Premier Will Hodgman of Tasmania: Tell Friendship State, Jeju, South Korea, That We’re 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.

Jeju became Friendship State with Tasmania in 1986.

Jeju Island, the seemingly beautiful paradise and the #1 honeymoon destination for Korean couples, has an ugly side – its horrific dog meat industry. In Jeju 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 public and in broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry, and are subjected to the same cruelty.

A Search Engine reveals the sickening scale of Jeju’s dog meat demand.

Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called “Health Food Shops” 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”.

The searches resulted in: 181 Health Food Shops; and 20 restaurants in and around Jeju.

Even if half of these ‘Health’ Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, just imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in and around Jeju in order to supply all of these outlets.

There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for consumption yet these laws are blatantly ignored.

https://koreandogs.org/meat-dogs-in-wire-cages-feed-on-rotten-food-waste-slops/

Please sign petition, call, write and email the Tasmania Premier TODAY!

Click HERE to send an online message to the Governor.

Send an email:

[email protected]

[email protected] Send letter (Use below suggested message or petition ): Premier of Tasmania

Level 11, 15 Murray Street

HOBART, TAS 7000

Australia Send a copy of your letter to Jeju Governor Hee-Ryong Won:

Governor Hee-Ryong Won

Jeju Provincial Office

6 Moonyeon-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

Postal Code 63122

South Korea Address in Korean:

원희룡도지사님

제주특별자치도

(63122) 제주특별자치도 제주시 문연로 6

South Korea

(Use below suggested message or ): Send a message through Facebook page:

Premier Will Hodgman

Jeju

Jeju Governor Hee-Ryong Won Suggested email/letter/Facebook message Dear Premier Hodgman and the State officials, We ask you to please watch the videos of dog meat industry in Jeju: https://youtu.be/iwQmt7w4jaE

and South Korea: https://youtu.be/_ZVQjgGb4RQ

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

https://koreandogs.org/dmp/

https://koreandogs.org/companion-animals-for-consumption/. Do you think that Tasmania should be a Friendship State to any state that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten? Please urge Jeju Governor Hee-Ryong Won to close down all those illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers, and restaurants that serve these animal 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/premier-will-hodgman-of-tasmania-australia-tell-friendship-state-jeju-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-the-torture-consumption-of-dogs

The favor of your reply is requested.

Thank you, [Your Name & State/Country]

Call the Premier’s Office: Phone: (03) 6165 7650 Suggested phone message Hello, I’m calling to speak to someone in the Governor’s Office to ask for their help on an important issue regarding your Friendship State, Jeju in South Korea. If I could explain: dog-meat consumption is currently being practiced in that state, 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. 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 they would not want to be affiliated with a State 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. These illegal trades are being allowed to continue by Korean authorities – even though there is growing opposition from pet owners across South Korea, and throughout the world. So, I am asking you to please speak with your counterparts in Jeju to urge them to enforce their own laws, not ignore them, and to show compassion to their companion animals, and also respect to their own citizens, by bringing these trades 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.

Send a Twitter message! Suggested Twitter text [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Plz Urge Friendship State Jeju,

S.Korea-Stop torturing,eating dogs & cats https://goo.gl/xTMFhU

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