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Massive South Korean dog market shuttered by city government #DogMeatVictory

Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Humane Society International has been hard at work in South Korea to close down dog meat farms, and the atmosphere we’ve created contributed to this game-changing announcement. Pictured above, Somang, a dog HSI rescued from a meat farm earlier this year.

Humane Society International has been hard at work in South Korea to close down dog meat farms, and the atmosphere we’ve created contributed to this game-changing announcement.
Pictured above, Somang, a dog HSI rescued from a meat farm earlier this year. Photo by Woohae Cho/AP Images for The HSUS

Officials in the city of Seongnam today announced that they will permanently shutter the dog meat section of Moran Market, South Korea’s largest dog meat market. It is by far the biggest single blow ever against the dog meat trade in the country, and with a local government leading the charge, it’s a new front . . . 

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