Demand the government to support meat dog breeding?
Translation of Korean news: http://news.donga.com/3/all/20120920/49537131/1
Dog farmers to gather in Seoul for a rally on September 24…Demanding livestock industry registration and facility support. The government’s response was “Cannot accept.”
Dog farmers breeding dogs for consumption will hold a large-scale rally in front of the government complex in Gwancheon City to urge the legalization and support of their industry. Left in the regulation blind spot based on the current laws, businesses that breed dogs for consumption have been invoking controversies over sanitation and animal cruelty issues. That being said, this is their first collective action to urge government support, which will likely intensify the debate surrounding the legalization of dog meat once again.
Korean Meat Dog Farmers Association announced on September 19 that they will hold a “Rally to fight for the meat dog farmers’ right to livelihood” on September 24, with about 500 farmers participating nationwide. Korean Meat Dog Farmers Association has about 1,000 members. The association demanded the following:
• Include dogs in the ‘Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act’
• Permit dog farms to register as livestock industry
• Government support of excrement handling facility
The association is considering bringing dogs and returning them to the government at the rally.
Association secretary-general Young-In Choi argued, “The government is excluding the meat dog farmers from their support” and “we are being threatened for our survival from the government’s neglect and the malicious slander by the animal protection groups.” Currently, dogs are classified as livestock under the ‘Livestock Industry Act’ and ‘Livestock Prevention of Contagious Diseases Act,’ but the ‘Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act that deals with the slaughter and distribution process of livestock recognizes only cows, pigs, chickens, etc, as livestock. With this current situation, suspicions around the distribution of sick or abandoned dogs as meat, unsanitary conditions, and cruel slaughter methods during the slaughter and distribution process are being raised as chronic problems.
Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which is in charge, stated, “We cannot accept their demand because the government support signifies the acknowledgment of dog meat consumption” and “for the same reason, we keep rejecting the request to establish the association as a legal entity.”
Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) stated, “Because dog meat consumption is dwindling, it should be banned with restrictions step-by-step. We will examine the countermeasures after reviewing the contents of the rally.” Currently, it is known that there are 15,000-20,000 dog farms that breed dogs for consumption, with a total of 5 million dogs nationwide.
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