Sister City Campaign — Hwaseong, South Korea — Burnaby, British Columbia

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3 min readJul 27, 2022

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Burnaby, British Columbia: Tell Sister City, Hwaseong, South Korea, that you oppose 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.

Hwaseong Mayor Jeong Myeong-Geun

Hwaseong became a Sister City to Burnaby, British Columbia, in 2010.

Sister City agreement signing ceremony of Hwaseong, South Korea and Burnaby, British Columbia, 9/28/2010.

In Hwaseong, there are numerous dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and dog meat restaurants where the dogs, who have been 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 killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs; and this takes place in broad daylight. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty.

Video: One of many dog farms in Hwaseong, South Korea. Watchdog shut down this dog farm in June 2022.
Photos: Dog farms in Hwaseong, South Korea.

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

Two searches on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) — one was for so-called “Health Centers,” 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” — resulted in many dozens of “Health Centers” and dog meat restaurants in the vicinity of Hwaseong.

Even if half of these “Health Centers” and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be in the vicinity of Hwaseong to supply these outlets.

Dog meat restaurants in Hwaseong, South Korea.

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

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Documentary: Cruel Death of South Korea’s Dogs. Dogs Are Innocent.(한국 댕댕이 잔혹사: 개는 죄가 없다) https://koreandogs.org/documentary-koreas-dog-cruelty/

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