Dog meat farmers protest for survival rights near National Assembly
Social affairsMay 16, 2018
Dog meat farmers staged a protest near the National Assembly on Wednesday, calling for equal treatment as other animal farms and demanding survival rights. Some 200 members of Korea Dog Farm Council members took to the streets in front of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, and demanded the lawmakers introduce a grace period for dog farms to install excreta treatment facilities. (Yonhap)In February, the National Assembly passed a revision to the Act on the Manag