US Olympic Comm, take a stand against the Dog and Cat meat trade in S. Korea!

From:  http://koreandogs.org/pc2018-usa/

https://www.facebook.com/TeamUSA

https://www.facebook.com/PyeongChang2018

Tweet:  .@pyeongchang2018 .@iocmedia .@NBCOlympics .@TeamUSA Take a stand in Pyeongchang2018 against dog & cat meat cruelty! https://goo.gl/k84vpp

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To:  communications@usoc.org; customerservice@donorsupportusoc.org;

 

United States Olympic Committee,

Sir, madam:

 

PyeongChang, South Korea, set to play host to the world in the 2018 Winter Olympics. An international gathering of elite athletes, sports fans, governments and businesses on such a grand scale is a unique platform for taking a meaningful stand against the widely condemned, barbaric and inhumane dog and cat meat trade in South Korea.

 

We know you are busy preparing for this epic sporting event. However, we urge you to spare just a few minutes of your time to watch this video, as fellow people with compassion for animals, whether they are raised for our consumption or as our companions, working partners and guardians, we know you will agree that the current practice and attitude of those involved in this medieval industry is completely unacceptable and abhorrent. http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q https://youtu.be/9SKVdNrfIZo

 

No living being deserves such a torturous existence. Forced to endure the most extreme deprivation and unimaginable torment from the moment they are born until the day they are brutally slaughtered; dogs (our best friends) are battery farmed - imprisoned in cramped, rusty, raised cages all their lives with no protection from extreme elements. They have no access to water, exercise, or medical care. Their eardrums are often burst to prevent them from barking. Until, often in front of other live dogs, they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten skinned or burnt alive in the ignorant belief that such suffering will improve their taste. Could you imagine this happening to your best friend?

 

This industry is by no means small scale, thousands upon thousands of dogs are factory farmed in this way every day, there is no emphasis on even the most basic and cheapest humane farming methods in this operation. This trade has no basis in promoting "culture" or tradition of the Korean people, it is purely driven by greed and the profits that can be made in this severely under-regulated, tax free sector which in itself is highly unsanitary and a severe risk to both human and animal health.

 

Please do not look the other way, please do not see this issue as a 'cultural difference', we urge you to look at this issue with unbridled compassion and to use whatever means or methods you can to add your voice to the many already calling for change in south Korea.

 

This petition is just a start, we urge you to add your voice to social media and other campaigns. Please use this unique opportunity to help change the lives of so many dogs and cats condemned to a life in the meat trade. If South Korea knows the world is watching and is asking for change, and if South Korea wants to be respected as a nation of conscience, South Koreans need to strengthen their abysmal and outdated animal welfare laws and permanently ban dog and cat consumption.

 

Please help us to bring about this change!

 

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/united-states-olympic-committee-united-states-olympic-committee-take-a-stand-in-pyeongchang2018-against-the-dogmeat-trade

 

The favor of your reply is requested.

Thank you,

 

Athens-Clarke County, Friendship city with Seoul Seodaemun District, S. Korea

From: http://koreandogs.org/friendship-city-campaign-seoul-seodaemun-district-south-korea-athens-clarke-county-georgia/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/accgov/  https://www.facebook.com/nancy.denson.9

https://www.facebook.com/sdmtong S. Korea   To post a copy of the letter

Twitter:  .@sdmtong .@seoulmania .@accgov .@nancybdenson Urge Friendship City Seoul Seodaemun, Korea-Stop torture/eating dogs! https://goo.gl/Rtng5e

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To: mayorsoffice@athensclarkecounty.com; nancy.denson@athensclarkecounty.com; sharyn.dickerson@athensclarkecounty.com; harry.sims@athensclarkecounty.com; melissa.link@athensclarkecounty.com; jared.bailey@athensclarkecounty.com; jerry.nesmith@athensclarkecounty.com; diane.bell@athensclarkecounty.com;  andy.herod@athensclarkecounty.com; kelly.girtz@athensclarkecounty.com; mike.hamby@athensclarkecounty.com;

 

 

Subject: Athens-Clarke County, Friendship city with Seoul Seodaemun District, S. Korea

 

Dear Mayor Denson.

Dear County Commissioners.

 

According to the Korean Governor's Association database, Seoul Seodaemun District became Friendship city with Athens-Clarke County in 2015.

 

Dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that city, regardless of the fact that 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.

For your information:

http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q

http://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/

http://koreandogs.org/living-hell-dog-meat-farm-distributes-dogs-for-consumption/

 

And  the petition:  https://www.change.org/p/mayor-nancy-denson-of-athens-clarke-county-tell-friendship-city-seoul-seodaemun-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-torture-eating-of-dogs

 

They 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, 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 Seodaemun District, especially Mayor Seok-Jin Moon, 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:

Petitions and More, March 25

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Dog and Cat Meat Trade in South Korea, World Small Animal Veterinary Association: Speak Out Against it!

From:   http://koreandogs.org/wsava/

Call the WSAVA: Phone: +905 627 8540 | Fax: +905 627 8425

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WSAVA/

Twitter:  .@mafrakorea .@VetsWSAVA #대한수의사회 KVMA WSAVA, Plz Urge South Korea-Stop Dog/Cat Meat Cruelty! https://goo.gl/eqT4mr https://youtu.be/1rCklSmOMR4

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To: wsavasecretariat@gmail.com; wjjc.ingwersen@sympatico.ca; wsava.president.elect@gmail.com; csiraya@gmail.com; ellen@ecuavet.com; nicolaneumannvet@gmail.com; r.chhoynckvp@gmail.com; burrowsc@ufl.edu; yourwsava@wsava.org;

 

Subject: Dog and Cat Meat Trade in South Korea, World Small Animal Veterinary Association: Speak Out Against it!

 

Dear Members of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association:

 

We are reaching out to the World Small Animal Veterinary Association to help us bring an end to the Dog Meat Trade in South Korea.

 

We ask you to please watch the videos of South Korea’s dog meat industry:

http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q

https://youtu.be/Q4qoObbdsO0

 

Every year 2.5 million Korean dogs are slaughtered and consumed. The farming and methods of slaughter are unregulated, and this allows the meat trade industry to practice in an entirely uncontrolled environment, placing these animals in horrific conditions and treating them with unimaginable cruelty. The fight to end this barbarity is being waged by activists around the world, and with increasing awareness it is gaining momentum.

With the support of credible organizations such as yours, we are sure that we can put a stop to this.

As veterinarians and medical professionals, your voices will be heard above others and will be respected and acknowledged. Please join us in this fight by promoting our campaign.

 

The methods utilized in this unregulated industry are barbaric, and the conditions under which these animals are kept are horrendous. It is well-documented that the treatment of these dogs is unimaginably cruel and inhumane.

From birth to death they are kept in cramped cages raised off of the ground, so that their feet never touch the ground their entire lives. They are fed food wastes in extremely unsanitary conditions.

Their treatment during transport to slaughter is horrific. They are packed so tightly into cages like stuffed animals that many die from being crushed by the weight of the other dogs. They must endure extreme heat and cold, and are given no water during the days-long trek, so that many die of dehydration.

 

The slaughter methods themselves are nothing short of sadistic and inhumane. They promote the misguided belief that the adrenaline release which occurs at death improves the quality of the meat, so that the dogs are purposefully tortured and made to experience extreme fear and suffering at slaughter. This often takes the form of prolonged beatings while being hanged, and cats are often boiled alive to make “tonics” which are purported to treat ailments such as rheumatism.

 

As veterinarians and professionals in animal welfare, you are able to appreciate the negative impact that this practice has on our society. This is not just an argument against an unjust and cruel practice.

It is not an argument against what people should and should not eat. It is an argument against the treatment of fellow living animals. It is an argument against the negative health impact that this has on us humans.

 

As stated in your mission statement, the Animal Wellness & Welfare Committee (AWWC) goal is to make welfare issues an everyday consideration for small animal practitioners.

It can use its influence and knowledge to educate the community about animals and to increase community awareness of all issues affecting animal welfare.

We are asking you to put your considerable influence behind our efforts to end this cruelty.

Thank you,

 

Sincerely:  

Petitions and More, March 24

http://animalpetitionsandmore.blogspot.nl/2017/03/niles-ill-friendship-city-with-yeoju-s.html Send a message

http://animalpetitionsandmore.blogspot.nl/2017/03/wilsonville-friendship-city-with-yeoju.html As well

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https://secure.friendsofanimals.org/news/2017/march/friends-animals%E2%80%99-court-battle-saves-more-2000-wyoming%E2%80%99s-wild-horses

http://news3lv.com/news/local/new-bill-targets-animal-abusers

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/victory-wetlands-closed-shooters-vic-kerang.php Victory

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Wilsonville, Friendship city with Yeoju, S. Korea

http://koreandogs.org/friendship-city-campaign-yeoju-south-korea-wilsonville-oregon/

Fb: https://www.facebook.com/CityofWilsonville

https://www.facebook.com/togethertheyeojucity/ S. Korea

Twitter:  .@yeojusi .@wontax2 .@ggholic .@WilsonvilleOR Plz Urge Friendship City Yeoju, Korea-Stop torturing/eating dogs/cats! https://goo.gl/qfSQJj

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Subject:  Wilsonville,  Friendship city with Yeoju, S. Korea

 

To:  mayor@ci.wilsonville.or.us; scottstarr97070@gmail.com; stevens@ci.wilsonville.or.us; lehan@ci.wilsonville.or.us; akervall@ci.wilsonville.or.us;

 

Dear Mayor Knapp.

Dear City Council Members.

 

According to the Korean Governor's Association database, Yeoju, S. Korea, became Friendship city with Wilsonville in 2016.

 

Dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that city, regardless of the fact that 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.

For your information:

http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q

http://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/

http://koreandogs.org/living-hell-dog-meat-farm-distributes-dogs-for-consumption/

 

And  the petition: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-tim-knapp-of-wilsonville-tell-friendship-city-yeoju-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-consumption-of-dogs

 

They 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, 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 Yeoju, especially Mayor Kyeong-Hui Won, 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:

Niles Ill., Friendship city with Yeoju, S. Korea

From: http://koreandogs.org/friendship-city-campaign-yeoju-south-korea-niles-illinois/

https://www.facebook.com/togethertheyeojucity/ S. Korea. Facebook, to post the letter as a copy.

Twitter:  .@yeojusi .@wontax2 .@ggholic .@VNilesIL Plz Urge Friendship City Yeoju, SKorea-Stop torturing & eating dogs & cats! https://goo.gl/7gak56

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To:  Mayor@vniles.com; gdalpogianis@vniles.com; jcj@vniles.com; dom@vniles.com; dmm@vniles.com; dhs@vniles.com;

 

Subject:  Village of Niles, Friendship city with Yeoju, S. Korea

 

Dear Mayor Przybylo.

Dear Board of Trustees.

 

According to the Korean Governor's Association database, Yeoju, S. Korea, became Friendship city with the Village of Niles in 2016.

 

Dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that city, regardless of the fact that 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.

For your information:

http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q

http://koreandogs.org/horrible-reality-of-meat-dog-farms-you-did-not-know/

http://koreandogs.org/living-hell-dog-meat-farm-distributes-dogs-for-consumption/

 

And  the petition: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-andrew-przybylo-of-niles-tell-friendship-city-yeoju-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-consumption-of-dogs

 

They 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, 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 Yeoju, especially Mayor Kyeong-Hui Won, 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: