South Korea Bans Dog Meat Consumption, Trigger Dog Farmers' Protest
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While many agree, the decision is also widely opposed by several parties, including farmers who raise dogs, and restaurant owners who serve dog meat.
They have held protests in front of parliament to demand that the government and the People's Power Party drop plans to pass a bill this year to enact the ban.
They say that the dog meat ban will destroy their livelihoods, and also limit the options available to diners by removing a dish traditionally consumed on the Korean peninsula to beat the summer heat, but now only eaten by a few elderly people.
"If I have to close the business, with the financial situation I'm in, there's no answer to what I can do," said Lee Kyeong Sig, who runs a farm outside Seoul that keeps up to 1,100 dogs.
"I've been doing this for 12 years and it's very sudden," he added.
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