LCA Last Chance for Animals
November 2018
On November 22, 2018, S. Korean officials began dismantling the largest dog meat slaughterhouse in the country.
Beam projection onto S. Korean National Assembly, November 22, 2018.
Located in Seongnam city on the outskirts of Seoul, the Taepyeong-dong complex housed six slaughterhouses where thousands of dogs were killed each year and their meat sold to restaurants and Moran Market, one of the largest markets to sell dog meat in S. Korea.
The historic closure comes amid a growing shift in the public's perception of the dog meat trade, which the S. Korean government addressed on August 10, 2018, stating they would consider removing dogs from the livestock list, and a reduction in dog meat consumption in the country.
Three polls—commissioned by LCA and sister organization Animal Liberation
Wave (ALW)—found 81.2% of S. Koreans have not eaten dog meat at all during
the last year, 46% of S. Koreans disagree with dog meat consumption, and
44.2% of S. Koreans agree with a ban on the barbaric practice.
LCA, along with many other animal rights organizations, have worked
tirelessly to end the dog meat trade in S. Korea. Here are some of the
things LCA and ALW did this year:
Number of animals killed in the world by the fishing, meat, dairy and egg industries, since you opened this webpage.
0 marine animals
0 chickens
0 ducks
0 pigs
0 rabbits
0 turkeys
0 geese
0 sheep
0 goats
0 cows / calves
0 rodents
0 pigeons/other birds
0 buffaloes
0 dogs
0 cats
0 horses
0 donkeys and mules
0 camels / camelids