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A 2022 Chosun Ilbo report found that customers of the dog meat market tended to be foreigners or elderly (above 70 years old). [24] By 2019 all major dog meat markets had shut down across South Korea, mainly due to declining sales. In 2021, the last major dog meat market remaining shut down in Daegu. [4]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday banning the consumption and sale of dog meat, in a move cheered by animal welfare groups. “This is history in the making ...
Dog meat sold in Gyeongdong Market, Seoul, South Korea. The dog meat trade is a major concern for South Korean animal activists. [2] [3] Over 2 million dogs are consumed each year, with pet dogs being stolen and sold into the trade and killed in brutal ways (e.g. beating, electrocution) in violation of the Animal Protection Act. [1]
The industry is neither explicitly banned nor legalized in the country, but growing numbers of people want it prohibited.
Minister says government will ‘provide full support to farmers, butchers and other businesses facing closure’ due to new law
There is a worldwide controversy over Korea's consumption of dog meat. Opponents of dog meat culture advocate for the protection of animal rights in the country. [32] On January 9, 2024, the South Korean parliament passed a law prohibiting the breeding and slaughter of dogs for consumption which will take effect in 2027 following a three-year ...
It doesn’t provide any penalties for eating dog meat. South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have ...
1) The deleted information is not about dog meat consumption in China, but about the controversy stemming from Bardot Foundation's different responses to dog meat consumption in South Korea and in China. 2) The source, OhmyNews, is a nationwide daily news site in South Korea with 19 million page views a day as of 2002.