The South Korean National Assembly voted to pass the "Special Law on Ending the Breeding, Slaughtering and Circulation of Dogs for Food Purposes" at a plenary session on January 9. The main content of the bill is to prohibit the raising, breeding or slaughtering of dogs for food purposes, and the circulation, sale or cooking and processing of dogs as raw materials.
Those who slaughter dogs for food will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than 30 million won (approximately RMB 165,000); anyone who raises, breeds or circulates dogs for food will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than 20 million won (approximately RMB 110,000).
In July last year, about 200 members of the association openly ate dog meat in downtown Seoul and provided dog meat to passers-by to oppose the activities of animal rights activists.
At that time, relevant people were interviewed and said that eating dog meat was an inviolable right and insisted that the ban was a form of discrimination.
South Korea's first lady Kim Gun-hee attended a press conference organized by civil society groups in August this year, promising to end the controversial dog meat culture.
According to the "Korea Times" report, Kim Jianxi declared that "human beings and animals should coexist" and "illegal dog meat eating activities should be ended."