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Mayor Ko Wen-Je of Taipei: Tell Sister City, Seoul, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to the Torture and Consumption of Dogs and Cats.

Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park

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 became Sister city with Taipei in 1968.

In Seoul, there are countless markets and restaurants where the dogs, tortured their entire lives and slaughtered in the most inhumane ways – such as by electrocution; hanging or beating; and being thrown into boiling water often while still alive – are served as food. In many cases, these dogs are killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subjected to the same cruelty.

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

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

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.

http://koreandogs.org/meat-dogs-in-wire-cages-feed-on-rotten-food-waste-slops/

Call for Action

• Send an online message to the Taipei Mayor.(Use the below-suggested message or petition)

  1. Click HERE for the Taiwan’s contact page. If you don’t see the page in English, click “Language/語言” button on the top right corner of the page. Select “English”.
  2. Click “Go!” button below “HELLO TAIPEI”.
  3. Click the box next to the agreement “I’ve read and accepted Taipei City Simple Petition System “HELLO TAIPEI” Case Submission Process and Instructions.
  4. Click “Submit a case!”.
  5. Click “None of the above”.
  6. Click “Other issue”.
  7. Fill in the required fields with red*. Subject, Description.
  8. Click “Next”.
  9. Fill in the required fields with red*. Legal Name, Email, Phone number (Local phone number – Area code in the first box, phone number in the second box), Verification code.
  10. Click “Submit case”.
  11. Open email from Taipei and click “confirmation link” to confirm your email.
  12. Enter Verification code *.
  13. Click “Confirm and Submit”.

• Send your email to Taipei to the Seoul Metropolitan Council members. (Use the below-suggested message or petition)

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• Send postal letter to the Mayor of Taipei (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  Mayor of Taipei
  No. 1, City Hall Rd., Xinyi District, Taipei, 11008
  Taiwan

  Send a copy of your letter to Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park:
  Mayor Won-Soon Park
  Seoul Metropolitan Government
  110 Saejongdae-ro, Joong-gu, Seoul
  Postal Code 04524
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  박원순 서울시장님
  서울특별시청
  04524 서울특별시 중구 세종대로 110
  South Korea

• Send a message through Social Media (Facebook/Twitter):
  Taipei
  Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-Je
  Seoul
  Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park

  📝 Suggested message

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

  Dear Mayor Ko Wen-Je and the Taipei Government,

  We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
  https://vimeo.com/754160791
  http://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/
  https://youtu.be/cCdTceduKcY
  http://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Do you think that Taipei should be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Seoul Mayor Won-Soon Park 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/SeoulTaipei

  The favor of your reply is requested.

  Thank you!

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the Mayor’s Office: Tel.: +011-886-2-2720-8889

  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, Seoul 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 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 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.

  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 Seoul 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

  .@seoulmania .@KP_Taipei Please Urge Sister City Seoul, South Korea-Stop torturing and consumption of dogs and cats. https://bit.ly/SeoulTaipei

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).