South Korea passes bill to end dog meat trade by 2027

South Korea has handed a brand new legislation to end the slaughter and promoting of canines for his or her meat by 2027.

The National Assembly handed the particular bill on Tuesday (January 9, 2024).

The legislation goals to end the age-old observe of consuming dog meat within the nation.

The bill, which bans the breeding, butchering, distributing and promoting of canines for meat, handed by the parliament with 208 votes in favour and a couple of abstentions, reported South Korea’s Yonhap information company.

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the primary opposition Democratic Party (DP) have collectively pushed for the ban amid rising consciousness of animal rights and an rising variety of pet homeowners within the nation, the information company reported.

Govt. to present subsidies, help in switching jobs

The bill additionally requires offering subsidies to assist folks within the dog meat business swap jobs.

The legislation enforcement is about to be efficient from 2027.

Violators might face a most two years of jail sentence or a superb of up to 30 million gained (USD 22,768), reported Yonhap.

According to authorities statistics, there are round 1,150 dog farms, 34 butchering companies, 219 distributors and roughly 1,600 eating places that promote meals made with dog meat in South Korea, the South Korean information company reported.

Animal rights teams instantly welcomed the transfer imposed by the federal government.

“We consider this ban marks a big turning level in South Korea’s angle to animal safety,” Lee Sang-kyung, a spokesperson for the native department of the Humane Society International, an animal rights group, advised Yonhap. “(This) is testomony to the eagerness and dedication of our animal-loving public and politicians who reached a tipping level to consign this outdated business to our historical past books.”