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South Korea’s Animal Protection Act has been in place since 1991.
In the past decade or so, public support for animal protection has increased, and the South Korean government has updated its animal protection legislation accordingly.
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SEOUL—Ahead of South Korea’s dog meat ban coming into force in February 2027, Korean American actor Daniel Henney has helped charity Humane World for Animals rescue 67 dogs who were trapped on a dog
SEOUL—Seven dogs―the sole survivors of a devastating wildfire that destroyed a dog meat farm in Andong, Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea where 700 dogs burned to death―are being flown to safety in
SEOUL—As South Korea’s government today published its much-anticipated Basic Plan for the phase out of the dog meat industry, animal campaigners at Humane Society International/Korea have welcomed it
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