Sister State Campaign – Gyeonggi Province, South Korea – Florida
Campaign updated on 5/17/2023.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Please tell your Sister State, Gyeonggi Province, 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.
The Capitolist reported on April 28, 2023, “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo and other officials during the second leg of his international trade mission, aiming to strengthen economic ties and foster collaboration in clean hydrogen technology and eVTOL vehicle development. DeSantis signed an MOU with LowCarbon Hydrogen Corporation to create a research hub in Florida, reaffirmed a sister state agreement with Gyeonggi Province, and discussed eVTOL possibilities with Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Corporation.” 👉 Click HERE for the article.
Gyeonggi Province became a Sister State with Florida in 2000.
In Gyeonggi province, 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.
A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Gyeonggi 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 thousands of Health Centers and dog meat restaurants in Gyeonggi Province.
Even if half of these ‘Health’ Centers and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be in Gyeonggi Province 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
- 📧 Email the Florida’s Governor and the Lieutenant Governor:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
📌 Please note: Under Florida law, all correspondence sent to the Governor’s Office, which is not exempt or confidential pursuant to Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes, is a public record. If you do not want the public record contents of your e-mail or your e-mail address to be published on this website or to be provided to the public in response to a public records request, please do not send electronic mail to this entity.
What does this mean? If someone requests a copy of your email to the governor, it will be published on the state’s website. 👉 Click HERE to learn more.📧 CC (Carbon Copy) email to the Gyeonggi Provincial Council and the South Korean National Assembly members.
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- 📬 Send letter (Use the below-suggested message or petition):
Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
State of Florida
The Capitol
400 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
USA📬 Send a copy of your letter to Gyeonggi Province:
Governor Kim Dong-yeon
Gyeonggi Province
30 Docheong-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
Postal Code 16508
South Korea📬 Gyeonggi Province’s address in Korean:
김동연 경기도지사님
경기도청
(16508) 경기도 수원시 영통구 도청로 30
South Korea - ☎️ Call the Florida’ Governor’s office: (850) 717-9337
- Send a Twitter message!
.@ggholic .@dy_future #Gyeonggi #Florida .@GovRonDeSantis Tell Sister State #Gyeonggi #SouthKorea that you are opposed to the torture and consumption of #dogmeat #catmeat 🐾 https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ😢https://vimeo.com/754160791 😭 https://chng.it/tJZfW6wg🤮https://koreandogs.org/sister-state-gyeonggi-florida/
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Please tell your Sister State, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, that you oppose the torture and consumption of dogs and cats.
Dear Governor DeSantis and Lieutenant Governor Nuñez:
As Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and representatives of Florida, we ask you to reconsider your “Friendship” with Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a province that permits dogs and cats to be horribly abused and brutally killed for food.
While graphic, these undercover videos depicting South Korea’s dog meat industry are important to watch:
Part 1 of 2: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ
Part 2 of 2: https://vimeo.com/754160791
Forest fire in Uljin burns dogs imprisoned in dog meat farms: https://youtu.be/mh1lEGt2gjU
https://youtu.be/GLLeI_XFNPg
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/
Gyeonggi Province is the largest dog meat supplier and consumption province in South Korea. There are countless dog farms and dog slaughterhouses in Gyeonggi Province. Korean web searches turn up hundreds of dog meat restaurants and so-called “Health Centers” that commonly serve soup made of dog meat as phony elixirs (also known as dog soju).
Dogs suffer their entire lives in filthy, feces-encrusted raised wire cages in dire misery only to be slaughtered in the most horrific of ways— tortured by electrocution, hammer strikes to their head, hanging, 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, dogs are killed in full view of other caged dogs who tremble with terror. These poor dogs are often burned alive in their cages, unable to escape. They are fed rotten, moldy garbage full of chili peppers unfit for any animals to eat, and they are not given water. In addition, beloved pets are often stolen and sold to these slaughterhouses, where they meet the same horrific fate. Puppies who die of disease are tossed away like trash, often left in front of cages to rot while their mothers watch and cry out in despair.
Mayor Christopher Chung of Palisades Park, New Jersey, has already shown his rejection of the dog meat trade in no uncertain terms. As reported in the Korea Times, he recently rejected a visit from exchange students from the friendship city, Incheon Ganghwa County, due to its dog meat trade. In California, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting legislation or administrative action that would request the governments of South Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia ban the sale of dog meat and enforce their animal protection laws.
On behalf of companion animal-loving Americans and people worldwide, we ask that you follow these bold leads by not remaining silent in the face of such abhorrent cruelty. Please urge Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon to shut down all dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, dog meat restaurants, and truckers transporting dogs to their inevitable fates. An online petition calling for your support in ending such horrors perpetrated in South Korea is in progress: https://chng.it/tJZfW6wg.
Thank you for your serious consideration. We eagerly await your reply.
Sincerely,
[Your name, city, country]
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, Gyeonggi 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, so 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, 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 Gyeonggi 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 Gyeonggi 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 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 Florida! 🙏
Share this:
DUSGUSTING !DOGS ARE MAN’S BEST FRIEND. TO SLAUGHTER THESE DOGS/CATS ETC.
IN THE MOST INHUMANE WAY HAS TO END. THIS IS CRUELTY BEYOND!STOP THE DOG MEAT
TRADE. SHUT THE HORRIBLE INFESTED PLACES WHERE CAGES ARE STINKING WITH CRAP.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND YOU MUST NOW BECOME ONE WITH THE DOGS AND TREAT THEM
LIKE FAMILY. I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THIS IS STILL GOING ON??CLEAN UP THIS TRASH AND
BEFRIEND THE DOGS ETC.
I feel that the way these poor dogs are treated in these meat farms is beyond atrocious. They are fed garbage/trash to eat and barely survive from the looks, of how these dogs are, Their body condition. to throw Them crammed full, in small cages, even the big breed ones, is so awful. then unloading Them. thrown off the truck and poor dogs do not know what is happening. just fear. when They start to torture cruelly to death one dog, then the other dogs all kno. for They can see and sense, and smell the blood. Then up till Their time, thye lay, sit, stuffed full, hardly able to breathe, wait Their turn to die in the most horrid way. electrocution, boiling water, flames of fire. what ever way, the evil slaughter man does. This needs to STOP NOW! Have mercy on these innocent animals. They have done nothing to deserve this type of treatment.Bless Them and mae these people see the light.They are sentient beings, that are companion animals. not for meat. not to be abused cruelly from birth to Their untimely cruel death. TY.
Korea, du musst das wirklich ändern! Ich würde NIEMALS einen Fuß in Ihr Land setzen! Du bist eine nationale Schande auf der Weltbühne !!
Diese ganze Praxis ist so widerlich für jeden denkenden Menschen !!! Die Grausamkeit, die die Menschen zeigen, und der Mangel an Respekt gegenüber lebenden unschuldigen Hunden, die der beste Freund des Menschen sind, ist unerhört! Es liegt in der Verantwortung Ihrer Regierung, dies jetzt zu stoppen und die jungen Generationen umzuerziehen und zu erziehen, dass diese widerliche Praxis aufhören muss! Die Welt schaut auf dich!!!!!!
Stop it this is Horrible!!!
we have to stop buying Korean products, right now, or it won’t never ends, no metter how many people still sign the petitions and no metter how many petitions. The only thing that interest asiatic business is money and that’s comes from internations exchange.
Dear Sirs,
I BEG YOU PLEASE to do whatever is in your power to put an end to all those terrible dog farms and slaughterhouses and to punish whoever keeps all those poor SENTIENT ANIMALS in such horrible cages and subject to everyday torture, hunger and unbearable suffering and fear only waiting to be killed in the worst of ways.
They are not just objects for consumption! They suffer and feel pain and misery like all living beings. They are kept in horrifying conditions and are subject to torture and unimaginable suffering and terror, every day of their poor and desperate life, until the moment they are killed with electrocution or hit violently with hammers.
I can’t even watch the images and videos of those tortures and the ways these poor dogs and cats are kept and killed. So, how can men do such terrible things? And is that really necessary to hurt so much? Can one be so heartless??
Please! I do trust you have the power and the will to put an end to all this violence, horror and suffering.
I thank you in advance for whatever you will be able to do to save them from their terrible conditions and destiny – they all have the right to live their lives in the best possible way, like any other living being.
Your sincerely,
Laura Zainotto
ITALY
These disgusting low like have been torturing dogs and cats for food forever. China, Vietnam,Cambodia are just as cruel especially this week with the Yulin dog slaughter festival in China. These barbaric greed nations will never change regardless of pressure from other countries. Boycott all there products immediately and hit them hard with sanctions especially Vietnam. Has anyone seen changes of this disgusting cruelty or decline in dog farming? NO OBVIOUSLY NOT. Sick evil bastards will never change.