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Mayor Patricia Byers of Yakima, Washington: Tell Sister City, Hadong, 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.

Hadong became Sister city with Yakima, Washington in 2018.

In Hadong, there are many 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. 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 Hadong’s dog meat demand.

Searches turned up dozens of Health Food Shops and dog meat restaurants in and within the vicinity of Hadong.

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

• Click HERE to send an online message to the Yakima City Council members. (Use the below-suggested message or petition)
• 📧 Send emails to the Hadong County Council members: (Use the below-suggested message or petition)
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• Send letter to the Mayor and the City Council members of Yakima (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  City Hall
  Attention: Mayor and the City Council members
  129 North Second Street
  Yakima, WA 98901
  USA

  Send a copy of your letter to Hadong Mayor Youn Sang-Ki:
  Mayor Youn Sang-Ki
  Hadong-gun Government
  23, Guncheong-ro, Hadong-eup, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
  Postal Code 52333
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  윤상기하동군수님
  하동군청
  (52333) 경상남도 하동군 하동읍 군청로 23
  South Korea

• Send a message through Social Media (Facebook/Twitter):
  City of Yakima
  Mayor Patricia Byers
  Mayor Youn Sang-Ki
  Hadong

  📝 Suggested message

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

  Dear Mayor Byers and the Yakima City 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 Yakima should be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Hadong Mayor Youn Sang-Ki 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/HadongYakima

  The favor of your reply is requested.

  Thank you!

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Mayor’s Office: +1-509-575-6000

  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, Hadong 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 Hadong 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

  .@okhadong .@gyeongnamdo .@mofa_kr .@MOFAkr_eng .@CityofYakima Please Urge Sister City Hadong, South Korea-Stop torturing and consumption of dogs and cats. http://bit.ly/HadongYakima

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).