South Korea joins Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, parts of mainland China, some provinces in Indonesia, and the Siem province in Cambodia in outlawing the dog meat trade

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare.

Eating dog meat was once seen as a way to improve stamina in the humid Korean summer. But it has become a rarity - now eaten mostly by some older people - as more Koreans consider dogs as family pets and as criticism of how the dogs are slaughtered has grown.

Activists say most dogs are electrocuted or hanged when slaughtered for meat, though breeders and traders argue there has been progress in making the slaughtering more humane.

Support for the ban has grown under President Yoon Suk Yeol, an animal lover who has adopted six dogs and eight cats with first lady Kim Keon Hee, also a vocal critic of dog meat consumption.

Proposed by the ruling party, the bill was passed by an overwhelming 208 votes with two abstentions in the single-chamber parliament after its bipartisan agriculture committee approved it on Monday.

President Yeol is expected to implement the ban immediately. The legislation will take effect after a three-year grace period.

The ban, which comes into force in six months’ time with a three-year phase out, will make the breeding, slaughter and sale of dogs and dog meat for human consumption illegal from 2027

A person who butchers dogs for human consumption would be punishable by up to three years in prison or 30 million won ($22,800) in fines.

Breeding and selling of the animals would be punishable by up to two years in prison or 20 million won in fines.

"The bill would see an end to the breeding and killing of dogs for human consumption," said Borami Seo of Humane Society International Korea, an animal protection group. "We have reached a pivotal point to spare millions of dogs from this cruel industry."

In a survey released on Monday by Animal Welfare Awareness, Research and Education, a Seoul-based think tank, more than 94% of respondents said they had not eaten dog meat for the past year and about 93% said they would not do so in the future.

Previous efforts to prohibit dog meat have failed in the face of industry protests, and the bill seeks to provide compensation so that businesses can move out of the trade.

In November, a group of about 200 breeders of dogs for consumption held a rally near the presidential office, demanding the bill be scrapped.

The agriculture ministry has estimated that as of April 2022 that some 1,100 farms were breeding 570,000 dogs to be served at around 1,600 restaurants.

Dog farmers, slaughterers and restaurant owners will be eligible to apply for compensation, and after review, government will offer financial incentives to help them transition or close those businesses.

The Korean Association of Edible Dogs, a coalition of breeders and sellers, said the ban will affect 3,500 farms raising 1.5 million dogs as well as 3,000 restaurants.

($1 = 1,314.8400 won)

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🎉 BREAKING NEWS: After years of HSI campaigning, South Korea just passed a ban on the dog meat industry, marking a monumental victory for animals! This history in the making will spare millions of dogs suffering and we are so proud to have played our part in making it happen! 🐕❤️

South Korea’s National Assembly just voted through the ban with not a single vote against and only two abstentions. The legislation comes into force in six months and makes it illegal to farm, slaughter and sell dogs or dog meat for human consumption from 2027 onwards. The establishment of new dog meat related businesses is illegal immediately. We’re urging the government to use the three-year phase out period to work with animal groups including HSI/Korea to save as many farmed dogs as possible.

Since 2015, HSI has permanently closed 18 dog meat farms in South Korea, rescuing over 2,700 dogs and helping the farmers switch to other, animal-friendly livelihoods such as growing crops like chilli plants and parsley.

We’ve worked tirelessly alongside our partners to make this ban happen and are thrilled that this historic day is finally here! Thank you to all of our supporters who’ve stood by our side! 🐾🐾🐾

Humane Society International/UK

This is history in the making. 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. We reached a tipping point where most Korean citizens reject eating dogs and want to see this suffering consigned to the history books, and today our policymakers have acted decisively to make that a reality. While my heart breaks for all the millions of dogs for whom this change has come too late, I am overjoyed that South Korea can now close this miserable chapter in our history and embrace a dog-friendly future.

Humane Society International/Korea


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Can we do that in Nigeria?

Awon werey

For wetin na.

Kolewerk here

Which kind nonsense be that

U

way to go!!

fergie001:
South Korea joins Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, parts of mainland China, some provinces in Indonesia, and the Siem province in Cambodia in outlawing the dog meat trade


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Nice , I applaud them for this .

Ha

My Akwa ibom cousins when hearing this news

Good for the dogs.

From Music to Language, South Korea has been doing everything to Westernize. The want to be like the West, they idolize Western culture while the Westerns don't give a damn about them.

Rather they fear and respect North Koreans who stay true to themselves.

Hilda bacci won’t like this 😁

Nkita/Lokili/404 meat is still a delicacy in the Eastern part of Nigeria and Ondo state

The law na long thing. Koreans will still buy and eat dog meat even after 2027. It will only become black market deals.

Next is chicken

Waiting for Nigeria to pass law to ban eating of dog meat 🍖 as a delicacy

All animal lives matter!
You kill and eat cattle, chicken, turkey, fish but believe that dog and cats should only be kept as pets.
That doesn't make any sense

My Calabar brothers left the group chat

What next, will they ban the consumption of cow meat when some people from certain part of the world deem cow a friendly animal?

Soon, humans will make unnatural law to ban or outlaw natural event.

Very pathetic.

Calabar people now:

They are succumbed to the globalists

God1000:
Can we do that in Nigeria?

I doubt it

What about Goat, ram, chicken etc

Don't dey serve the living God?

Nothing goat no go see for this world, cow come and see ya mate for coria

sukkot:
Awon werey

only on NL can you disobey them in China?

Akwa Cross won't like this

alobright17:
only on NL can you disobey them in China?

what am I looking for in China ? Going to live among Mongols ? Only stupid people go to China .

S. Korea seems to have borrowed a leaf from N. Korea over the recent ban... What is freedom when a group of politicians can decide what you eat and what not, then take your tax to pay people to lock you up for going contrary to thiee wish