Sister City Campaign - Gyeongju, South Korea – Pompeii, Italy - Stop the Dog and Cat Consumption in S. Korea!

Sister City Campaign – Gyeongju, South Korea – Pompeii, Italy

posted by KoreanDogs.org team on June 17,2022 in Uncategorized

Pompeii, Italy: Tell Sister City, Gyeongju, South Korea, that 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.

Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-Young

Gyeongju became a Sister City to Pompeii, Italy, in 1985. We initially launched this Sister City campaign in 2016. The Special Commissioner of Pompeii, Dr. Donato Cafagna, kindly responded to our petition and contacted Gyeongju, urging them to stop the cruelty of the dog meat industry.

However, Gyeongju has done nothing to stop this horrific cruelty and the industry. Therefore, we are again launching this campaign to urge the new mayor of Pompeii to take action and urge Gyeongju to stop the dog meat industry.

The Gyeongju city delegation headed by Gyeongju Mayor Baek Sang-Seung made an official visit to Pompeii, Italy, a sister city, on 3/9/2007.

In Gyeongju, there are numerous dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and dog meat 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 killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs; and this takes place in broad daylight. In Angang Dog Meat Market in Gyeongju, live dogs are displayed in cages, slaughtered, and their body dismembered right on the spot for heartless customers. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty.

Video: Gyeongju Angang Market, South Korea. Jang Seung-Yeon.

Dog meat markets with onsite slaughter facilities still remaining in South Korea are Daegu Chilseong Market and Gyeongju Angang Market. Gyeonghyang News, 7/4/19. (도축시설 있는 개 시장, 이제 ‘대구 칠성’ ‘경주 안강’ 남았다)

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Gyeongju’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 dozens of “Health Centers” and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Gyeongju.

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 present in the vicinity of Gyeongju to supply these outlets.

There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.

✍ Sign the Petition

Call for Action

📧 Send emails to the Pompeii mayor, municipal council, and the city council members:

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📧 CC (Carbon Copy) the Gyeongju city council, Gyeongsangbuk-do Council, and South Korean National Assembly members:

📬 Send a letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):

Mayor Carmine Lo Sapio
Municipality of Pompeii
Piazza Bartolo Longo, 36 – 80045 Pompeii (NA)
Italy

📬 Send a copy of your letter to the Gyeongju Mayor:

Mayor Joo Nak-Young
City of Gyeongju
260, Yangjeong-Ro, Gyeongju-Si, Gyeongsangbuk-Do
Postal Code 38102
South Korea

📬 Gyeongju address in Korean:

주낙영 경주시장님
경주시청
(38102) 경상북도 경주시 양정로 260
South Korea

📝 Suggested message

Pompeii, Italy: Tell Sister City, Gyeongju, South Korea, that you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Mayor Carmine Lo Sapio and the Pompeii Council members:

We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry:
Shocking Cruelty of South Korea’s Dog Meat Industry, 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
Imprisoning dogs in raised wire cages in South Korea’s dog meat farms is extreme cruelty: https://youtu.be/D9Hw4u1XKo4.

Do you think Pompeii should be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

Gyeongju is one of the largest dog meat suppliers and consumption cities in South Korea. In Gyeongju, there are numerous dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, dog meat restaurants, and so-called “Health Centers” where they serve soup made of dog meat as an elixir. In Angang Dog Meat Market in Gyeongju, live dogs are displayed in cages, slaughtered, and their body dismembered right on the spot for heartless customers. Dogs suffer their entire lives in utter misery in filthy, feces encrusted raised wire cages, only to be slaughtered in the most horrific ways. They are killed by electrocution, hammer strikes to their head and necks, being hung, 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 in Gyeongju, dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs who tremble with terror. These poor dogs are often burned alive in their cages, unable to escape. They are fed rotten garbage full of chili peppers not fit for any animals to eat, and they are never given water! Also, people’s beloved pets are often stolen and sold to these businesses, where they meet the same horrific fate. Dogs and puppies who died of diseases are tossed away like garbage, often left in front of cages to rot while the mother dogs watch and cry out in despair for their dead babies.

The Korean internet searches resulted in dozens of “Health Centers” that commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Gyeongju.

Would you please urge Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-Young to close down all illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants serving these animal products? An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous Gyeongju’s dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://chng.it/zr6YZHWL.

On behalf of all the animals suffering unimaginable cruelty in the dog and cat meat industry, we thank you and await your reply.

Sincerely,

Name City, Country

📝 Suggested message in Italian

Pompei, Italia: dite alla Città di Gyeongju, Corea del Sud, gemellata con voi, che siete contrari alla tortura ed all’uso alimentare di cani e gatti.

Caro Sindaco Carmine Lo Sapio e Componenti del Consiglio Comunale della Città di Pompei,

Vi chiediamo cortesemente di guardare i video sull’industria della carne di cane della Corea del Sud:
Crudeltà sconvolgente dell’industria sudcoreana della carne di cane, parte 1 di 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Parte 2 di 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Un incendio boschivo a Uljin brucia i cani imprigionati negli allevamenti di cani da carne:: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
L’estrema crudeltà della detenzione di cani in gabbie di rete metallica sollevate da terra in Sud Corea:: https://youtu.be/D9Hw4u1XKo4.

Ritenete che Pompei debba essere gemellata con una qualche città che permetta a cani e gatti di essere torturati e mangiati dalle persone?

Gyeongju è uno dei maggiori centri di produzione e consumo di carne di cane della Corea del Sud. A Gyeongju esistono numerosi allevamenti di cani, macelli di cani, e ristoranti di carne di cane, e cosiddetti “Centri Sanitari” dove zuppe a base di carne di cane vengono servite come elisir. Nel mercato di carne di cane Angang di Gyeongju, cani vivi vengono esibiti in gabbia, macellati, e smembrati sul posto per clienti senza cuore. I cani soffrono per tutta la vita in sudicie gabbie di filo metallico, incrostate di feci e sollevate da terra, in condizioni assolutamente miserande, solo per essere massacrati nei modi più orribili. Essi vengono uccisi mediante folgorazione, colpi di martello alla testa e al collo, impiccati, picchiati a morte, sgozzati, bruciati vivi con una fiamma ossidrica o gettati ancora vivi in una vasca di acqua bollente. In molti luoghi a Gyeongju, i cani vengono uccisi in piena vista di altri cani atterriti e ingabbiati, che tremano di terrore.

Questi poveri cani vengono spesso bruciati vivi nelle loro gabbie, impossibilitati a scappare. Sono alimentati con rifiuti in decomposizione pieni di peperoncino, cibo inadatto per qualunque animale, e non ricevono mai acqua. Inoltre, animali domestici amati dalle persone vengono spesso rubati e venduti a queste attività, dove incontrano lo stesso orribile destino. Cani e cuccioli morti di malattie vengono gettati via come spazzatura, spesso lasciati davanti alle gabbie a marcire mentre le cagne madri guardano e gridano disperate per i loro cuccioli morti.

Ricerche su Internet in Corea del Sud hanno evidenziato a Gyeongju dozzine di “Centri Sanitari” che vendono comunemente elisir di cani o gatti (noti anche come dog soju e cat soju) e ristoranti di carne di cane.

Vorreste per favore esortare il sindaco di Gyeongju, il sig. Joo Nak-Young, a fermare l’attività illegale di tutti gli allevamenti e dei macelli di cani, dei mercati, dei trasportatori e dei ristoranti che servono i loro prodotti? È in corso una petizione online che chiede il vostro sostegno per porre fine all’orrenda crudeltà della carne di cani e gatti a Gyeongju: https://chng.it/zr6YZHWL.

A nome di tutti gli animali che subiscono una crudeltà inimmaginabile nell’industria della carne di cane e gatto, vi ringraziamo in anticipo e restiamo in attesa della vostra risposta.

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