When Joo Jong-bong is not preaching the Word of God, he is raising dogs for slaughter. However, things are not going well. In fact, it will become illegal.
“We’ve been trying to sell our dogs since last summer, but the traders are indecisive,” says BBC 60 -Hyear -Sold Mr Zhu. – None of them have turned up.”
The sign law, passed last January, gives farmers like Mr Zhu a term by February 2027 to close their businesses and sell the remaining animals
. However, many people say this time is not enough to extinguish an industry that has not been fed up on the farm. The dogs have been held captive.
Even those who support the ban, including experts and animal advocates, have cited problems with its implementation. They were saved from slaughter. But now they are threatened with euthanasia.
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In the middle of the preferential period, dog breeding farmers are facing problems: hundreds and hundreds of almost unsuitable animals for sale, farms that cannot be closed and no source of income for the base. The Edible Dog Associations is the group representing the industry.
“We’re drowning in debt, we can’t pay it off, and some people can’t even … find new jobs.
” It’s a hopeless situation. “Anonymous for fear of negative reactions threatens up to two years in prison.
” if you really look at things, even on my farm, I don’t have time to deal with this many dogs in this amount of time,” he says. “-I’ve already put everything I had on this farm and the dogs ‘they’ still don’t even take away. “Meat but have no clear plan to do with the remaining animals, which according to government estimates are around 500,000. Humane World Organisation for Animals Korea (Hwak), shares this concern.
“Although the ban on dog meat has been passed both the government and community groups are still trying to decide how to save the remaining dogs,” he says, left behind.
The problem is further complicated by the fact that many are pure or mixed breeds, which are classified as “dangerous” in South Korea and require government permission to keep a pet.
Meanwhile, rescue shelters are already full. Named “rescued” dogs with nowhere to go now face the prospect of euthanasia.
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“It’s just unbelievable,” Chan-Vo said.
“For them. But now I’ve heard even zoo groups say euthanasia is the only option.”