We are grateful to The Spokesman Review (Spokane local news), and the reporter Kip Hill for covering our campaign - "Sister City Campaign – Jecheon, South Korea and Spokane, Washington". This report will help to raise awareness about this urgent and important issue – South Korean Dog and Cat Meat Cruelty. Click to read: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/15/california-woman-targets-spokane-other-us-cities-t/ Please share this article and keep taking action on this campaign, as the city of Spokane is monitoring responses: http://koreandogs.org/sister-city-campaign-jecheon-south-korea-spokane-washington/ We would like the Spokane Mayor David Condon to respond positively and take action as did the Shoreline, Washington Mayor Chris Roberts and many other mayors. (http://koreandogs.org/shoreline-responds/). Call for Action: Please post a comment on the article thanking The Spokesman Review for their coverage of this issue and your support for the ending of horrific South Korean dog and cat consumption. Feel free to use our sample letter below or your own words. -------------------------------------- [Sample letter to the editor] Dear Editor of The Spokesman Review , Thank you for your article "California woman targets Spokane, other U.S. cities to help stop dog meat trade in Korea". It is terribly disheartening that the South Korean Government has laws in place to protect dogs and cats from abuse but it blatantly ignores its own laws. Two and a half million South Korean dogs are electrocuted, strangled, boiled often while they are still alive or beaten to death each year. They are killed in the cruelest ways imaginable, because of the insidious myth that the more an animal suffers, the more tender and tastier the meat and that so-called medicinal properties will be enhanced. Thousands of cats are also slaughtered for soups and “health” tonics. While the practice of eating dogs and cats is not widely accepted in South Korea, it is up to the South Korean government to ensure that this practice is completely eradicated. Caring citizens around the world, including South Koreans, should not sit back while dogs are beaten to death for a tastier meal and cats suffer agonizing deaths. Sincerely, -------------------------------------- Click for our Sister City Campaign Center pages: US: http://koreandogs.org/sister-city-campaign/ Non-US: http://koreandogs.org/sister-city-campaign-center-non-us/ Thank you! Compassion Through Action! Homepage: http://koreandogs.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koreandogs Twitter: https://twitter.com/Koreandogs Petitions: http://koreandogs.org/petitions/ What you can do: http://koreandogs.org/what-you-can-do/contacts-for-protest/sample-protest-letter/ Call the South Korean Embassy and Consulate General Offices in your country: http://koreandogs.org/call-south-korean-embassy