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Chairwoman Candyce Chimera of Montgomery Township: Tell Sister City, Hamyang, 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.

Hamyang became Sister city with Montgomery Township in 2016.

In Hamyang, there are countless 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 public and 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 Hamyang’s dog meat demand.

Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first 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.”

The searches resulted in dozens of 89 Health Food Shops and 6 restaurants in the vicinity of Hamyang.

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 the vicinity of Hamyang to supply these outlets.

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

Please watch the documentary about the South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY

Video: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea

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

Call for Action

• No matter where you live, please SIGN OUR PETITION
• Send Email:
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• Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):Chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors
  Montgomery Township Building
  1001 Stump Road
  Montgomeryville, PA 18936-9605
  USA

  Send a copy of your letter to Hamyang Mayor Chang-Ho Im:
  Mayor Chang-Ho Im
  Hamyang County Government
  35 Goun-ro, Hamyang-eup, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
  Postal Code 50036
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  임창호 함양군수님
  함양군청
  (50036) 경상남도 함양군 함양읍 고운로 35
  South Korea

• Send a message through Facebook page: Montgomery Township
  Hamyang
  

  Suggested email/letter/Facebook message

  Dear Chairwoman Chimera and the Board of Supervisors,

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

  Do you think that Montgomery Township should be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Hamyang Mayor Chang-Ho Im 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: https://www.change.org/p/chairwoman-candyce-chimera-of-montgomery-township-tell-sister-city-hamyang-s-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-consumption-of-dogs
  The favor of your reply is requested.
  Thank you,

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Chairwoman’s Office: Phone 215-393-6900
  Fax 215-855-6656

Suggested phone message

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

If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that city, 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 township would wish to be made aware of this issue, as they would not want to be affiliated with a city 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 Hamyang 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.

With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, 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

  .@hygntwt .@gyeongnamdo .@MontTwp .@cchimera Plz Urge Sister City Hamyang, Korea-Stop torturing & eating dogs & cats https://goo.gl/FLcce3

No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Montgomery Township!