Producing or promoting canine meat will likely be outlawed in South Korea, the place the centuries-old trade has dwindled however nonetheless persists.
The nation’s parliament on Tuesday voted by a landslide for a ban on the commerce which can come into power in 2027.
Recent surveys present most South Koreans don’t eat canine meat and need it banned, although a 3rd suppose it ought to keep authorized regardless of not consuming it.
There is not any official knowledge on how well-liked canine meat stays, however activists and farmers declare a whole bunch of 1000’s of dogs are farmed and slaughtered for meat yearly.
Slaughtering, breeding, and buying and selling associated to canine meat for human consumption will turn into punishable by two to a few years’ jail.
Eating canine meat, nonetheless, is not going to be penalised.
Humane Society International referred to as the laws’s passage ‘history in the making’.
Jung-Ah Chae, govt director of HSI’s Korea workplace: ‘I never thought I would see in my lifetime a ban on the cruel dog meat industry in South Korea, but this historic win for animals is testament to the passion and determination of our animal protection movement.’
The invoice, which was handed by 208 votes to zero, states: ‘This law is aimed at contributing to realising the values of animal rights, which pursue respect for life and a harmonious co-existence between humans and animals.’
The laws additionally guarantees authorities help to farmers and different employees who will lose their jobs, although some plan to struggle the ban with an enchantment and protests.
Son Won Hak, chief of a farmers’ affiliation, stated: ‘This is a clear state violence as they’re infringing upon freedom of occupational possibility. We can’t simply sit idly.’
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