsa v Južnej Kórei: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Južná Kórea každý rok skonzumuje milióny psov, existuje tu nespočetné množstvo psích fariem a psích bitúnkov. Vyhľadávanie na kórejskom webe objavilo tisíce reštaurácií so psím mäsom a takzvané „zdravotné strediská“, ktoré bežne podávajú polievku vyrobenú z elixírov asfónie zo psieho mäsa (známych aj ako psie soju).
Psy trpia celý svoj život v špinavých, výkalmi znečistených vyvýšených drôtených klietkach v hroznej biede, aby boli zabití tým najstrašnejším spôsobom – mučením elektrickým prúdom, údermi kladiva do hlavy, obesením, ubitím na smrť, podrezaním hrdla, upálením zaživa s fúkačkou alebo ešte zaživa hodená do kade s vriacou vodou. Na mnohých miestach sú psy zabíjané pred očami iných psov v klietkach, ktorí sa trasú od hrôzy. Títo úbohí psi sú často upálení zaživa vo svojich klietkach a nemôžu uniknúť. Kŕmia ich zhnitými červami, odpadkami plnými čili papričiek, ktoré nie sú vhodné pre žiadne zvieratá, a nedostávajú vodu. Okrem toho sú milované domáce zvieratá často kradnuté a predávané na tieto bitúnky, kde ich čaká rovnaký strašný osud. Šteniatka, ktoré zomrú na choroby, sa vyhodia ako odpad, často sa nechajú zhniť pred klietkami, zatiaľ čo ich matky sa pozerajú a zúfalo plačú.
V Spojených štátoch amerických starosta Christopher Chung z Palisades Park, New Jersey, už jasne vyjadril svoje odmietnutie obchodu so psím mäsom. Ako sa uvádza v Korea Times, nedávno odmietol návštevu výmenných študentov z priateľského mesta IncheonGanghwa County kvôli obchodu so psím mäsom. V Kalifornii, Mestská rada Los Angeles jednoznačne schválila uznesenie podporujúce legislatívu alebo administratívne opatrenie, ktoré by požiadalo vlády Južnej Kórey, Číny, Vietnamu, Indonézie a Kambodžy o predaji psieho mäsa a presadzovanie ich zákonov na ochranu zvierat.
V mene všetkých ľudí na celom svete, ktorí milujú zvieratá, v mene všetkých nemých tvarí, ktorí nie sú schopní obhajovať svoje práva vás žiadame, aby ste sa stotožnili s týmito odvážnymi krokmi a nezostali ticho tvárou v tvár takej ohavnej krutosti.
Prosím, naliehajte na juhokórejského prezidenta Yoon Suk-yeola, aby zatvoril všetky psie farmy, bitúnky, trhy, reštaurácie s mäsom pre psov a kamionistov prepravujúcich psov k ich osudu, ktoré si sami nevybrali.
Prebieha online petícia vyzývajúca vašu podporu pri ukončení takýchto hrôz páchaných v Južnej Kórei: https://chng.it/4Kdf4HBRPR.
Ďakujeme vám za seriózne zváženie. Netrpezlivo očakávame vašu odpoveď.
S pozdravom,
[Your name, city, country]
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.
No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Slovakia! 🙏
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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!