Dog kernel consumptionis a significant subject of contestation in South Korea . It ’s a centuries - sometime practice that is not explicitly banned or legalized .
wiener meat Fannie Merritt Farmer Kim Jong - kil , 57 , go about the rusty coop that house different kinds of animals he sell for their meat at his farm in Pyeongtaek City .
According to Kim , he is proud of thedog nub farmthat supported his family for over 27 geezerhood .
Dog Meat Farm in South Korea (Image by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
He is , however , upset because of the grow attempts by activist and politicians to ban the business sector , which he will be turning over to his children .
“ It ’s more than just feel bad . I perfectly oppose these motion , and we ’ll mobilize all our mean value to resist it,”stated Kim .
Dog nitty-gritty consumption is a very onetime practice on the Korean Peninsula . There has been a belief that it is a source of stamina on live summer days .
Kim Jong-kil at his dog farm in Pyeongtaek (Image by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
The problem is that this practice is not ban or legalized in South Korea .
But in this mean solar day and age , there is a significant growth of masses wanting it to be criminalise due to an growth in public sentience of animal rights .
They also worry about the image of South Korea internationally .
South Korea Dog Meat Farm Puppies (Image by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
Activists or the anti - dog meat campaign latterly got a immense encouragement when the body politic ’s first peeress supported the front . On top of that , two lawgiver already posit bills to illegalize the weenie meat barter .
Han Jeoungae , one of the lawmaker who submit legislation toban the frump meat industry , said:“Foreigners suppose South Korea is a ethnical powerhouse . But the more K - culture increases its international standing , the bigger jolt foreigners receive over our bounder centre consumption . ”
However , the possibility of passage of an anti - dog heart and soul law is still unreadable since Farmer , restaurant owners , and other individuals in the weenie meat industry started to protest .
Animal rights activists in Seoul (Image by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
survey say that one in three South Koreans oppose the forbiddance of this recitation , butmost mass do n’t eat dog-iron meatanymore .
Dog centre wasting disease also happens in North Korea , China , Vietnam , Indonesia , and some African countries such as Ghana , Cameroon , Congo , and Nigeria .
Earlier this year , the Tomohon Extreme Market on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia declare the banning of dog and computerized axial tomography slaughter due to many age of campaigns by local activists and celebrities .
consort to the anti - animal ruthlessness group Humane Society International , this grocery store will be the first market in Indonesia to illegalise pawl and cat center .
The South Korean centre industry get more attention internationally due to its wealthy reputation and its New democracy .
Also , it is the only Carry Nation with industrial - scale farms .
And according to a wiener farmers ' affiliation , South Korean farms often have more than 500 dogs .
Kim ’s farm is one the commonwealth ’s largest , with over 7,000 dog . The farm was relatively light , but there was a strong malodour in some sphere .
hot dog are kept in cages and fed food waste and terra firma chicken . They do n’t get enough physical exercise since they are rarely released , and they are usually sell for meat one class after birthing .
According to Kim , two of his children , 29 and 31 , are help oneself him pass the farm , and he said that the business is still going well . He believes that dogs that are bred for their meat are unlike from dearie or companion animals .
There are still plenty of wienerwurst meat eating place in the countryside of South Korea , but it ’ll be difficult to spot them business district in Seoul .
“ I only earn one - third of the money I used to make . Young people do n’t come here . Only ailing old multitude derive for dejeuner .
I tell my elderly customer to come and exhaust my nutrient more ofttimes before it ’s banned,”said Yoon Chu - wol , 77 , proprietor of a dog centre restaurant in Seoul ’s Kyungdong traditional grocery .
Farmers are now also being cautiously observed by officials due to increased negative public opinion .
They plain that they have encountered plenty of repeated prescribed visit in reaction to complaint charge by activists and other mass accusing them of brute abuse and other misconduct .
Kim tell that there are more than 90 petition filed against his farm during a recent four - calendar month span .
General secretaire of the Dog Farmers ' Association , Son Won Hak , suppose that many farms have closed in recent years because of the deflation of cad kernel price and lower need .
He conceive that it results from the campaigns and unfair media written report focusing on farms with big conditions .
On the other hand , other observer believe that dog substance consumption is already decline due to jr. people avoid it .
“ Quite frankly , I ’d wish to quit my line of work ( as a farmer ) tomorrow . We ca n’t confidently state our children that we ’re call forth cad , ”
When my Friend call in me , they said ‘ Hey , are you still running a dog meat farm ? Is n’t it illegal?’”Son aver .
grant to the Dog Farmers ' Association , the turn of farms in South Korea has importantly leave out by half from a few years ago . There is also a drop in slaughtered domestic dog .
Each yr , about 700,000 to 1 million dogs are slaughtered , declining from several million around 10 to 20 years ago .
However , activists counter that the farmers ' estimate were exaggerated to show that their business is too braggy to annihilate .
In recent 2021 , South Korea launched a government - civilian task force to consider ban dog-iron kernel at the suggestion of then - President Moon Jae - in .
member of the committee admit husbandman and animal right activist .
They have meet more than 20 times but still have n’t reached any accord because of disputes over recompense problem .
Agriculture officials declined to bring out what was discussed in the shut - door coming together . However , they say that the government wants to decimate dog meat wasting disease based on public consensus .
First Lady Kim Keon Hee , the wife of current President Yoon Suk Yeol , said in a meeting with activists last April that she hopes to end dog meat consumption .
before long after that , farmers responded with rally and formal ill against Kim for allegedly damage their business .
According to Han , one of the lawmakers , there are extremely positive appraises , and other influential figures add up to speak out against dog kernel consumption .
She state that the bill offers musical accompaniment plan for Farmer agree to close their farms . They would be give money to tear down their facilities , vocational training , employ assistance , and other benefits .
However , Ju Yeongbong , an functionary of the farmers association , said that they would want to continue for about 20 more years until their main customers , and older people , die , allowing the concern to vanish naturally .
Borami Seo , director of the South Korea situation of the Humane Society Internation , pit this theme as she would n’t desire to uphold killing one thousand thousand of hound for such a recollective menstruation .
