It’s been just over a year since South Korea banned the dog meat industry. Humane Society International Canada, an ...

26 its plan to make Korea dog meat-free, offering financial support to encourage early closures of dog farms and related businesses. However, stakeholders, including farm owners and dog meat ...

Dog meat has finally been banned in South Korea. The upsetting centuries-old tradition was brought to an end with the passing of a bill that bans the breeding or slaughter of dogs in dog farms and ...

According to government statistics, South Korea had around 1,600 dog meat restaurants and 1,150 dog farms in 2023, all of which will now have to submit a plan to phase out their businesses to ...

It says there are now about 3,000 dog breeding farms in South Korea, a significant decrease from 10,000 in the early 2010s, but also considerably higher than the government's figure, which puts ...

It’s also the only nation with industrial-scale dog farms. South Korea’s anti-dog meat campaign received a big boost from the country’s first lady, Kim Keon Hee, who repeatedly expressed ...

It said authorities will gather information on dog farms, restaurants and other facilities while examining related public opinions. It would be South Korea’s first such initiative, but the ...

They never stand a chance of living even a temporarily pampered life as do the small purebreds. When driving or walking around Jeollanam-do, the rural countryside region where I lived during my first ...