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| South Korea closes biggest dog meat market ahead of 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 2017-03-01 |
| [SCMP] The shutters have started coming down at South Korea’s biggest dog meat market as the country seeks to head off international criticism over its practice of killing dogs for human consumption before it hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics. Moran market in Seongnam sells more than 80,000 dogs, dead or alive, every year and accounts for about a third of South Korea’s dog meat consumption, according to local media. On Monday, officials and traders began removing butchery facilities and cages in which live animals are kept before they are slaughtered. The decision to close the market came after animal welfare campaigners highlighted the inhumane conditions in which the animals were kept and the methods used to kill them: electrocution, hanging and beating. The smell and noise had also prompted complaints from nearby residents. The market’s closure has met with opposition, however. South Korean media reported that a handful of the 22 dog meat sellers who initially agreed to the move last December now oppose it, and are demanding compensation to make up for the loss of business. "Almost 80 per cent of our customers visit our shops to buy fresh dog meat, so what are they going to do if we cannot provide it for them? Is the government going to pay us?" Shin Seung-cheol, a Moran trader, told the Korea Herald. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I don't mind the dawg meat, but I can't take the MSG. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-03-01 19:09 |
| #1 Did the same thing in '88 for the summer Olympics. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-03-01 03:58 |