Government Indifference and neglect of laws against abuse and slaughter of dogs must end.
Sharing from: https://koreandogs.org/kara-gyeonggi-do-national-assembly-debate-062221/
On June 22, KARA took a step closer to end the dog meat industry in South Korea by participating in the National Assembly debate to inform the state of dog farms in Gyeonggi-do Province, which KARA has been investigating for the past year.
The discussion, co-hosted by Gyeonggi Province and a total of 30 members of the National Assembly, took place early in the morning. Representative of KARA, Jin-kyung Jun participated as a presenter and made presentation on the current status of dog farms in Gyeonggi-do.
Because dogs were excluded from the Livestock List according to the Livestock Products Sanitation Control Act, the slaughter of dogs had become illegal in 1978. Despite the illegality of dog slaughter, the government had neglected so-called “edible” dog farms, illegal slaughter and dog meat sales for more than 40 years after it was deemed illegal. As a result, citizens are exposed to the risk of easy access to dog meat distributed in the dark without any management or supervision under the Food Sanitation Act. In this regard, South Korea, only nation in the world where the dogs are bred for human consumption and other related dog-meat industries, to this day, have no national regulation or control.
Gyeonggi-do Province is known to have the largest number of dog farms in the country and is also an example of the reality of the dog meat industry in South Korea. According to KARA’s latest on-site survey of dog farms over the past year, △the closure rate of dog farms in Gyeonggi Province had reached 45.2%, and △more than 55% of the dog farm owners showed their willingness to close their farms.
It has also been confirmed that almost all dog farms use food waste to feed, mixed with livestock waste. △Even though it is essential to boil food waste, only 26.7% did so, and △ only 14.7% of them provided water to the animals. In addition, △91.2% of dog farms were found to be caging the dogs in raised wire cages. △44.1% of the dogs’ legs had fallen through the wire due to the wide gaps in the floor of the cages, and △8.8% of them had injured spines that caused physical pain to the animals. △Self-care dog farms without veterinarian care, were 88.3%, and inappropriate antibiotics were also found.
Since slaughter is the most extreme form of animal abuse, the response rate was as low as 38.3%, △13.3 percent conceded they did slaughter dogs. 5% killed the dogs at the farm, 3.3% killed the dogs at illegal slaughterhouses, and 5% said middlemen had performed the killings. In the meantime, △36.7% of dog farms said dog bites occurred between the dogs and △26.7% between dogs and humans, revealing faulty and irresponsible management of dog bite incidents at the dog farms.
KARA has been trying to bring the problems of the illegal dog meat industry to the surface. We will constantly urge the government to end over 40 years of indifference and criminal neglect and prepare for a new start as soon as possible.
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