Friday, July 21, 2017

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, friendship city to Gwanak-gu Seoul, S. Korea. Koreandogs.org

 
Twitter: .@seoulmania .@yoojongpil .@RBKingston .@CllrJPickering Plz Urge Friendship City Gwanak,Seoul,Korea-Stop eating dogs https://goo.gl/3zF6ub
 
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To: democratic.support@kingston.gov.uk;
Cc:  gwanak_gu@naver.com;
 
Subject:  The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, friendship city to Gwanak-gu Seoul, S. Korea
 
Dear Mayor Pickering and the City Council members,
Cc: Mayor Jong-Pil Yoo
 
Gwanak-gu Seoul, S. Korea, became Friendship city with The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London in 2006.
 
The horrific dog-meat trade and consumption is currently being practiced in that city, regardless of the fact that it is illegal under South Korean Law –  the laws are simply not enforced!
The dog and cat meat trades involve extreme and widespread animal cruelty, and the animals suffer unimaginable pain and distress under deliberate torture.
 
We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q
 
 
These poor creatures cannot speak for themselves which is why I am writing on their behalf.
 
I believe that your city wishes to be made aware of this ongoing issue as well, and not want to be affiliated with a city where illegal and immoral torture is being carried out on any animal, and particularly not on those that are loyal, trusting and sentient creatures, which look up to us humans as being their guardians.
 
These illegal trades are still being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is a large 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 Gwanak-gu, especially Mayor Jong-Pil Yoo, to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion towards their companion animals, and respect to their own citizens, by bringing these brutal trades finally to an end!
 
With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, 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.
Please let me know how you feel about this so often concealed subject, thank you.
 

Sincerely:
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London UK, friendship city with Seoul, S. Korea. Koreandogs.org

Twitter: .@seoulmania .@wonsoonpark .@LDN_gov .@MayorofLondon Plz Urge Friendship City Seoul, Korea-Stop torture/eating dogs https://goo.gl/67kRFx
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To:
tony.arbour@london.gov.uk; jennette.arnold@london.gov.uk; gareth.bacon@london.gov.uk; shaun.bailey@london.gov.uk; sian.berry@london.gov.uk; andrew.boff@london.gov.uk; leonie.cooper@london.gov.uk; tom.copley@london.gov.uk; unmesh.desai@london.gov.uk; tony.devenish@london.gov.uk; andrew.dismore@london.gov.uk; len.duvall@london.gov.uk; Florence.Eshalomi@london.gov.uk; nicky.gavron@london.gov.uk; susan.hall@london.gov.uk; david.kurten@london.gov.uk; joanne.mccartney@london.gov.uk; steve.oconnell@london.gov.uk; caroline.pidgeon@london.gov.uk; keith.prince@london.gov.uk; caroline.russell@london.gov.uk; onkar.sahota@london.gov.uk; navin.shah@london.gov.uk; fiona.twycross@london.gov.uk; peter.whittle@london.gov.uk;
 
Subject: London UK, friendship city with Seoul, S. Korea
 
Dear Mayor Khan,
Members of the London Assembly,
 
Seoul became Friendship city with London in 2015.
 
The horrific dog-meat trade and consumption is currently being practiced in that city, regardless of the fact that it is illegal under South Korean Law –  the laws are simply not enforced!
The dog and cat meat trades involve extreme and widespread animal cruelty, and the animals suffer unimaginable pain and distress under deliberate torture.
 
We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q
 
 
These poor creatures cannot speak for themselves which is why I am writing on their behalf.
 
I believe that your city wishes to be made aware of this ongoing issue as well, and not want to be affiliated with a city where illegal and immoral torture is being carried out on any animal, and particularly not on those that are loyal, trusting and sentient creatures, which look up to us humans as being their guardians.
 
These illegal trades are still being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is a large 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, especially  Mayor Won-Soon Park, to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion towards their companion animals, and respect to their own citizens, by bringing these brutal trades finally to an end!
 
With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, 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.
Please let me know how you feel about this so often concealed subject, thank you.
 

Sincerely:

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Petitions and More, July 21

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/PassHRes30/permalink/450677498636491/ Copy/paste, send a message or choose your own words. Previous Cosponsors of H. Res30, Group of Reps #67 – #82. Please cosponsor H.Res. 401 against the dog and catmeat trade!
https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=287 ZIP=5 digits. Ask Baystate Medical Center to End the Use of Live Animals in Trauma Training Courses!
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/resist-trumps-sham-mexican Resist Trump's Sham Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan
https://secure.awf.org/USAID-petition Stop Federal Budget Cuts that Endanger Africa’s Wildlife
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51309/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=22885 Please call on the South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs to reverse the decision to export lion skeletons
https://www.essereanimali.org/prosciuttocrudele/ More attention needed! To sign against the Parma Ham Consortium, Italy, express your indignation, the hidden suffering in factory farms for ham, ‘made in Italy’!
https://e-activist.com/page/11315/petition/1 Needs many more signatures! Mandatory CCTV in Scottish abattoirs
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/action/alerts/index.html Wolves Under Congressional Attack.  US-info. Please call your members in Congress and demand that they protect wolves and defend the Endangered Species Act!
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1145/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=12980 If not sent yet. US-info. Support the Save Our Seas Act. S.756, Senate, and H.R.2748 in the House
http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=17692 Don't Let Trump Turn This Forest Into a Coal Mine! Federal Coal Lease Modifications COC-1362 & COC-67232: No Action Alternative
https://takeaction.oceanconservancy.org/page/11496/action/1  Offshore drilling is dangerous and short-sighted!
https://engage.us.greenpeace.org/onlineactions/23gRVmZ8EUS4u8q5wXbQgg2 Tell JPMorgan Chase to Defund Tar Sands Pipelines
 
https://www.change.org/p/facebook-die-tierqu%C3%A4lerseiten-der-trapperin-dana-humphries-muss-aus-facebook-verschwinden  If not signed yet, please do. The animal torture of trapper Dana Humphries must disappear from Facebook!
https://www.change.org/p/comunidad-y-gobierno-de-puebla-construir-hogares-para-perros-callejeros Mexico. Create and strengthen laws to protect the rights of homeless dogs
https://www.change.org/p/gobierno-de-caba-urgente-hospital-veterinario-gratuito-en-caba Argentina. Gov. of CABA. Urgent request for a public veterinary hospital 
https://www.change.org/p/ministerio-de-ambiente-de-colombia-no-al-cierre-del-refugio-para-animales-silvestre-villa-lorena Colombia. Protest! The Lorraine wildlife refuge of the city of Cali-Colombia has been collecting and saving the lives of hundreds of mistreated animals. Now the DAGMA dep. wants to close this shelter without weighty justifications. Leaving all these animals homeless in danger of euthanasia
https://www.change.org/p/antonio-leija-villarreal-no-a-la-matanza-de-toros-para-divertirse  City of Tula Tamaulipas, Mexico, No to the killing of Bulls!
 
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/377/823/536/ NARS: Stick With Commitment to Cruelty-Free Cosmetics!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/689/653/043/ Justice for Xanda, Cecil's Son: Ban Trophy Hunting Now!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/205/103/473/ End The Killing In Our Nation's Animal Shelters By 2025!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/250/509/038/stop-%C3%A0-l-euthanasie-en-masse-aidons-les-chiens-et-chats-de-guadeloupe/ Target missing. Stop the mass euthanasia! Helping stray dogs and cats in Guadeloupe
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/754/336/506/ Tell Loblaws to Ensure Animals Aren't Tortured in Its Supply Chain!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/640/498/386/ Real Protections For Two Disappearing Animals, the Vaquita and Totoaba
 
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https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/furbearers-07-13-2017.php Lawsuit Challenges Massive U.S. Export of Wild Animal Pelts for International Fur Trade. Around 80,000 Wild Bobcats, River Otters, Wolves, Lynx, Brown Bears Killed, Exported Each Year

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Nottingham UK, friendship city to Seoul Gangseo-gu, S. Korea. Koreandogs.org

Twitter:  .@lymefeel .@seoul_smc .@MyNottingham .@LordMayorNottm Plz Urge Friendship City, Seoul Gangseo,Stop kill/eating dogs https://goo.gl/Cd6uig
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To:
civic.office@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; merlita.bryan@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; azad.choudhry@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; graham.chapman@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; carole.mcculloch@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; patience.ifediora@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; cat.arnold@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; alex.norris@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; linda.woodings@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; mohammed.ibrahim@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; carole-ann.jones@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; toby.neal@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; brian.grocock@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; cllr-david.smith@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; mick.wildgust@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; malcolm.wood@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; wendy.smith@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; nicola.heaton@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; Michael.Edwards@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; john.hartshorne@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; ginny.klein@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; jackie.morris@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; eunice.campbell@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; alan.clark@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; nick.mcdonald@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; pat.ferguson@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; josh.cook@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; andrew.rule@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; chris.gibson@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; steve.young@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; corall.jenkins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; david.mellen@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; gul.khan@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; neghat.khan@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; dave.trimble@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; sarah.piper@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; glyn.jenkins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; mohammed.saghir@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; leslie.ayoola@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; rosemary.healy@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; chris.tansley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; ilyas.aziz@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; anne.peach@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; liaqat.ali@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; adele.williams@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; brian.parbutt@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; jane.urquhart@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; officeofcllrjoncollins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; sue.johnson@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; dave.liversidge@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; sally.longford@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; sam.webster@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; georgina.culley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; jim.armstrong@nottinghamcity.gov.uk; steve.battlemuch@nottinghamcity.gov.uk;
 
Subject: Nottingham UK, friendship city to Seoul Gangseo-gu, S. Korea
 
Dear Lord Mayor Edwards,
City Council members,
 
Seoul Gangseo-gu became Friendship city with Nottingham in 2011.
 
The horrific dog-meat trade and consumption is currently being practiced in that city, regardless of the fact that it is illegal under South Korean Law –  the laws are simply not enforced!
The dog and cat meat trades involve extreme and widespread animal cruelty, and the animals suffer unimaginable pain and distress under deliberate torture.
 
We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry: http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q
 
 
These poor creatures cannot speak for themselves which is why I am writing on their behalf.
 
I believe that your city wishes to be made aware of this ongoing issue as well, and not want to be affiliated with a city where illegal and immoral torture is being carried out on any animal, and particularly not on those that are loyal, trusting and sentient creatures, which look up to us humans as being their guardians.
 
These illegal trades are still being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is a large 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 Gangseo-gu, especially Mayor Hyun-Song Noh, to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion towards their companion animals, and respect to their own citizens, by bringing these brutal trades finally to an end!
 
With the Winter Olympics coming up in 2018, 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.
Please let me know how you feel about this so often concealed subject, thank you.
 

Sincerely:

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Petitions and More, July 20

https://act.americanwildhorsecampaign.org/o/6931/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1397265 US.  Senators on the Appropriations Committee will cast a critical vote on the  Udall-Graham amendment to defund horse slaughter inspections and keep horse slaughter plants shuttered in the U.S. Please check the list to find your senators
https://secure.aspca.org/action/committee-horse-slaughter-ban?ms=em_ade_horse-slaughter-senate-20170719 USA: Fate of American Horses Depends on Your U.S. Senator! There’s still a chance to avert this catastrophe: The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee will consider the same amendment to bar spending for horse slaughter on Thursday, July 20. Please help us secure the votes to protect horses!
https://apnm.salsalabs.org/wildhorsecongressionalvotes71017/index.html US. Urge your Members of Congress to vote YES on measures defunding horse slaughter in the U.S in the Agriculture Appropriations bill, and to ensure that language protecting wild horses from slaughter is in the final Interior Appropriations bill!
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http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51135/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=22785  As well, check the list above first. US-info. Support the Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 2790)
http://www.howlingforwolves.org/letter  Int. Tell the MN Governor to protect wolves!
http://www.howlingforwolves.org/node/526?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns%2f40528%2frespond US-info.  Protect America's wolves by keeping them on the federal Endangered Species List and reject any appropriations riders or other legislation to delist them by Congressional action!
http://www.howlingforwolves.org/node/526?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns%2f39260%2frespond Minnesota.  Require Permission be Obtained to Trap on Private Property!
http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/get-involved Several actions, if not signed yet, please do
http://advocacy.pewtrusts.org/page/11845/petition/1 Needs more attention. Our Marine Monuments Are Still Under Threat
http://www.beschermdenatuurbeschermer.nl/kom-in-actie#petitie Protect nature conservationists with a binding human rights treaty!  * First, last name, email
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1780/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=22095  US-info. Oregon. Stop "Logging without Laws" Bill, HR 2936!
https://suwa.org/act-now/ Parks and Nature
 
https://www.change.org/p/unitiperloro-unitiperloro Italy. A manifest for animals as sentient beings
https://www.change.org/p/pacma-abolici%C3%B3n-fiesta-taurina-a-peregrina-pontevedra-agosto-2017 Spain. Abolish the taurine festival in Peregrine (Pontevedra), August 2017!
https://www.change.org/p/o-cavalo-nanquin-merece-viver-assine-e-me-ajude-a-lutar-por-ele Brazil. Nanquin the horse deserves to live! Sign and help me fight for him!
 
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/940/249/803/ China, crack down on the ivory smuggling gangs in Shuidong and keep your pledge to close your domestic ivory market!
 
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Petitions and More, July 19

http://animalpetitionsandmore.blogspot.nl/2017/07/letter-to-president-moon-jae-in-and.html   To send an email. International Day of Action for South Korean Dogs & Cats (Day 2) Friday, July 21, 2017
https://www.vyzvasenatorum.cz/  Czech Republic. Protest. Call your senator. The Economic Committee proposes to postpone the ban until the end of 2022, some senators even want it removed altogether!
https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions Supermarkets: Stop burning Paraguay’s forests for summer BBQs!
https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=22510 ZIP=5 digits. When it comes to paying a $20 million fine for polluting the habitat of red foxes, herons, and humans, Exxon’s CEO, Darren Woods, won’t take “we’re guilty” for an answer
 
http://bit.ly/2tpibqj Russia. Adopt a law "On the responsible treatment of animals" by presidential decree! (the State Duma will not)
http://bit.ly/2vi9yv8 Russia. Animal Protection, Declaration of the Protection of Animals
 
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/144/218/694/  Stop The Mass Killing Of Our Wild Mustangs! Please sign and share!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/542/846/074/ Pledge to Speak Up Against the Slaughter of America's Horses!
 
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https://act.americanwildhorsecampaign.org/o/6931/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1397215 The U.S. House Appropriations markup: the committee just voted to add a pro-slaughter amendment, acceding to the barbaric request of the Interior Department to kill these majestic animals rejecting the will of 80% of Americans!

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Letter to President Moon Jae-In and South Korean Government

http://koreandogs.org/phone-blitz-2017/  International Day of Action for South Korean Dogs & Cats (Day 2)Friday, July 21, 2017
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To:
 ceh312@naver.com; mfds4797@korea.kr; jhs057@korea.kr; heechullee@mafra.go.kr; sun5144@me.go.kr; info@pyeongchang2018.com; hoyang86@msip.go.kr; yeosm85@msip.go.kr; pusanwave@msip.go.kr; pcy7906@msip.go.kr; webmaster@korea.kr; nkmi@msip.go.kr; kssnet@msip.go.kr; leejd@msip.go.kr; kth0404@msip.go.kr; oorungii@msip.go.kr; archivist@msip.go.kr; hara614@msip.go.kr; soheehan@msip.go.kr; jipark@msip.go.kr; johsm@msip.go.kr; sangwon@msip.go.kr; wuluck@msip.go.kr; 9miho@msip.go.kr; jmy8209@msip.go.kr; gunyoung@msip.go.kr; cwjeong@msip.go.kr; angill@msip.go.kr; wilson@msip.go.kr; kihong@msip.go.kr; bugwon@msip.go.kr; jsk25@msip.go.kr; hansangk@msip.go.kr; ksa78@msip.go.kr; huhis@msip.go.kr; cyhan@msip.go.kr; kbj6459@msip.go.kr; kikimsp@msip.go.kr; cks2603@assembly.go.kr; queendie@gmail.com; 2020jwk@assembly.go.kr; m567h@na.go.kr; yschang49@assembly.go.kr; radiohaha@naver.com; mphonglove@hanmail.net; snk0411@naver.com; ksd519@gmail.com; han_gill@hanmail.net; hwangwygrace@empal.com; webmaster@president.go.kr; 3150411@gmail.com; english@assembly.go.kr; media@assembly.go.kr; webmaster@assembly.go.kr; ttvhhq@gmail.com; wtokfda@korea.kr; suyeonkim@korea.kr; sjp1011@korea.kr; destinyks@mopas.go.kr; mogef@korea.kr; bae.lauren@gmail.com; koc@sports.or.kr; msteam@sports.or.kr; english@seoul.go.kr; buykorea@kotra.or.kr; jiill2@gg.go.kr; ljm631000@nate.com; webmaster@incheon.go.kr; webmastergn@korea.kr; emaster@korea.kr; vision2015@na.go.kr; migraine@naver.com; cleanshim@naver.com; wtc21@naver.com; piloyu@yahoo.co.kr; nombo1@naver.com; yst0608@nate.com; mjhong2004@assembly.go.kr; 2020jwk@naver.com; kimtw@na.go.kr; kyungds79@hotmail.com; msbusan@empal.com; euldong@na.go.kr; arang301@naver.com; hajin366@naver.com; ceo@assembly.go.kr; jangsilk@naver.com; won08@na.go.kr; bhcport@naver.com; eldsdkim@naver.com; parkdukhyum@naver.com; cys@snrp.kr; kmsidea@gmail.com; hansung@na.go.kr; radiohaha@naver.com; shyoon@na.go.kr; ansung@assembly.go.kr; kim.se.yeon@na.go.kr; pcs@kjhpro.com; ilhoyoo@yahoo.co.kr; newrules77@gmail.com; yeosk@assembly.go.kr; atjiman@naver.com; nesty7@nate.com; top@korchn.or.kr; hsb@hsb.or.kr; chkwon.com@gmail.com; ychin21@na.go.kr; forumnet@mosf.go.kr; fppr@mosf.go.kr; steelroot7@hanmail.net; cleank21@hanmail.net; mayor@daegu.go.kr; mayor@ulsan21.net; ms01@gg.go.kr; gbceo@gb.go.kr; gkn@okf.or.kr; koreafocus@kf.or.kr; prkoica@koica.go.kr; webmaster@koica.go.kr; webmaster@kf.or.kr; khj89122@korea.kr; arrowero@korea.kr; hongek3@korea.kr;
 
Subject:  개와 고양이의 고문을 끝내라!
 
문재인 대통령각하, 대한민국정부 관계자 분들께,
 
다음의 동영상을 봐주시기 바랍니다. 대한민국 개식용산업의 충격적인 잔인함 http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q, 다큐멘터리: 대한의 육견인들 http://koreandogs.org/dmp/
 
저는 대한민국에서는 반려동물을 고문하고 잡아먹는다는 사실을 접하고 엄청난 충격을 받았습니다. 산재해 있는 소셜 미디어를 통해서 한국에 있는 아무런 죄 없는 개들이 고문 당하고 죽임 당하는 끔찍하고 가슴 아픈 장면이 담긴 사진과 동영상을 매순간 접하고 있습니다.
 
비록 한국이 반려동물에 대한 동물보호법을 제정했지만 개들은 여전히 개농장 주인과 도살업자에게 구타당하고, 목 매달리고, 감전되고, 잔인하게 취급 당하고 있습니다. 또 보약이라는 미명하에 아직도 개와 고양이를 산채로 끓는 물에 집어넣고 있습니다. 아무런 의학적 효과가 증명된 바 없음에도 불구하고 무지하고 잘 속아넘어가는 사람들은 여전히 효험이 있다고 믿고 있습니다.
 
이러한 관행은 오늘날 어디에서도 찾아볼 수 없는 일입니다. 대만이나 필리핀 같은 다른 아시아 국가들은 이미 개고기와 개고기 관련 산업을 금지시켰습니다. 한국이 왜 이러한 나라들이나 다른 문명 사회보다 뒤쳐진 채로 남아있는지 이해할 수가 없습니다.
 
한국에서 이 잔인하기 짝이 없는 개고기 산업과 고양이로 만든 보약 산업을 영원히 근절시키는 것은 대한민국 정부의 책임입니다. 이와 관련된 산업과 혐오식품을 둘러싼 어리석은 괴담과 주장을 떨쳐버릴 때입니다. 낙후되고 불필요한 전통은 과감히 버릴 때입니다.
 
그리고 동물복지 문제를 심각하게 받아들여서 한국 사회가 자비롭고 윤리적인 사회라는 것을 보여줄 때입니다. 즉, 한국 정부가 대중들에게 반려동물의 중성화의 중요성, 유기금지, 동물에 대한 적절한 취급에 대해 더 나은 교육을 시작할 때라는 뜻입니다.
 
그렇지 않으면 한국은 국제사회에서 계속해서 나쁜 평판을 이어가게 될 것입니다. 한국 국민들 역시 수치와 곤란함을 겪게 될 겁니다. 한국이 근대화되었고 국제화된 사고를 도입하려 함에도 불구하고 여전히 “제3세계 후진국가”로 인식될 것입니다.
 
평창에서 개최되는 2018년 동계 올림픽 게임이 다가오고 있습니다. 이 행사 전과 과정 중에 전 세계의 관심이 한국에 집중될 터인데 아무쪼록 이 야만적이고 잔인한 관습에 종지부를 찍을 수 있도록 온 힘을 다해주시기를 요청드립니다.
 
저는 개와 고양이에 대한 학대가 한국에서 완전히 사라지기 전까지 한국 제품을 구매하지 않을 것이고 한국 회사를 이용하거나 한국을 방문하지 않을 것입니다.
 
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Dear President Moon Jae-In and South Korean Government,
Please watch these videos: Shocking Cruelty of South Korean Dog Meat Industry http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q, The Dog Meat Professionals: South Korea http://koreandogs.org/dmp/
I am extremely upset about the torture and consumption of companion animals in South Korea.
With the ubiquity of social medias, every day we are seeing shocking and heartbreaking images and videos of innocent dogs being tortured and killed in your country.
Even though Korea has established an Animal Protection Law for companion animals, dogs are still beaten, hung, electrocuted, and treated brutally by farmers and slaughters. Also, dogs and cats are still being beaten and boiled alive for so-called elixirs, which do not have medical properties except in the minds of ignorant and gullible customers.
These practices have no place in the modern world. Other Asian countries have banned the eating of dog meat and the cruel industry that goes with it, such as Taiwan and the Philippines. Why does Korea persist in lagging behind these countries and other civilized societies?
It’s the responsibility of the Korean government to once and for all end the cruel dog meat and cat medicine industries in Korea. It is time to dismiss the childish myths and propaganda surrounding these industries and their vile products. It is time to leave behind backward and unnecessary traditions.
And it is time for Korea to start taking animal welfare seriously and show that it really does have a compassionate and ethical society. That means it is time for the Korean government to start better educating the public about the importance of spaying and neutering, about not abandoning pets, and about treating animals in a proper manner.
Until these things are done, Korea’s reputation in the international community will continue to suffer. Its citizens will continue to face shame and embarrassment. And Korea will continue to be regarded as “third world,” despite its modernization and attempts at globalized thinking.
With the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games being hosted in Pyeongchang, I would ask that you do all in your power to stop this barbarism and cruelty as the world’s attention will be on South Korea both before and during the events.
From now on, I will boycott Korean products, and I will not support Korean companies or visit Korea until the abuse of cats and dogs has finally ended.
Yours sincerely,
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