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“South Korea aims to ban eating dog meat and put an end to the controversy over the ancient custom amid growing awareness of animal rights, a ruling party policy chief said on Friday.”
“Eating dog meat has been an age-old practice on the Korean peninsula and is seen as a way to beat the summer heat.”
Reuters
If the bill passes, it’s great news for our best friends. I guess I never got myself worked up about it, but apparently significant pressure from the west and Korea’s youth culture has brought about this potential change.
War dogs. Forever.
"It is time to put an end to social conflicts and controversies around dog meat consumption through the enactment of a special act to end it," Yu Eui-dong, policy chief of the ruling People Power Party, said at a meeting with government officials and animal rights activists.
“Eating dog meat has been an age-old practice on the Korean peninsula and is seen as a way to beat the summer heat.”
The government and ruling party would introduce a bill this year to enforce a ban, Yu said, adding that with expected bipartisan support, the bill should sail through parliament.
Reuters
If the bill passes, it’s great news for our best friends. I guess I never got myself worked up about it, but apparently significant pressure from the west and Korea’s youth culture has brought about this potential change.
War dogs. Forever.