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Posted by Germaine-Jay Wednesday, January 10, 2024

South Korea bans dog meat trade

AKP STAFF

South Korea's parliament has officially voted to outlaw the dog meat trade.

The national assembly moved forward to pass a bill banning the production and sale of dog meat, including the breeding, slaughter, and sale of dogs for human consumption as well as the distribution and sale of dog meat. The law will start being enforced in 2027, but during the 3-year grace period, the setup of new dog farms, cooking and processing facilities, and slaughterhouses is outlawed. Those who break the new law face 3 years of prison or a $23,000 USD fine.

With the bill passed by parliament, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will sign the bill for a final approval. The President is expected to sign the bill as both he and first lady Kim Keon Hee campaigned for the ban, and both have been vocal about ending the practice of eating dog meat in the country.

The ban is unpopular among farmers and others in the dog meat trade industry, and while the bill pledges to support them during the change, it's still unclear how the government will help them with their switch in livelihood. South Korean farmers have also threatened to release 2 million canines on the city of Seoul if the government moves forward with the ban. 

However, the historic practice is not currently popular among younger generations, and surveys say most adults support the ban as they have no intention to consume dog meat.  

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Alex-Owlin
Alex-Owlin2,051 pts Wednesday, January 10, 2024 4
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

"South Korean farmers have also threatened to release 2 million canines on the city of Seoul" this could be something EPIC. Please do it. 😆

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Thank goodness. Today was a great day for the dogs. I watched a documentary recently about a chicken farmer who could not stand the inhumane treatment of the animals anymore. He spoke about how each chicken gets to live in a space that is the size of a piece of paper for its entire life, and they are urinating and defecating all over eachother, and have cuts from fighting or from the cage that get infected, and are given hormones and other things to get really big really fast and so their legs aren’t strong enough to hold them up because their body grew too fast from all of the drugs that are given to them to bulk up quickly….and for that reason some of their legs break. And he went on and on….. but, my point is he decided one day that he wasn’t going to do it anymore. But, he had to find something else that he could farm to make a living. He did lots of research and spoke with lots of different people and experts, and he learned that farming mushrooms was the way to go. His overhead is extremely low, and it’s much easier, and takes very little space, and he makes as much if not more than he used to. But above everything else, he is no longer part of the (for him personally) mistreatment of the chickens. He’s much happier now and says he sleeps better too. So, I do believe that if these dog farmers will be open minded and are willing to get creative…..they too can find something to farm in place of the dogs.

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