The South Korean parliament on Monday, handed a invoice ending the follow of consuming and promoting canine meat, a transfer that has outlawed the centuries-old follow.
According to Reuters, assist for the ban had grown underneath President Yoon Suk Yeol, an animal lover who has adopted six dogs and eight cats with First Lady Kim Keon Hee.
Eating canine meat was as soon as seen as a manner to enhance stamina in Korean society. But now it has turn into a rarity, eaten largely by older folks, as an increasing number of Koreans think about dogs as household pets and criticise the slaughtering of dogs.
Activists say most dogs are electrocuted or hanged when slaughtered for meat, although breeders and merchants argue there was progress in making the slaughtering extra humane.
The invoice was offered by the ruling get together and handed by an amazing majority of 208 votes within the single-chamber parliament after the agriculture committee accredited it.
The laws will take impact after a three-year grace interval. Breaking the regulation could be punishable by as much as three years in jail or 30 million received ($22,800) in fines.
In a press release given by a member of the animal safety group, the humane society International Korea Borami Seo mentioned: “The invoice would see an finish to the breeding and killing of dogs for human consumption, we have now reached a pivotal level to spare tens of millions of dogs from this merciless trade.”
The invoice additionally consists of compensation for businesses in order that they will transfer out of the commerce.
The Korean Association of Edible Dogs, a coalition of breeders and sellers, mentioned the ban will have an effect on 3,500 farms elevating 1.5 million dogs in addition to 3,000 eating places.
