The Asian nation hopes to finish the age-old apply of canine meat consumption by 2027.
South Korea goals to ban consuming canine meat and put an finish to controversy over the traditional customized amid rising consciousness of animal protections.
The authorities and the ruling People Power Party on Friday agreed to introduce earlier than the tip of the yr an act to finish canine meat consumption by 2027, officers stated.
The age-old Korean apply of consuming canine has lengthy drawn criticism from abroad. But there has additionally been rising opposition at home, significantly from the younger era.
“It is time to put an end to social conflicts and controversies around dog meat consumption through the enactment of a special act to end it,” Yu Eui-dong, coverage chief of the People Power Party, stated at a gathering with authorities officers and animal safety activists.
The laws would ban the breeding of dogs for slaughter in addition to canine meat gross sales, native media reported. A 3-year grace interval can be matched by monetary help for businesses to transition out of the commerce.
Yu stated the the invoice is predicted to win bipartisan help, which ought to enable it to sail by parliament.
Agriculture Minister Chung Hwang-keun advised the assembly the federal government would implement a ban rapidly and supply the utmost attainable help for these within the canine meat business to shut their businesses.
First girl Kim Keon-hee has been a vocal critic of canine meat consumption, and alongside together with her husband, President Yoon Suk-yeol, has adopted stray dogs.
Anti-dog meat payments have failed prior to now due to protests by these concerned within the business and concern in regards to the livelihoods of farmers and restaurant house owners.
Eating canine meat is far much less widespread than it was, however it’s nonetheless favoured by some older individuals. The meat continues to be served in some eating places.
Animal safety teams welcomed the prospect of a ban. “A dream come true for all of us who have campaigned so hard to end this cruelty,” Humane Society International stated in a press release.
But representatives of a nationwide canine meat farmers affiliation expressed outrage, calling the transfer “threatening” to their proper to stay.
South Korea has about 1,150 dog-breeding farms, 34 slaughter homes and 219 canine meat distributors within the nation, in accordance with authorities knowledge. About 1,600 eating places serve canine meat.
A Gallup Korea ballot final yr confirmed 64 % of South Koreans opposed canine meat consumption. The survey discovered 8 % of respondents had eaten canine inside the previous yr, down from 27 % in 2015.
