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Härryda Municipal Director Peter Lönn: Tell your Sister City, Namyangju, South Korea, that you are 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.

Namyangju became a Sister City with Härryda, Sweden, in 2020.

In Namyangju, there are numerous 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 broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty.

Video: What’s Happening in a Dog Farm in South Korea. Namyangju, South Korea. KBS animal TV : animal4u

Video: Dog farm/slaughterhouses in Namyangju, South Korea. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE).

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Namyangju’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 many hundreds of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Namyangju.

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 Namyangju to supply these outlets.

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

Call for Action

• 📧 Send emails to the Härryda Municipal Director and the City Council members.

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  Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Namyangju City Council, and Gyeonggi-do Assembly members and the South Korean National Assembly members:

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

  Municipal Director Peter Lönn
  63 Athinas St.
  105 52 Härryda
  Sweden

  📬 Send a copy of your letter to Namyangju:
  Mayor Ju Gwang-deok
  City of Namyangju
  Gyungchun-ro 1037, Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 12232
  South Korea

  Namyangju City Council
  Gyungchun-ro 1037, Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 12232
  South Korea

  📬 Namyangju’s addresses in Korean:
  주광덕 남양주시장님
  남양주시청
  (12232) 경기도 남양주시 경춘로 1037
  South Korea

  남양주시의회
  (12232) 경기도 남양주시 경춘로 1037
  South Korea

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Subject: Härryda Municipal Director Peter Lönn: Tell your Sister City, Namyangju, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.

Dear Municipal Director Peter Lönn:

We ask you to please watch the videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry:
Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
One of many dog slaughterhouses in Namyangju: https://youtu.be/Gu0ojDsbf2g
One of many dog farms in Namyangju: https://youtu.be/N0dZjTw-gOA
Dogs who suffered their entire lives are electric tortured and killed in cages—South Korea’s horrific dog meat industry: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Forest fire in Uljin burns dogs imprisoned in dog meat farms: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

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

Namyangju is one of the largest dog meat suppliers and consumption cities 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 Namyangju, dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs who tremble with terror. These poor dogs are often burned alive in their cages, unable to escape. 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 Namyangju.

Would you please urge Namyangju Mayor Ju Gwang-deok 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 Namyangju is in progress: https://chng.it/6wJ7WgXz.

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,

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Subject: Bäste kommundelsdirektör Peter Lönn: Tala om för er vänort Namyangju i Sydkorea, att du motsätter dig torturen och konsumtionen av hundar och katter.

Bäste kommundelsdirektör Peter Lönn:

Vi ber dig att titta på videorna från Sydkoreas hundköttsindustri:
Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Ett av många slakthus i Namyangju: https://youtu.be/Gu0ojDsbf2g
En av många hundfarmer i Namyangju: https://youtu.be/N0dZjTw-gOA
Hundar som lider under hela sitt liv blir torterade med el och sedan dödade i burarna – det är Sydkoreas fruktansvärda hundköttsindustri: https://koreandogs.org/jtbc-news-electric-tortured-in-cages/
Skogsbranden i Uljin brände ihjäl hundar som var fångade på hundköttsfarmer: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg

Tycker du att Härryda skall vara vänort med någon stad eller ort, där det är tillåtet att hundar och katter torteras samt äts av människor?

Namyangju är en av de största leverantörerna av hundkött, och även de städer där det konsumeras mest hundkött. Det finns otaliga hundfarmer, slakthus, hundratals restauranger som serverar hundkött och även så kallade ”Hälsocenter” där det serveras soppa på hundkött, som ett elixir.
Hundarna lider under hela sitt liv, de lever i misär, i smuts och avföring, i trånga metallburar som är upphöjda från marken och sedan slaktas de på de mest avskyvärda sätt. De dödas med elektricitet, genom att slås i huvudet och/eller i nacken med hammare, genom hängning, de slås ihjäl, får halsen avskuren, bränns levande med blåslampa eller slängs levande i grytor med kokande vatten. På många platser i Namyangju sker detta öppet inför de hundar som ännu lever, instängda i sina burar och som skakar av skräck.
Dessa stackars hundar bränns ofta levande, i burarna, där de inte har någon möjlighet att komma undan. Dessutom stjäls ofta sällskapsdjur och säljs till denna fruktandvärda hantering, där de möter samma fruktansvärda öde som de andra hundarna. Hundar och även valpar som blir sjuka slängs som skräp. De lämnas ofta utanför burarna, där mamma-tiken inte kan göra annat än titta på och skrika ut sin förtvivlan över dina döda valpar.

Sökningar på internet i Sydkorea resulterar i hundratals ”Hälsocenter” där det vanligtvis säljs hund-/katt-elixir (också känt som hundsojo och kattsoju) samt restauranger som serverar hundkött.

Vi ber dig att enträget uppmana Namyangjus borgmästare, Ju Gwang-deok, att stänga alla illegala hundkötts-farmer och slakthus, marknader, foodtruckar samt restauranger som tillhandahåller och serverar dessa produkter. Det finns en pågående online-petition som ber om ditt stöd, för att få ett stopp på den fruktansvärda hund- och kattköttstortyren i Namyangju: https://chng.it/6wJ7WgXz.

Å alla dessa djur som lider under fruktansvärda förhållanden i hund- och kattköttsindustrins vägnar tackar vi dig och ser fram emot ditt svar.

Vänligen,

• ☎️ Call the Härryda Municipal Director’s office:+011 46 31-724 61 00 (from the USA)
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Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Municipal Director’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Sister City, Namyangju, 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 Namyangju authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet owners across South Korea and worldwide.

So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Namyangju to urge them to enforce their laws, not ignore them, show compassion to their companion animals, and respect their citizens by bringing this cruel industry 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!
  .@nyjloving .@polnyj .@ggholic .@dy_future .@President_KR #윤석열 #Härryda #Sweden Tell Sister City #Namyangju #SouthKorea that you are opposed to torture/eating #dogs #cats🐾https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791😭https://chng.it/6wJ7WgXz👊https://youtu.be/N0dZjTw-gOA🙏https://koreandogs.org/sister-city-namyangju-harryda/

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Dog slaughterhouse in Namyangju, South Korea. ARK119.