Source: Good News Network
Animal rights activists are rejoicing over South Korean officials closing down the largest dog meat slaughterhouse in the country.
The Taepyeong-dong complex in Seongnam previously hosted six slaughterhouses that supplied much of the country’s demand. This week, however, officials started tearing down the facilities and turning the grounds into a public park.
The closure of the complex comes at a time when dog meat consumption is declining rapidly in South Korea, particularly among younger generations. A survey from June shows that 70% of South Koreans say they will not eat dog meat in future, and a series of recent moves to curb the dog meat trade reflects a society increasingly ill at ease with the practice.
In April this year, a district court in Bucheon fined a farmer under the Animal Protection…
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