Hawaii County, sister county to Gokseong County, South Korea

From: http://koreandogs.org/sister-city-campaign-gokseong-south-korea-hawaii-county-hawaii/

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Subject: Hawaii County, sister county to Gokseong County, South Korea

 

Dear Mayor Kim and City Council members:

 

According to the Korean Governor's Association database, Hawaii County is a sister county to Gokseong County, South Korea.

 

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/

 

https://www.change.org/p/mayor-harry-kim-of-hawaii-county-tell-sister-city-gokseong-korea-that-we-re-opposed-to-torture-consumption-of-dogs-cats

 

I believe that your county would wish to be made aware of this 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 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 Gokseong, especially Governor Geun-Gi Yu, 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 brutal 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.

please let me know how you feel about this often concealed subject, thank you.

 

Sincerely: