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Mayor Guy Desjardins of Clarence-Rockland, Canada: Tell Sister City, Boeun, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to 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.

Boeun became Sister city with Clarence-Rockland, Canada in 2018.

In Boeun, there are countless shops and restaurants where the dogs, tortured their entire lives and slaughtered in the most inhumane ways – such as by electrocution; hanging or beating; and being thrown into boiling water often while still alive – are served as food and “health tonic”. In many cases, these dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subjected to the same cruelty.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Boeun’s dog meat demand.

Searches turned up dozens of so called “Health Food Shops” and dog meat restaurants in and within the vicinity of Boeun.

Even if only half of these ‘Health’ Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, just imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in the area to supply these outlets.

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

Video: The Korea Observer. The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea.

https://koreandogs.org/meat-dogs-in-wire-cages-feed-on-rotten-food-waste-slops/

Call for Action

• Send email to the Clarence-Rockland Municipal Council members. (Use the below-suggested message or petition)
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• 📧 Send emails to the Boeun County Council members: (Use the below-suggested message or petition)
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• 📧 Send emails to the Chungcheongbuk-do Provincial Council members:
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• Send letter to the Mayor and the Municipal Council members of Clarence-Rockland (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  Attention: Mayor and the Municipal Council members
  Municipal Office
  1560 Laurier Street,
  Rockland, Ontario
  K4K 1P7 Canada

  Send a copy of your letter to Boeun Mayor Jung Sang-Hyuck:
  Mayor Jung Sang-Hyuck
  Boeun County
  38 Guncheong-gil, Boeun-eup, Boeun-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do
  Postal Code 28937
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  정상혁 보은군수님
  보은군청
  (28937) 충청북도 보은군 보은읍 군청길 38
  South Korea

  Boeun County Council
  38 Guncheong-gil, Boeun-eup, Boeun-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do
  Postal Code 28937
  South Korea

  Boeun County Council’s address in Korean:
  보은군의회
  (28937) 충청북도 보은군 보은읍 군청길 38
  South Korea

• Send a message through Social Media (Facebook/Twitter):
  City of Clarence-Rockland
  Boeun
  Chungcheongbuk-do Government
  Chungcheongbuk-do Governor
  Chungcheongbuk Provincial Council

  📝 Suggested message

  Subject: Boeun, South Korea’s cruel dog and cat meat industry

  Dear Mayor Desjardins and the Clarence-Rockland Municipal Council members,

  We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry:
  https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  https://vimeo.com/754160791
  https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
  https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY

  Do you think that Clarence-Rockland should be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Boeun Mayor Jung Sang-Hyuck to close down all those illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants that serve these animal products. An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: http://bit.ly/BoeunClarence

  The favor of your reply is requested.

  Thank you!

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Mayor’s Office: +1-613-488-2069

  Suggested phone message

  Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Mayor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Sister city, Boeun in South Korea.

  If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that county, 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 which is why I am calling on their behalf. And, I believe that your city would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to be affiliated with a county 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.

  These illegal trades are being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet owners across South Korea, and throughout the world.

  So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Boeun to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion to their companion animals, and also respect to their own citizens, by bringing these trades to an end.

  This is the time to make change; this is the time to stop the illegal, inhumane and unnecessary cruelty. I know that 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!

  Suggested Twitter text

  .@chungbuk21 .@ClarenceRocklan Please Urge Sister City Boeun, South Korea-Stop torturing and consumption of dogs and cats. http://bit.ly/BoeunClarence

No matter where you live PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends!

Videos: Shocking Cruelty of South Korean Dog Meat Industry Part 1 and 2. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE).