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Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes: Tell your Sister City, Incheon, South Korea, that you oppose 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.

Incheon became a Sister City with Burbank, California, in 1961.

In Incheon, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants where the dogs, who are 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 broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty.

Below are more Livestream videos from CARE investigating dog farms in a village in Incheon Seo-gu district:

https://www.facebook.com/CAREanimalKorea/posts/6509364799077320
https://www.facebook.com/CAREanimalKorea/posts/6508968219116978
https://www.facebook.com/CAREanimalKorea/posts/6509173292429804

Video: Incheon Ganghwado Dog Farm

Video: Dogs who suffered their entire lives are electric tortured and killed in cages—South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry. jtbc News.[추적보도 훅] 철창 갇힌 채 감전사…’먹히기 위해’ 죽어가는 개들 / JTBC 뉴스룸

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

Two searches on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – 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” – resulted in hundreds of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Incheon.

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 Incheon to supply these outlets.

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

👉 Click HERE to watch the video.😢 Incheon Ganghwa-gun Government must rescue all 500 dogs from hellscape illegal dog farm!

Call for Action

• 📧 Send emails to the mayor and the Burbank City Council members.

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  📧 Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Incheon Metropolitan Council, and the South Korean National Assembly members:

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• 📬 Send letters (Use the below-suggested message or petition):

  Mayor Jess Talamantes
  Burbank City Hall
  275 East Olive Avenue
  Burbank, CA 91502
  USA

  Burbank City Council
  Burbank City Hall
  275 East Olive Avenue
  Burbank, CA 91502
  USA

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to Incheon:

  Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok
  Incheon City Hall
  29, Jeonggak-ro, Namdong-gu, Incheon
  Postal Code 21554
  South Korea

  Incheon Metropolitan Council
  29, Jeonggak-ro, Namdong-gu, Incheon
  Postal Code 21554
  South Korea

  📬 Incheon’s addresses in Korean:

  유정복 인천시장님
  인천시청
  (21554) 인천광역시 남동구 정각로 29
  South Korea

  인천광역시의회
  (21554) 인천광역시 남동구 정각로 29
  South Korea

  📝 Suggested message

  Subject: Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes: Tell your Sister City, Incheon, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

  Dear Mayor Jess Talamantes and Burbank City Council members:

  We ask you to please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry:
  Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
  https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/

  https://koreandogs.org/ark119-raids-ganghwa-dog-farm/

  Do you think Burbank should be a Sister City to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?

  Incheon is one of the largest dog meat consumption and dog meat supplier city in South Korea. There are countless dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, hundreds of dog meat restaurants, and so-called “Health Centers” serving soup made of dog meat as an elixir. Dogs suffer their entire lives in filthy, feces encrusted raised wire cages in utter misery only to be slaughtered in the most horrific ways. They are killed by electrocution, hammer strikes to their head and necks, being hung, being beaten to death, having their throats slit, being burned alive with a blowtorch, or thrown into a vat of boiling water while still alive. In many places in Incheon, dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs who tremble with terror. In addition, people’s beloved pets are often stolen and sold to these businesses, where they meet the same horrific fate. Dogs and puppies who died of diseases are tossed away like garbage, often left in front of cages to rot while the mother dogs watch and cry out in despair for their dead babies.

  The Korean internet searches resulted in hundreds of Health Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and dog meat restaurants in Incheon.

  Would you please urge Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok 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 dog and cat meat cruelty in Incheon is in progress: https://chng.it/KLwTVPbg.

  On behalf of all the animals suffering unimaginable cruelty in the dog and cat meat industry, we thank you in advance and await your reply.

  Sincerely,

  Name, City, Country

• ☎️ Call the Burbank Mayor’s office: (818) 238-5750, Fax: (818) 238-5757
  ☎️ 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, Incheon, 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, so 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 affiliate 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.

  This illegal industry is being allowed to continue by Incheon authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet guardians across South Korea and worldwide.

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

  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!
  .@ganghwagun .@incheon_council .@incheon_gov .@YooJeongBok .@BurbankCA Mayor Jess Talamantes, Tell Sister City #Incheon #SouthKorea that you opposed torture of #dogs and #cats🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791😭https://chng.it/KLwTVPbg https://koreandogs.org/sister-city-Incheon-burbank/

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