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[Update October 7, 2016] We have received a response from Chairman Bulvoa of Fairfax County. The Chairman thanked us for bringing her attention to this issue and promised us that she will communicate with the Mayor of Sonpa-gu about our online petition and our concern. Click HERE to read more and to send a thank you email to the Chairman and the Members of the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County.

Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Sharon Bulova of Fairfax County: Tell Sister City, Seoul Songpa 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.

Seoul Songpa District Mayor Chun-Hee Park

Seoul Songpa District became Sister city with Fairfax County in 2009.

Seoul Songpa District is one of the largest dog meat consumption areas in South Korea. 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 Songpa 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 156 Health Food Centers; and 56 restaurants in the vicinity of the city of Seoul Songpa 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 Songpa District to supply these outlets.

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.

https://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/

Please sign petition, call and email Fairfax County Chairman Sharon Bulova TODAY!

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

• No matter where you live, please SIGN OUR PETITION
• Email:
  [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];

  Click HERE to send a message to Office of Public Affairs.
  Click HERE to send a message to Lee District Supervisor.
  Click HERE to send a message to Providence District Supervisor.

• Send message through Facebook pages:
  Fairfax County
  Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Sharon Bulova
• Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):Fairfax County Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Sharon Bulova
  12000 Government Center Parkway
  Fairfax, VA 22035
  USA

  Send a copy of your letter to Seoul Songpa District Mayor Chun-Hee Park:
  Mayor Chun-Hee Park
  Seoul Songpa District Office
  326, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul
  Postal Code 05552
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:

  박춘희구청장님
  서울송파구청
  (우)05552 서울특별시 송파구 올림픽로 326
  South Korea

• Call County Chairman Sharon Bulova’s office: 703-324-2321
• Send a Twitter message!
  .@Songpafocus .@seoulmania .@fairfaxcounty .@SharonBulova CM Bulova, Plz urge Sister City, Songpa-Stop Killing Dogs!

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