South Korea’s second-biggest dog meat market is finally closing after years of campaigning and negotiating by animal activists.
The 19 dog meat merchants at the Gupo Meat Market in Busan’s Buk district will shut down all operations before July 12th, as the district gears up to transform the market into a new mega shopping mall.
“In order to escape the stigma of animal abuse, the district office will create a pleasant environment by creating animal-friendly streets in the future,” said Buk District Mayor Jeong Myeong-hui.
The date of the closure is significant, falling just before Boknal — the hottest period of the year, when people slaughter around 1.5 million dogs and consume a soup made from the meat.
Gupo Dog Meat Market has been operating since the Joseon era and became one of the largest in the country during the ‘70s and 80s when it contained more than 70 dog slaughterhouses.
Over the last few years, the number of shops selling dog meat has decreased, as the local government increased efforts to make the city more attractive to tourists.
Animal advocacy organizations such as Save Korean Dogs, Animals Asia and many others have been striving to close down this hell on earth for dogs, and their efforts have finally paid off.
Over this period, various representatives have visited the market frequently, meeting with officials to push for the closure. This cruel market received nearly 250 complaints related to dog slaughtering in 2016, surrounding the illegal killing of dogs, animal welfare, and the noise and smell of the butcher shops.
To compensate the dog meat merchants for the shutdown, Busan officials will provide financial support up until December 2020, and give incentives for the vendors to open alternative businesses inside the newly renovated mall.
While this long-awaited victory is an important step forward in the fight against dog meat, millions of canines still suffer and die every year in South Korea. You can speak out against this cruelty by signing our petition calling for an end to illegal dog meat farms in the nation.
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All markets must go
Still open get your facts straight
Fantastic, about time too. All need to close to stop this horrific practice, it is medieval and not welcome in this world.
I’m sorry but I won’t believe a word from these lying, cruel, brutal masses until it actually happens and the hell-hole killing-field ‘meat’ market is shut down and destroyed. But, where money is involved, these smirking, sadistic barbarians will probably go ‘underground’ and carry on their vile, depraved trade in secret, torturing and abusing innocent dogs to satisfy their perverted tastes…..
WONDERFUL NEWS !!!
Wonderful news !!!!
Wonderful news , thank you !
Wonderfuk news , thank you
Wonderful news , thank you !
WONDERFUL NEWS , thank you !!!!
Really wonderful news!!
I feel this is a start .that korea.is now openung their eyes to what is wrong .the world is agaist the murdering of as we call them pets .they are part of the family .and should never be used as food .dogs do so much for humans saving lives .helping police with finding drugs and tracking down.murders dogs even giving their lives to save the handler .murdering of dogs .is very wrong .all the sloughter houses should be closed .save these poor dogs and cats start to understand .how much we need them .please
This is the BEST news.
Ban the meat trade and save the animals from Korea china etc, even pictures were shown from Brazil where they atare killing and torturing cows and donkeys using blow torches. And sledge hammers, heartless people abusing defendless animals jail the bastards. Their government is no bloody good
It can’t happen fast enough for me.
Your country is sick and disgusting. Who the heck do you think you are?
Glad one is gone but all of them even the China one needs to be destroyed! Plus why compensate them? They are horrible
maniacs. They should not only be put away but no monetary anything! That just proves that government doesn’t care.
I wonder if they eat their family dogs in soup too! Psycho freaks!
Thank You ! Thank You ! Hope all the dogs and cats ( might be cats in there too) get adopted out to good homes.
Yes, end cruelty!
Thank you Lord and all of you for your efforts all these years, many years. These great news have made me cry of joy!!!!
Keep up the great work and end this STUPID FESTIVAL!!
Dogs are not food
This is truly WONDERFUL news — PLEASE, you MUST be VIGILANT — you mention, “Dog butchers will be given very generous compensation packages … We hope … dog butchers …will NOT relocate ….” — you MUST ENSURE these individuals do NOT RELOCATE — again, you must be VIGILANT — what’s the point of LAWS if they’re not enforced — what’s the point of compensation packages if they’re intended use is for, instead, evil? — EDUCATE these “Butchers” — there are so many other ways to do business — e.g., EVERYBODY eats bread, vegetables, fruit — that’s just the tip of the tip of the iceberg — HANDS OFF OUR DOGS and CATS — If these PSYCHO-Indiviuals continue to break the law, CRACK DOWN HARD ON THEM — PUNISHMENTS MUST BE SEVERE.
Stop the dog killing practice! So very cruel !!
Better keep an eye on them, South Korea is not known for doing the right thing where money is involved. They also don’t care about the dogs. Watch them! Make sure they don’t spring up somewhere else.
You have made my day and a lot of animals happy Thank You
Fantastic 😊😊😊
Beautiful… what a WIN …
Merci à tous ces courageux qui ont oeuvré pour cette belle victoire! enfin des pays qui évoluent!
tk god
THANK OUR LORD FOR THE PERSISTENCE OF CARING PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!
Hopefully soon all dogs 🐕 will be safe 🙏❤️🐶✝️
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Thank you animal activists for never giving up. A step in the right direction to help end this brutal and horrific trade.
I am very happy to hear this. Let’s hope this is permanent.
One thing has always concerned me. Cats are also slaughtered in horrible way, just like dogs.
Now that dogs are safe – will they turn their meat needs to cats only?
As an Animal Lover, I’m a bit disappointed that the focus is on just dogs, and not dogs and cats.
Even at the Yulin DOG Festive, cats are brutally killed and served.
If we consider ourselves animal lovers, we fight for ALL animals.
Not just the ones we feel are our favorites, or more worthy, or “pets”.
But – that’s just me. I’m a Cat Person, but I rescue cats and dogs, and any other animal that needs help.
Delighted to hear it