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King’s Commissioner Arthur van Dijk of North Holland Province, Netherlands: Tell Sister Province, Gyeonggi-do, 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.

Gyeonggi-do Province, Korea became Sister province with North Holland Province, Netherlands in 1995.

In Gyeonggi-do, there are countless 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: The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea

Video: South Korea’s horrific dog slaughter. Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE)

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Gyeonggi-do’s dog meat demand.

The searches resulted in dozens of 1,802 Health Food Shops and 1,163 dog meat restaurants in and within the vicinity of Gyeonggi-do.

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.

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

Call for Action

• Send email to the North Holland Province Government.(Use the below-suggested message or petition)
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• Send your email to North Holland Province to the Gyeonggi-do Council members: (Use the below-suggested message or petition)

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• Send postal letter to the King’s Commissioner of North Holland Province (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
  King’s Commissioner of North Holland Province
  Postbus 3007
  2001 DA Haarlem
  Netherlands

  Send a copy of your letter to Gyeonggi-do Governor Lee Jae-Myung:
  Governor Lee Jae-Myung
  Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government
  1 Hyowon-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 16444
  South Korea

  Governor’s Address in Korean:
  이재명 경기도지사님
  경기도청
  (16444)경기도 수원시 팔달구 효원로 1
  South Korea

  Gyeonggi-do Assembly
  1 Hyowon-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
  Postal Code 16444
  South Korea

  Gyeonggi-do Assembly’s address in Korean:
  경기도의회
  (16444)경기도 수원시 팔달구 효원로 1
  South Korea

• Send a message through Social Media (Facebook/Twitter):
  North Holland Province
  Gyeonggi-do Government
  Gyeonggi-do Governor
  Gyeonggi-do Assembly

  📝 Suggested message

  Subject: Gyeonggi-do, South Korea’s cruel dog and cat meat industry

  Dear King’s Commissioner and the North Holland Province Government,

  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
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Do you think that North Holland Province should be a Sister province to any province that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Gyeonggi-do Governor Lee Jae-Myung 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: https://bit.ly/2VG0u13

  The favor of your reply is requested.

  Thank you!

  [Your Name & City/Country]

  Suggested message in Dutch

  Betr: Gyeonggi-do, Zuid-Korea’s wrede honden- en kattenvleesindustrie
  

  Hoogedelgestrenge heer Arthur van Dijk,
  Commissaris van de Koning van Noord-Holland

  Hoogedelgestrenge Provinciale- em Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Holland

  Wij verzoeken U vriendelijk de volgende video’s van de Zuid-Koreaanse industrie van Hondenfokkerijen te bekijken: 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
  https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/.

  Denkt U werkelijk dat de provincie Noord-Holland een zusterprovincie behoort te zijn van provincies die toestaan dat honden en katten worden gemarteld en gegeten? Wij zouden het zeer op prijs stellen, als de commissaris van de Koning alsmede de Provinciale- en Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Holland dringend een oproep doen aan de Gouverneur van de Zuid-Koreaanse provincie Gyeonggi-do, de heer Lee Jae-Myung, alle illegale Hondenfokkerijen en honden/kattenslachterijen ,markten, vervoersbedrijven van honden/kattenvlees alsmede restaurants te sluiten die de consumptie van honden- en Kattenvlees nog steeds mogelijk maken.

  Een online verzoek is aan de gang welke is gericht aan U allen om het onmiddellijke beëindigen van deze vreselijke en wrede Zuid-Koreaanse honden- en kattenvleesindustrie te ondersteunen: https://bit.ly/2VG0u13

  Wij danken U bij voorbaat voor Uw begrip en Uw actieve ondersteuning.

  [Your Name & City/Country]

• Call the King’s Commissioner’s Office: Tel.: +31 (023) 514 31 43
  Fax: +31 (023) 514 30 30

  Suggested phone message

  Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the King’s Commissioner’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Sister province, Gyeonggi-do in South Korea.

  If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that province, 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 province would wish to be made aware of this issue, as they would not want to be affiliated with a province 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 Gyeonggi-do 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

  .@ggholic .@Jaemyung_Lee .@ProvincieNH North Holland Province, Netherlands, Please Urge Sister Province Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Stop the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.https://bit.ly/2VG0u13

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).