Pet house owners attend the 2021 Ok-Pet Fair in Seoul on March 12, 2021. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday unveiled unveiled a collection of measures aimed toward curbing the indiscriminate breeding and promoting of pet animals.
The authorities is ready to implement a dad or mum canine registration system for breeding businesses, with the intention of bolstering the administration of dogs raised for breeding functions, in keeping with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Until now, registration has been compulsory for dogs raised in households, semi-residential areas, and different specified places. The inclusion of animal breeding businesses will likely be a brand new addition to this listing.
Considering the registration bills and compliance timelines for every breeding institution, the ministry goals to finalize the registration of dad or mum dogs by 2026.
Moreover, puppies born at these breeding businesses will obtain distinctive serial numbers, every linked to their respective mom’s registration quantity.
The ministry emphasizes that this strategy will facilitate complete historic monitoring for pet animals, protecting their journey from beginning and sale to nurturing, and even eventual deregistration after passing away.
The ministry’s technique entails conducting research within the latter half of the present yr, with the target of creating a complete historical past administration system by 2025.
Meanwhile, to be able to fight animal abuse at pet outlets, the ministry plans to broaden the vary of businesses required to put in CCTV cameras.
This enlargement will embody all eight classes, together with pet animal breeding, import, gross sales, grooming, exhibition, consigned administration, transportation, and funeral companies.
Lina Jang ([email protected])
