Korea does not have strong animal welfare laws and lags well behind the international community in this area.
For many years, it had no laws to protect animals at all. In 1991, the very first Animal Welfare Law was legislated. However, this did very little to actually protect animals. Commentators say that the law in fact paved the way for more cruelty to dogs in particular.
The law was revised several times, the last being a major revision in 2008. Despite some additions, the law still does little to improve animal rights. Essential it pays lip service to the concept of animal welfare, helps the government put on a good face, and appeases foreign observers.
In the case of the dog issue, the law is a joke because it does nothing to protect dogs. The government's additional sanitation law also does nothing to help the dogs and is only for the sake of human hygiene.
What does all this mean for animals in Korea? Basically, they have little protection and are at the mercy of unethical and unscrupulous human beings as they have always been in Korea and elsewhere.Share
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