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Sister City Campaign – Seoul Gangnam-District, South Korea – Gwinnett County, Georgia

Gwinnett County Commissioner Charlotte J. Nash: Tell Sister City, Seoul Gangnam District, 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.

Gangnam-gu District Mayor Yeon-Hee Shin

Gangnam-gu District Mayor Yeon-Hee Shin

Seoul Gangnam District became Sister city with Gwinnett County in 2009.
Culture, art, high-end shops, first-class hotels and fashionable streets – all can be found within Gangnam District in the ‘City of Korean Cultural Center and Global Advancement” regrettably, so can the dog meat restaurants and so-called ‘health-food centers’, places that brutally slaughter dogs and cats, to be served up as food and drinks.
There are countless dog 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 Seoul Gangnam District’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 Food 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 163 Health Food Centers; and 69 restaurants in the vicinity of the city of Seoul Gangnam District alone.

Even if half of these ‘Health’ Food 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 Seoul Gangnam District to supply these outlets.

Naver search of Seoul Gangnam-gu District dog meat and dog elixir

Naver search of Seoul Gangnam-gu District dog meat and dog elixir

Naver search of Seoul Gangnam-gu District dog meat and dog elixir
Naver search of Seoul Gangnam-gu District dog meat and dog elixir

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

Video: Media Triage: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea.

Please sign petition, call and email Gwinnett County Commissioner Charlotte J. Nash, TODAY!

To make this easy we’ve included text for your call and emails below.

Suggested message to the Commissioner

Dear County Commissioner Charlotte J. Nash and the Board of Commissioners:

Would you please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ

Seoul Gangnam District is one of the largest dog meat consumption areas in South Korea. The Korean internet searches resulted in: 163 Health Food Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju); and 69 dog meat soup restaurants in the vicinity of the city of Seoul Gangnam District alone.

Gwinnett County should not be a Sister city to any city/district that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten. Please urge Seoul Gangnam District Mayor Yeon-Hee Shin to close down all illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants that serve their 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/gwinnett-county-commissioner-charlotte-j-nash-tell-sister-city-seoul-gangnam-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-torture-consumption-of-dogs
The favor of your reply is requested.
Thank you,

[Your Name & City/Country]

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  1. Wendy Cunningham
    Wendy CunninghamSeptember 28,16

    I have emailed, tweeted & posted this so will update if I have any replies, although I won’t hold my breath

  2. Hadel toma
    Hadel tomaDecember 9,16

    Just signed the petition

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