Officials in South Korea have started to dismantle the country’s largest dog slaughterhouse.<\/p>\n
The Taepyeong-dong complex in Seongnam city, south of Seoul, will be cleared over two days and converted into a public park.<\/p>\n
About one million dogs are consumed every year and activists have sought to end the custom.<\/p>\n
Dog meat was once considered a delicacy in South Korea, but attitudes have changed in recent years.<\/p>\n
“This is a historic moment,” Korean Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) said in a statement. “It will open the door for more closures of dog meat slaughterhouses across the country, expediting the decline of the overall dog meat industry.”<\/p>\n
The Taepyeong-dong complex – an important source of meat for restaurants across the country – housed at least six slaughterhouses, holding several hundred animals at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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