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As dog meat ban nears in Korea, canines still require rescue

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As dog meat ban nears in Korea, canines still require rescue

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“Of roughly 393,857 dogs counted on farms that have already shut down, an estimated 381,465 — about 97 % — were […] [sold] for slaughter or distribution [to other countries who still eat dog meat, I presume? Unfortunately this bit never becomes clear], not rescue. Only 623 were adopted, 9,358 were transferred to other farms and 498 were turned over to public shelters.

Many dogs from these kinds of farms are underweight — not simply because of neglect, but because buyers often reject animals with visible fat.

“Domestic adoption remains rare — fewer than a dozen cases total, mostly puppies too young to fly — which Lee [Lee Hae-won, Humane World for Animals media and communications department leader] attributed largely to Korean law that classifies large mixed-breed dogs as “dangerous,” restricting their adoption, along with lingering stigma toward farm-raised dogs.”

I’d argue that this means that the law needs to be changed again to allow larger mixed-breed dogs.

“As of the end of May, only 899 of the 4,154 dog meat restaurants required to close or convert had done so — a 21.6 % compliance rate, against [a claimed] 82 % [compliance rate] for farms.
Advocates warn that oversight is thinnest in rural areas. Lee cited the Gangjin farm as evidence. It was registered with local authorities as holding 20 dogs, but an initial assessment found nearly 80.

“I got the feeling the grace-period requirements aren’t really being enforced,” Lee [Lee Sang-kyung, a campaign team leader at Humane World for Animals] said, adding that smaller, unregistered farms often operate under the radar or shuffle animals between sites.

On July 14, two dozen animal welfare groups held a joint press conference in Gwanghwamun Square, arguing that the government’s 82 % closure figure obscures a tracking gap — that no one is systematically accounting for where dogs from closed farms actually end up.“

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