Sister State Campaign – Gangwon Province, South Korea – Colorado
Colorado Governor Jared Polis: Tell your Sister State, Gangwon Province, 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.
Gangwon Province became a Sister State with Colorado in 1991.
In Gangwon province, 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.
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A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Gangwon Province’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 Gangwon Province.
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 Gangwon Province to supply these outlets.
There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption, yet these laws are blatantly ignored.
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Call for Action
- 📧 Click HERE to send an online message to the governor of Colorado.
📌 For How can we help?, select “I want to share my comments.”
Send comments to the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
For Subject, select “Governor’s Office”. - 📧 Send emails to the Governor:
Send the CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Gangwon Provincial Council and the South Korean National Assembly members:
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Governor Jared Polis
State Capitol Building
200 E. Colfax Ave., Rm. 136
Denver, CO 80203
USASend a copy of your letter to Gangwon Province:
Governor Choi Moon-Soon
Gangwon Province
1 Joongang-ro, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do
Postal Code 24266
South KoreaAddress in Korean:
최문순 경기도지사님
강원도청
(24266) 강원도 춘천시 중앙로 1
South Korea - ☎️ Call the Colorado’ Governor’s office: (303) 866-2471
- Send a Twitter message!
.@happygangwon .@moonsoonc .@LtGovofCO .@GovofCO: Tell Sister State, #Gangwon Province #SouthKorea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of #dogs and #cats 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791 😭 https://chng.it/J2ryswSQ 📣 https://koreandogs.org/sister-state-gangwon-colorado/
Subject: Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera: Tell your Sister State, Gangwon Province, South Korea, that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.
Dear Governor Jared Polis and Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera:
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
Do you think Colorado should be a Sister State to any State that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten by people?
Gangwon Province is one of the largest dog meat suppliers and consumption provinces in South Korea. There are hundreds of dog farms, dog slaughterhouses, dog meat restaurants, and so-called “Health Centers” where they serve 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 Gangwon Province, 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 Gangwon Province.
Would you please urge Gangwon Province Governor Choi Moon-Soon 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 Gangwon Province is in progress: https://chng.it/J2ryswSQ.
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,
Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Governor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Sister State, Gangwon Province 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 State would wish to be made aware of this issue, as you would not want to affiliate 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.
This illegal industry is being allowed to continue by Gangwon Province 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 Gangwon Province 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.
No matter where you live, PLEASE SHARE these actions with your friends, especially those who live in Colorado! 🙏
Das Land Südkorea ist für Hunde und Katzen die Hölle auf Erden und die Menschen des Landes ihre Teufel. Es ist unfassbar, dass es im 21.Jahrhundert noch ein Land(Länder) gibt, in denen hilflose Mitgeschöpfe derartige Folter über sich ergehen lassen müssen und das alles nur, weil es immer noch Menschen gibt, die einer uralten (grausamen, brutalen und verantwortungslosen) Überlieferung Glauben schenken. Hier ist es längst überfällig, dass die Südkoreanische Regierung endlich aus dem Tiefschlaf aufwacht, ihre ignorante Haltung aufgibt und gesetzlich tätig wird, in dem sie gegen die mafiösen Strukturen dieses Landes hart vorgeht. Eine Schande, wie sie n icht größer sein könnte.!
Olette hirviöitä kun syötte lemmikkejä, Hyi hirveätä, teidät täytyisi syödä !
This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. This is MURDER . We need to save these poor animals from this barbaric and MURDER. What the he’ll is going on to allow this evil illegal act yo continue in this Ciubtry. These illegal farms need to be ahu down NOW.
This is absolutely wicked and I cannot understand why other country leaders cannot step in and do something. Please!
why does this country still torture and eat these dogs as other countries use these dogs to assist the blind, also the deaf and as assistance dogs, the suffering that these dogs go through their whole life is shameful on this country,
Shame – shame for Korea.