Portland, Sister city of Ulsan, S. Korea

From:  http://koreandogs.org/sister-city-campaign-ulsan-south-korea-portland-oregon/  To post a message for the mayor one can use 

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/mayor/60989 as well

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mayorcharliehales@portlandoregon.gov ; hector.miramontes@portlandoregon.gov ;brian.worley@portlandoregon.gov,

 sara.hottman@portlandoregon.gov ; auditorhullcaballero@portlandoregon.gov ; nick@portlandoregon.gov ; novick@portlandoregon.gov ; Amanda@portlandoregon.gov ; dan@portlandoregon.gov ; cityinfo@portlandoregon.gov ,

 

Subject: Portland,  Sister city of Ulsan, S. Korea

Dear Mayor Charlie Hales and the City Council members:

 

Please watch the undercover videos from South Korea’s dog meat industry: http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q

 

Ulsan is one of the largest dog meat consumption areas in South Korea.

The Korean internet searches resulted in: 200 Health Food Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju); and 86 dog meat soup restaurants in and around the city of Ulsan alone.

 

Portland should not be a Sister city to any city that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten.

 

Please urge Ulsan Mayor Gi-Hyeon Kim to close down all illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers and restaurants who serve their products.

An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-charlie-hales-of-portland-tell-sister-city-ulsan-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-torture-consumption-of-dogs-and-cats

 

We would like to also alert you to a recent case, involving one of the many dog slaughterhouses in Ulsan, which perfectly illustrates the horrific brutality of this industry to the millions of helpless companion animals in South Korea every year.

 

This industry is unregulated, unsanitary and illegal, it can be by no means compared to the domestic farming industry which has at least minimum legislated standards for animal welfare.

 

We urge you to find out more about this incident in your sister city here: http://koreandogs.org/ulsan-dog-slaughter/

 

The favor of your reply is requested.

 

Thank you,

 

Sincerely: